cont'd ...

As for what my husband thought of "Nanette?"

He didn't say anything. But he was very quiet
and seemed a bit emotional. I decided to leave
him alone for a while. He's a very gentle soul.
And I think it did affect him greatly.

Dear Steele,

Sexuality aside, people are people. We don't choose
our friends because of their sexual orientation or
because we view them as being "different." We're
all different. We choose our friends because we
share interests, we have something in common, and
because we like them.

I watched about half of it and turned off in boredom. I used to remember her being quite funny in her earlier days, seemed a bit same ol' with worse delivery.

She was quite good in Please Like Me.

Hi Houllie,

Welcome back!

Well, everybody had been raving about it so I finally signed up to Netflix (and now they have my soul, I suppose).

Good show. I don't know if it quite lived up to all the hype, but definitely worth watching.

Dear Houellebecq,

Lol. Mate if you were watching for the humour then may I suggest a substantial premise of the show was the deconstructing of jokes and the toll self deprecating humour can inflict on the deliverer.

The first part of her show was really setting up the second so I can understand you feeling a little underwhelmed. If you did feel like finishing it one day I think you may well change your mind.

Dear Toni,

I understand you might have felt it didn't live up to the hype. Someone told me to watch it without giving much away therefore I had few expectations so I will admit that may well have been a factor in how much it impacted me.

There are a few people I have discussed this with who have found it quite transformative and some of them are very alpha male. I think it is an important work that will not move everyone to the same degree but it blew me away.