28 September 2023 First Preview

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...but I WILL NOT be trawling the internet for spoilers.  No, indeed I won't.

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On another topic: it goes without saying that Emma Thompson is everything.  But Jason Bailey, the author of this article -- 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 in response to a regrettable bit of phrasing in Variety.

(Thompson herself 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.