neither do boomers who shouldn't be set out with the recyclables
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 March 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Social Studies is really great. Builds on the first but shows evolution.
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:05 (nine years ago) link
"I never imagined that I would live to see a day where people talked about television all the time. I’m astounded by the number of people who — do you realize how much TV you’re watching? Thousands of hours. Thousands of hours. And people now think it’s like a requirement. I have to go, I have 75 episodes of such and such I have to watch. I’m not saying these shows are not good, I’m just saying maybe if I was three years old and I imagined I had this amount of time ahead of me, I might start pursuing it."
http://www.wmagazine.com/story/fran-lebowitz-doesnt-have-a-cell-phone-but-knows-everything-that-happens-on-social-media-anyway
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
what a profoundly uninteresting woman
― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
she is the greatest, always was, always will be
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
"Hamilton," probably, and it should have been the last thing anyone ever saw. I saw it on Broadway the night before it opened. Have you seen it? It is the only thing I have ever seen that was better than people said it was.
stopped reading
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
There are moments, such as on a recent-ish appearance on Bill Maher's show, where she's starting to sound a bit fogey-ish, but yeah, like 98% of the time she absolutely rocks.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
this thread is the ONLY time i am ever reminded of fran lebowitz.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
The last time I was reminded of her before this thread was bumped was when I saw her trotted out in the Candy Darling documentary to make casually transphobic remarks, but with an air of fogeyness more than of conscious malice.
― one way street, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
I'm barely aware of her but she comes across as a sanctimonious boor in that interview
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
wkiw fran
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
Shakey doesn't like old Jewish lesbians who are voting for Clinton if they're delightfully obnoxious
(ie if they're one adjective up on him)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
Would prefer they were funny, it's true
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:03 (seven years ago) link
as with Monty Python's late work (eg Mr Creosote), i like vituperative, disgusted spleen just as much as belly laughs
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
same with Michael O'Donoghue and vintage NatLamp, Roseanne uncensored
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 01:00 (seven years ago) link
love her
“You are a white person who is boring … you are deeply embarrassed by your complete lack of interesting qualities … humility is no substitute for a good personality … this will not change.”
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link
The halfway point between Virginia Woolf and Travis Bickle.
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
I'm actually kind of surprised she liked Hamilton
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
i don't own a phone and i know next to nothing about hamilton and i'd like to keep it that way. i do own a computer though...
what is the last thing she actually wrote? like an essay or whatever.
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn03.strandbooks.weblinc.com/images/products/partitioned/9/f/0/0679860525.1.zoom.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/09/13/t-magazine/13tmag-seventies-t-slide-M9RP-copy/13tmag-seventies-t-slide-M9RP-facebookJumbo.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
Legitimately confused as to whether that's Fran Lebowitz or Sandra Bernhard
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
the real star of that photo is the wallpaper
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 October 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
Her hilarious takedown of Bernie Sanders ("who leaves New York when they're 18 to go to Vermont?!") on this week's Real Time with Bill Maher was the most Fran Lebowitz thing ever.
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Sunday, 17 September 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
haha
― calstars, Sunday, 17 September 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
Uh, New Yorkers like Fran may think that New York is the omphalos of the world, unsurpassed by any place on earth. I'd guess that most of those New Yorkers are well-to-do, have nice living spaces they can easily afford and they feel their lives have a measure of big-city glamor. Many other people would find it loud, smelly, crowded and ugly compared to Vermont.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 September 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
You're not a NYer are you
― calstars, Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Yes. I share that distinction with 99.9% of the world's population.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
lol
― calstars, Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
"Immigrants make the culture and tourists ruin it."
Great interview from Sydney Opera House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvmRbq-5h-o
― Josefa, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
For me she is emblematic of a particular type of NYC bore, a person with nothing going for them other than being smart and an avid culture consumer, who thus either lacks the imagination or defensively refuses to acknowledge that there could be anything more to life than living in NYC and consuming culture.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 19 March 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
like what?
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 19 March 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
posting obv
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 19 March 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
I like her Photos
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Monday, 19 March 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
Frannie Leibovwitz
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 19 March 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
to the first question "what did you have thought you would have done with your life" she answers, "well, i wanted to be a writer... and now I am" which begs some serious questions.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 19 March 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
"what did would you have thought you would have done with your life?", rather.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 19 March 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
I kinda like her but I know what man alive means seems like her whole worldview is kinda obsolete
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
Yeah, thirded
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 March 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
Netflix series with Martin Scorsese premiering January 8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MClMxqD-HNA
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
Will watch
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
Blew through the first three episodes this morning, laughing hard enough to wake my sleeping husband at least twice. I'm as worn down by the world as anyone else right now, but the presence of Lebowitz, Scorsese and, in a few interview clips, Spike Lee just makes me feel overwhelmingly grateful that we have these people right now.
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Friday, 8 January 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
Love the moment in ep 1 where she talks about being on the subway and observing her fellow man
― calstars, Sunday, 14 February 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Felt her 90 mins in the movie previously translated better than several episodes
― scampsite (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 February 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
best thing about it is scorsese’s uncontrollable laughter at every single thing she says
― flopson, Sunday, 14 February 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
A friend has been bugging me to watch this.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
I only saw the first ep a few months ago and I’m still thinking about some of the things she said
― calstars, Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:22 (three years ago) link
https://cultmtl.com/2022/03/fran-lebowitz-on-will-smith-chris-rock-and-the-slap-heard-round-the-world/
“No one should hit people because they don’t like a joke. First of all, this is a terrible precedent because most comedians tell lots of jokes that are bad, most jokes are not funny, most people are not that good at their job.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 April 2022 11:45 (two years ago) link
Thank you for posting that here and not in the will smith thread
― calstars, Saturday, 2 April 2022 15:35 (two years ago) link
Author Fran Lebowitz is in attendance for tonight’s game. #WNBATwitter pic.twitter.com/jFhQ5UfFeW— Her Hoop Stats (@herhoopstats) August 28, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 06:55 (nine months ago) link