- Portlandia - I didn't love Seasons One and Two. I liked them for sure. I thought it was clever. I'm writing something with my best friend that we came up with because she started out a conversation with, "I was watching Portlandia the other night and thought of you..." Then Season Three came on Netflix and I was hooked. This was the last thing I binge watched. But I'm not counting it as new because I started checking it out a while back. Love Chloe Sevengy. Love the nod to French New Wave. Love, love, love.
- Derek - I love the bad hair and the sweater on the cover. I love that it's a new Netflix show. I hear they're supposed to be great, which is why I keep saving them on my queue. I love that it's a less arch show supposedly than the other shows he has done. It's a recent addition, which means that it has a snowball's change in hell of getting watched any time soon.
- Breaking Bad - I know! It's over now. I need to get beyond the three episodes I've watched. It looks great. I'm intrigued. It's a bit dark for me. But I keep waiting for a free month. Or an illness. I'm not really waiting for an illness. I shouldn't have said that. And I'm not waiting for a free month. That would mean that I wouldn't have work or money or ideas coming in. That's not a good thing. So I'm not going to watch it any time soon? Even though I should?
- House of Cards - Everyone I know is raving! I'm an asshole for not watching. Yet another reason for self-loathing. It's smart. It's created by Beau Willimon. It has staff of playwrights. But I feel again like I need to devote a binge watching session to it and there never seems to be enough time.
- Orange is the New Black - Same issue. And I was told I'd like this more than House of Cards. But I still can't forgive Jenji Kohan for the last few seasons of Weeds. Although, I did skip around and graze binge watch (that's a new term I'm coining...to graze binge watch is to skip around a bunch of episodes just to get the gist or to catch up) the last season of Weeds. It means you're half committed. Is that like being semi-erect? It's exactly like being semi-erect.
- Mad Men - Probably the travesty of all time, along with never watching The Wire. That's on HBO Go, which is another drug of choice. But this post would be five years long if I took time to talk about what I'm watching or not watching on HBO Go. I could devote a whole post just on my love of HBO Go. It's like a fever dream.
- Back to Mad Men - I need to watch it. I've never seen an episode. I'm afraid I'm going to love it too much, stop bathing, shit myself and then feed off of my own arms because I'll be so glued to the screen. One day...one day it will happen. I have that to look forward to.
- David Chang: The Mind of a Chef - I keep this guy around because I love him. I've binge watched him twice. Is that like gang banging someone twice? It's exactly like gang banging someone twice. I love cooking and I love Asian revolutionaries. Nuff said.
- Top of the Lake - I impulse purchased this one. Although, it's not a purchase. The service is already paid for. But it has pedigree and it sounds interesting. And I feel like I want to reject Elisabeth Moss twice since I'm not watching her on Mad Men. I'm afraid to commit to Elisabeth Moss. That's the real confession here. And clearly I have chosen sides because I'm watching Portlandia.
- Scandal - I can't get past the pilot, but everyone says it gets better. And hey, it worked for me being gay. So maybe Scandal Gets Better too. That seems to be the word on the street. Eventually I came out and things worked out on the other side. I just need to give Scandal a shot. For that reason, maybe it should move to the top of my queue.
- Drive - Is this the first movie on here? I love Gosling and I hear great word of mouth. And I don't want to think up a joke here because I've got too many things to get to on my queue. Or on my list talking about what's on my queue.
- Freaks and Geeks - I've seen it. I keep it around like the Bible. It makes me feel safe and secure. Because it existed that means there is hope in the world.
- Manhattan - Same as above. But the movie version. It's got style. It's got panache and flair. And those are things that should never be underrated.
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi - I have started it. Because of the chef pilot I'm writing, people have been suggesting it to me. I'll get to it. Or it will sit on my queue, half eaten, for another few months. Hope it doesn't get moldy. Food joke!
- Luther - Peer pressure. People say I should. And Idris Elba is sexy. I loved him on The Office. I wonder if it's like that. I seriously know nothing about this show.
- The House of Cards Trilogy (original BBC) - If I'm not watching the newer, longer, sexier more American star-studded version, do you think I'm going to make time for this. Well, one thing I heard was that it's better. But I feel like I need to binge watch these two together, which is another reason why it's taking me so long to watch either one. Does size matter? We'll see.
