This short is the most important film about New York every made. It taught Sesame Street viewers about using phonebooks and not tipping. And what kid doesn't love black olives?
I started this last night and completed it this morning of a yellow goth child.
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Repost with permission Yamada is Zakuro Fujiwara assistant in episode 24 of Tokyo Mew Mew
⠀⠀𝖻𝖺𝗄𝗎𝗀𝗈𝗎'𝗌 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾: 𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾- (๑•̀ㅁ•́๑) * 𝗀𝗁𝖺 * ... 𝗇𝗈, 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍! 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝗂. 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒.
Things I liked in Promising Young Woman:
- Women being part of permeating rape and sexual harassment culture.
- Everyone is the problem!
- The "good" guy ended up the one you would least expect and the one to repent and understand that he deserved to be punished: the lawyer.
- Also men being part of the solution. See above, lawyer, being the one to take the video to the police after Cassie's disappearance.
- Cast choice: Bo Burnham being one of the bad guys. The character he played was a lot like Bo acts in his comedies: nerdy/geeky, awkward but also adorable in its own way. A sensitive guy, if you will. He likes Paris Hilton? He's not afraid to look silly and show weakness. And also, someone complacent in Nina's rape. I really like how they went with an actor/comedian we are all familiar with and who we see in a positive light, to break down our defenses and makes us feel comfortable in his presence, only to have the tables turned and realize he will not be one of the good guys in this movie. Because yes, it can be any man.
Love Is The Pilgrimage.
Service to humanity as well as animals, a true short story:
When Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anhu) was going to Makkah on pilgrimage, he came across a poor dog that had been injured. All four of the dog's legs were severely cut and bleeding.
The holy man picked up the poor creature in his arms to take it to a well where he could get some water to wash and dress the dog's wounds.
He paid no attention to the fact that his clothes were being ruined by the blood from the dog's wounds.
At the time he was passing through a stretch of desert, and it was not until he came to a small oasis that he could find a well. To his dismay, there was no rope and bucket with which he could draw up water. But he quickly collected some leaves from nearby trees, fastened them together to make a small bucket, and used his turban as a rope.
Dropping the improvised bucket down a well, he found that the length of his turban was too short to reach the water. As he had nothing else to lengthen the rope, he quickly took off his shirt and tied it to his turban. Still the rope was too short.
Accordingly, he removed his trousers, which were of thin cotton, and added them. This made the rope long enough. The holy man then drew water from the well, washed the dog's wounds and bandaged them. Carrying the dog in his arms, he struggled on until he came to a village.
There he went to the mosque and begged the Mullah, "Please take care of this poor dog until I return this way from Makkah."
"Have no doubts or fears, brother, for I will assuredly take the dog with me when I return."
That night when Hazrat Junaid slept, a radiant celestial being appeared to him in a vision. Holding out in his hands in blessing over Hazrat Junaid, the being said:
"0 Junaid, your pilgrimage to Makkah has already been accomplished. This is because you have shown your love for the Lord by taking pity on one of his creatures without considering your own comfort.
So now, 0 brother, it is up to you whether or not to complete your pilgrimage to Makkah. So far as God is concerned, He is already very pleased with you. For, love for Him and all His creatures is far more pleasing to Him than a hundred pilgrimages."
"Love alone counts in the court of the Lord, Love and devotion are to Him most dear."
