good coconut la croix joke
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 October 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
xp, instagram girl was a dick; I agree. But they painted her as crazy stupid and vapid and TALKIN BOUT MY GENERATION
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Sunday, 23 October 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
they painted her as lonely
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 23 October 2016 07:17 (seven years ago) link
Patrick made a friend!!
― mh 😏, Sunday, 23 October 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
this is heartwarming
the instagram girl bit was the first time i felt they were really being just mean
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, October 22, 2016 8:25 AM (yesterday) Bookmark
yeah it felt like gross nihilism to me too
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 23 October 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
i thought the second part of that episode softened it slightly but yeah it left a bad taste in my mouth
it's the same as the "everyone rates everyone" episode of black mirror! practically watched them back to back, the whole ethic of being socially performative but kind of flailing
― mh 😏, Sunday, 23 October 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/michael-cyril-creighton-actor-without-limits
― just sayin, Thursday, 27 October 2016 04:54 (seven years ago) link
i liked the instagram girl until she cried at the end & you realize its just making a dumb point about *kids today and their social media*
it was hilarious though when she's interviewing the Guy
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 27 October 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
surprised folks are so down on the new ones, they feel pretty of a piece w/ the original run except longer year—i guess occasional pacing issues
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 27 October 2016 06:50 (seven years ago) link
I love this show! Like mh says, it's heartwarming. But not in a syrupy way.
― schwantz, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
the dog episode was best imo
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
the finale was great
it might have been struggling to find its feet but honestly i'm willing to cut this series all kinds of slack given its one of the only shows right now that's about actual humans not sci-fi/fantasy/comic book hyperviolent gritty bullshit AND has any sort of kindness or affection for its characters instead of portraying them as vain sociopaths (transparent et all)
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
the first half of the finale was really wonderufl and 100% reminded me why high maintenance is one of my faovurite things ever. when it's at its best it's SO empathetic. (not slamming second half, i am only watching half 2 now)
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
helen hunt guy is a fave
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 28 October 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
reprisal of homeless heidi was super lame i thought but whatever
havent watched finale yet
― marcos, Friday, 28 October 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:53 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh wow yea totally. first half was really good, honestly i teared up a little
― marcos, Friday, 28 October 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
i p much got misty the second i saw his face again and then EVERYTHING after that was just so lovely
second half was p good too
― a simba man (Will M.), Friday, 28 October 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
Weird that they are giving The Guy some backstory. It was well-done, but I'm not sure if I wanted any of that. It was kind of more fun to think of him as some kind of magical/spiritual being...
― schwantz, Friday, 28 October 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
second half was really good
― marcos, Friday, 28 October 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
i have a big crush on rebecca naomi jones; seen her do some theater in nyc and she is really really goodalso Vivian!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 29 October 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
ive been wanting to share the older episodes with some friends but they are all gone, i can't find them anywhere. bummer man
― marcos, Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
even on HBO?
― gr8080, Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
they were on hbo on demand recently (in canada)
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
yea all i see are the 6 hbo episodes
― marcos, Thursday, 27 April 2017 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Still on HBO Go under 'High Maintenance Web Series'
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Thursday, 27 April 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
(in the US)
just watched most of the new ones for a second time, they are actually all really good and on par with or better than a lot of the original web series imo
― marcos, Friday, 2 June 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
just listened to the two dope queens episode with ben sinclair. he is a very charming dude.
― mizzell, Friday, 2 June 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/profile-katja-blichfeld-of-high-maintenance.html
― johnny crunch, Monday, 15 January 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
huh. extra curious to see these first episodes now.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 04:44 (six years ago) link
Dire article.
― Luna Schlosser, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 11:12 (six years ago) link
A distateful level of celeb fawning:
“She’ll be the only one who’ll notice an extra’s socks and say ‘They’re wrong for this neighborhood,’” he says. “We’ll think that’s crazy, and then in the playback we’ll be like ‘The socks are wrong.’” With Katja, “There’s just a thing that everybody does, we kind of look to her to see if she’s smiling, or if her eyebrows are up, or if she’s attentive, or if she’s not really into it. You kind of try and read how she feels to gauge how to move forward.”I see the same thing when we’re eating lunch a few weeks pre–tattoo date at Marlow and Sons, a restaurant where she knows everyone, of course. There’s a subtle way she wields control that makes everything about the situation perfect.
I see the same thing when we’re eating lunch a few weeks pre–tattoo date at Marlow and Sons, a restaurant where she knows everyone, of course. There’s a subtle way she wields control that makes everything about the situation perfect.
― Luna Schlosser, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
not necessarily arguing that, extra curious to see what a diversified (? at least more than just these two) writing room does for the show
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
― Luna Schlosser, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 3:12 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha yeah i found it kind of nauseating tbh
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
i couldn't make it through the second paragraph, about how perfectly she handled telling the tattoo artist to waive the rule about not letting anyone else behind the counter because she was going to be interviewed
Even though the shop has a rule that no one who’s not being tattooed is allowed past the reception area in front, Blichfeld convinces them to waive it for me. She does this without being a jerk but without being apologetic, either — she just listens to the explanation for the rule, making eye contact the whole time, then tells the artist why I need to hang out with her while she gets tattooed: “I’m being interviewed and this is the activity I said we’d do,” she says, un-self-consciously, like “being interviewed” and “doing an activity” are nothing to be ashamed of, which they’re not, but still. Blichfeld treats everyone she interacts with pretty much exactly the same, which is to say, she treats everyone with patience, curiosity, openness, and honesty, and then at the end of the interaction she gets exactly what she wants.
fuck everyone in this century
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
checking out some other stories on thecut.com. oh cool, look at this promising rectangle on the front page. i bet it's going to move up near the top of the rectangles for a while, and even after other rectangles get to the top of the mountain, it'll linger on in the 'more stories you might enjoy' section for at least a day or two longer, fantastic. equinox is a really great company, i wonder how the ceo handles life
https://i.imgur.com/sfTt5lK.png
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
Nussbaum likes the new season:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/22/high-maintenance-an-anthology-show-that-really-works
In the show’s second season on HBO, airing this month, the ease is back, thank God, and the series feels, even in slighter moments, newly confident, with an increased ability to reflect a larger world in flux.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
crossing my fingers. I need this right now!
― mh, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
Yay! I love this show. That interview/hagiographic puff-piece, though...
― DJI, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
ben sinclair was super chill about his split with his ex wife on colbert, seems like a good guy
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link
they’d have to be pretty chill to still collaborate, although like the article says, some of the scripts kind of got a harsh vibe for a bit there
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:14 (six years ago) link
Money moves mountains tho
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:16 (six years ago) link
What is "propaganda for egg-freezing"?
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 January 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTixIvhRTFcp46VRzAsYbkElEyJZq04Pz6buHuxIlJ0qynpn-5V
― Agharta Christie (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:37 (six years ago) link
xp presumably single women who think they might not be in the right spot to have kids when they're most fertile putting some eggs on ice just in case they decide to later
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
yeah, i have family that did that shit; it's expensive and painful and frustrating and ultimately not super likely to be useful
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
i understand what egg-freezing is, my partner and i have done it. i'm not sure why "propaganda".
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
ah, sorry. there's folks who argue that, without a specific plan, it's a way to profit off of the intersection of women in the workplace and biological clock without addressing the underlying issues.
your personal situation is your own, not trying to be disrespectful.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link