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What are you watching these days?
serious crayons:
Oops, I should have read it more carefully. The blue plan is $40 a month -- $15 for the first month. But even at $40 it's way less than I'd been paying.
I think it saves you from having to have digital versions of FX, AMC, Comedy Central, TBS, TNT, History Channel, etc. I'm not sure how much those cost, if anything -- if they're free I might not need a Sling plan.
Jeff Wrangler:
This is what's so funny about getting my TV service from Comcast through my building's contract as part of my condo fee: We have HBO, so no paying for it.
Of course, a good five years or so ago now, they took away Turner Classics, which I seemed to watch more than just about anything else.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 09, 2023, 12:36:29 am ---This is what's so funny about getting my TV service from Comcast through my building's contract as part of my condo fee: We have HBO, so no paying for it.
--- End quote ---
I think I had HBO as part of my Comcast plan, too. So I didn't pay for it individually, but the Comcast plan cost a ridiculous $300+ a month.
Front-Ranger:
With the times we live in, I think I need to go look for Cunk on Shakespeare again. :-\
I did see a Shakespearian movie yesterday. "Hamnet" has been playing in the theaters for a while so if you want to see it at its best, better hasten away to your local multiplex. It's basically about his relationship with his wife, Agnes (or Anne) and his three children. But there's also quite a bit about his professional life and the imbalance that creates. it all comes together at the end which takes place in a performance of Hamlet at the Globe Theater.
The lead actors are very good but give some intense performances. The actor who plays young Hamnet, the couple's son, is more subtle and IMO steals the show. In a stroke of genius, the actor's actual brother plays Hamlet on the stage, also a gifted performance. I'd better stop here, don't want to include spoilers! Interested in what other viewers thought of the film.
Front-Ranger:
Quote from the BBC review of the movie.
"every household had, at that time, a medicine garden," says O'Farrell. "And it would've been the responsibility of the woman of the house, the matriarch, to know how to make medicines and to treat ailments. It would not have been something that men knew about."
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