Out of the Blue [Dec 27, 2016, 11:11 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Happy National Fruitcake Day! I actually tend to like fruitcake, but I haven't
had any in a really long time, so I may not feel that way if I had some right
now. Holiday foods aside, we had a rare visit to the movies on Christmas, as we
went to see Rogue One. I can see why the reviews on this are mixed, as I
have mixed feelings about it myself. There were parts I loved, and parts I
didn't, but on balance the experience was positive, and I was happy to have seen
it, and happy to have made the effort to do so in the theater. But I also just
like movies in general, so in the same way I wouldn't be a good video game
critic, I wouldn't be a good movie critic. Also, I probably would have
considered the movie enjoyable if they just had Alan Tudyk's part surrounded by
footage of cows grazing, so you may not want to go by me.
R.I.P.: Everybody Hates Chris Star Ricky Harris Dead: Actor Dies at 54.
R.I.P.: Everybody Hates Chris Star Ricky Harris Dead: Actor Dies at 54.
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Quboid wrote on Dec 27, 2016, 13:24:
The BBC did a brief, unscientific study that shows a steady increase in celebrity deaths. I suspect it's because about 60 years ago when television started to become influential the number of celebrities, particularly young adults, increased. So it's only going to get worse. Happy Holidays everyone.
right, it seems like an expected result going forward... so it will be interesting to compare this year with the next 10
Although there does seem to have been an inexorable rise, Serpell says there hasn't been any change in the BBC's policy on what sort of person qualifies for an obituary.
He thinks that the increase isn't particularly surprising, because we're now half a century on from the flourishing of both TV and pop culture in the 1960s, which massively expanded the overall pool of public figures.
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