Minority Mindset

Val is right to be concerned – there are serious issues happening behind the scenes. After accidentally sending a voice note to the studio, Brandon Wollack appears on the set of How’s That?! to tell Valerie that Josh and Mary have been fired. His explanation – that the studio owns the actors’ names and their silence, so everything is fine – isn’t very comforting, and it’s even worse to learn that the showrunner position has been given to the clearly unqualified Marco. Brandon claims they don’t need a head writer because AI can simply copy the work of others, which feels like a step backward. He’s a disturbing figure, as you’d expect from a studio executive, and he expertly manipulates Val to keep her compliant. He appeals to her ego and desire for approval by praising the pilot’s test scores and thanking her for keeping the show from becoming a bigger problem for NuNet. (It’s almost like he’s studied past seasons of The Comeback.) However, Brandon offers Val no advice on how to tell the actors about the changes, especially since she’s not allowed to reveal that the show is being written by AI.

The movie version of the character is just as endearing as fans remember from the video game. And the story behind Shadow in Sonic 3 adds depth, making him a more sympathetic and compelling character.

Oren Uziel, a co-showrunner on ‘Spider-Noir,’ has revealed that several new Spider-Man spin-off projects featuring different versions of the character are currently being worked on. He shared this news in the latest issue of SFX Magazine, which will be available on April 22nd.

Many open-world games let you create a character, but the truly great ones offer incredibly detailed customization. For example, the character creator in Cyberpunk 2077 is so extensive, it’s almost a game within itself.

According to Deadline, Charles Dance is in negotiations to appear in the next Batman movie, starring Robert Pattinson.

Honestly, everyone on this show is with the wrong person! I have a much better idea of who should be with whom. Jol and Louisa would be great together, and Irene and Phil are clearly meant to be. When Alexandra arrives, she and James should hit it off. June should marry Hannah – she needs a bigger storyline anyway! Frances deserves someone like Bill from True Blood, and Soames needs some time alone to reflect. As for Emily, she and her dog should just enjoy their happy ending.

The strip club owned by the show’s creator has a tagline that’s shockingly fitting for this season: “Fully nude, always lewd.” Almost all the female characters – with the exception of Lexi, who wasn’t in this week’s episode – have ended up involved in sex work, either directly or by controlling others who are. While previous seasons of the show used sex and nudity to explore the complexities of figuring out one’s sexuality, that nuance is missing now. The show presents women as either being exploited or being the exploiters. While important stories about sex work can be told, this show isn’t telling them. From the beginning, Euphoria has shown a troubling undercurrent of misogyny, evident in reports about how nudity was handled during filming and in the experiences of characters like Cassie.

Ashley took some of the women to her favorite beach, but Alicia was completely out of her element. Used to the comfort of her country club, she was scared and overwhelmed, even whispering that this wasn’t for her as she struggled to carry her chair, bag, and snacks. The snacks turned out to be something called “pizza chips” – basically just bread with tomato sauce. Alicia, who owns a pizza restaurant, started explaining the science of why cheese doesn’t do well in the sun, but honestly, the pizza chips themselves were enough to get my attention.

In “All the Dogs’ Names,” Greg is adjusting to life after his breakup with Cristle. The breakup is surprisingly comical – Cristle initiates it, expecting a fight from Greg, and is then upset when he doesn’t resist, even though she’d have turned him down regardless. During the breakup, Cristle casually mentions a difficult past event – Tommy’s dad leaving for his math teacher. It’s a bit sad to consider how Greg’s relationship with Tommy’s mom might be stirring up those old feelings for him. Poor Tommy is really struggling in this episode, and it’s concerning. He attends Greg’s seminar wearing sunglasses, claiming he only sees “a snake between two Gatorade trees” when he looks at his professor. That’s a disturbing image, Tommy, and a pretty harsh assessment of Greg!