Comments | musesfool: it was hotter than it should have been

musesfool

it was hotter than it should have been

Jul 16, 2012 19:11

So yesterday was my birthday! I spent most of it writing furiously in order to finish a story to post. I'm sure to some people that doesn't sound like a good time, but mostly I enjoyed it. My parents also took me to dinner, which was nice, since we'd had cake and everything on Saturday at the graduation party, which was also a lot of fun ( Read more... )

flove, tv: political animals, my birthday

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spectralbovine July 16 2012, 23:13:37 UTC

Aw, happy birthday, you! Hope it was lovely.

musesfool July 16 2012, 23:16:53 UTC

Thank you! It was!

secretsolitaire July 16 2012, 23:17:09 UTC

Happy belated!

musesfool July 16 2012, 23:19:02 UTC

Thank you!

tsuki_no_bara July 16 2012, 23:53:16 UTC

happy late birthday! sounds like it was a good one.

i missed the end (and, er, the beginning) of political animals, but what i saw i really liked. altho i couldn't take ciaran hinds' accent seriously either.

musesfool July 17 2012, 00:23:42 UTC

Well, it's a USA show, so I'm sure it's on 86 million other times this week. *g*

I really liked it, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Thank you!

raincitygirl July 17 2012, 00:34:16 UTC

Happy (belated) birthday!

musesfool July 17 2012, 03:53:36 UTC

Thank you!

alethialia July 17 2012, 01:53:23 UTC

Belatedly, happy birthday!

And I'm so glad you liked Political Animals! I very much enjoyed the script and thought the pilot held up. Fun (or maybe not so fun) fact: they actually toned down some of the offensive language from the script. Elaine's mother, for example, originally had a couple other seriously offensive slurs when she was talking to Susan. But I agree, a lot of the saltiness did feel like they were just doing it because they could.

Ah, well. The female characters intrigued me and that's really all I require.

musesfool July 17 2012, 19:51:11 UTC

Thank you!

they actually toned down some of the offensive language from the script. Elaine's mother, for example, originally had a couple other seriously offensive slurs when she was talking to Susan

Wow. Do you think that was intentional so they could get as much as they had to stay in? Because it really did feel like boundary-pushing rather than necessary saltiness.

The female characters intrigued me and that's really all I require.

Yes.

alethialia July 17 2012, 20:19:27 UTC

Do you think that was intentional so they could get as much as they had to stay in? Because it really did feel like boundary-pushing rather than necessary saltiness.

I think so, but they also used the language to get across what a not-great guy Bud is. It felt more like they were just getting in what they could, but I see how they could justify it, character-wise.

musesfool July 17 2012, 20:53:15 UTC

Oh, it totally worked for the character, but I feel like they went overboard a little with it.