...but I WILL NOT be trawling the internet for spoilers. No, indeed I won't. (https://www.instagram.com/p/CxwIYoVuhI1/?img_index=1)
..........
On another topic: it goes without saying that Emma Thompson is everything. But Jason Bailey, the author of this article (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/movies/emma-thompson-writers-strike-content.html?unlocked_article_code=5MCkVQutIDDPTUCBwMSa4cVIDrMpYbQ-j9hAd8Rh-htTsezKL6Me_36Jwxo7zIwMi3GJ7rGdxEXYRKASlnx0uhHhHlb_x-yP_IEGR7o8BlQPJ8XEbQ6gXyTyyvUPJJEdM3k0q8n4u69d6IXLcPOLArFu0lxonESvklfAuPeDEcIz07g0cl9LLZ3sAA4RiNNGlaMD9J-RX1fMz-Gy9_kakTL59byUXhQsbNNvB2WJOxrDdx7Sbzl2UHKh2Bm29Ocjd1l-K3GjcYts3eKBAdDhYGAqUhufIO4BI0kJJ6pm8HHGyHNQC5Nf_3uEu4Pt3m-GRavuV4k5vY1Utb5LMDC0J4uO3rwIcIiacWVTzqw&smid=url-share) -- which is possibly the single best thing to emerge from the Hollywood strikes (not to discount, you know, raises and protections and dignity in general) -- has some deliciously tart words of his own on the subject of corporate degradation of language.
And TV writer/comedian Mike Drucker, quoted near the top of Bailey's article, actually gets the ball rolling with his note-perfect tweet (https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1706371356802072629) in response to a regrettable bit of phrasing in Variety.
(Thompson herself (https://variety.com/2023/film/global/emma-thompson-content-rude-sofa-cushion-1235728342/) is, by comparison, a bit more diplomatic -- she was speaking at a British TV-industry conference last week -- though obviously no less passionate or articulate on the topic).
Some days I think maybe there is still hope for humanity.