- A Place at the Table - I'm a sucker for documentaries. And I'm a bigger sucker for food documentaries. This will probably get watched before much else, along with Jiro Dreams of Sushi and my third binge watching session of David Chang: The Mind of a Chef.
- The Trip - I rented this at my local library once. I watched a bit of it. But as discussed, I love food and talking about food and humor. So this might get watched on a binge eating/binge watching weekend. Oh...that's a great theme.
- Jean Michele Basquiat/Basquiat - I'm pairing these both together because one is the documentary and one is the film with Geoffrey Wright that I saw a long time ago. I'll probably watch both together because I love art as much as I love food. And anything that talks about art, I'll watch. And as I've already mentioned, documentaries place higher on my priority list because I don't have to think when I watch them. I can enjoy them more than scripted shows because I like to poke holes in scripted shows. It's part of my process.
- Hit & Miss - It's the Chloe Sevengy show where she places a transgender hit person. A hit man with boobs. It sounds like an outrageous idea, exactly the sort of thing I'd watch. Yet I'm not watching. I'm intrigued by boobs and balls. I hope there are lots of those kinds of quality jokes in this show.
- The Art of the Steal - An art heist documentary. Done.
- Political Animals - I've already seen it, but I'm writing a soap and I liked how soapy and fun this was while also trying to be serious and political. It has its bad moments, but it has Sigourney Weaver and it's really smart in places too. This is when I'm bored and I want to watch something I've already seen and I don't want to invest in something new. It's like going back to an old lover.
- America in Primetime - it's a learning tool. A four part series on certain archetypes in TV. I've watched them all at least once. I've watched the one on the independent woman four or five times.
- Valentino: The Last Emperor - I also love fashion documentaries in addition to food and art documentaries. And this is one of the best because these two old queens know how to serve decrepit, bitter realness.
- The Conversation - Because I should see it.
- Beautiful Losers - I don't remember why it's on here. But it expires tomorrow. So I'll just let it die, like the butterfly on the cover.
- Big Night - Saw it years ago, writing a show about chefs...thought I'd use it for reference. Haven't touched it.
- Terms of Endearment - I used it for research for a sketch I'm writing. I watched it last night.
- The Long Goodbye - I'm writing something that involves Altman. It's on my queue because it's a great film and I'll go back to it as I continue writing my play.
- 8 1/2 - I've watched parts of it. I need to get back. Mastrianni keeps staring at me. I need to watch it. It'll take away the bad taste in my mouth that was the film version of Nine.
- Step Up to the Plate - It's a documentary about a father who's trying to retire and surrender his restaurant to his son. It's great. I've watched it once. It's for research. I'll watch it again. I could watch people talk about food for days. I could even read the subtitles about them talking about food for days. That's how much I love food. And films and TV about food or about process. I love hearing about process. And I love family dynamics. This has it all. This is a recommendation to put on your queue because you probably wouldn't know about it other wise. Then you can also let it sit there for a few months before you finally watch it..
- Punch Drunk Love - Because I started watching Magnolia again recently and I like P.T. Anderson and I never caught this film the first time around. This is another of those "I should watch this" films that I might never get to.
- Style Wars - a graffiti documentary for 1983. I need to watch this! I'm working on a musical project and this might be helpful as research. Actually, speaking of queues...the musical project has been on my queue for years and this documentary might suffer the same fate. But both will be great when I finally get to them. I know it!
- Stolen - Another art heist documentary. I'll probably choose one and get rid of the other because this queue is getting too long. This list of what's on my queue is too long too! I'm wrapping it up...soon.
- The Pitch - Watching Season Two now. It's on my DVR queue. Boring. I realized that Season One was on here because it was a recommendation while I was putting other things on my queue. The pilot is probably the best episode. So treat it like it's an hour long documentary and just watch that. Maybe it'll get you hooked. But if it doesn't, this pilot is enough.
- Two in the Wave - It's a doc about Goddard and Truffaut. Yeah...I know I need to make time.
- The Turning Point - I've never seen it! And it's about dance...yet another thing I'm obsessed with after food and art and fashion. It's on here because it was recommended once I saved Terms onto my queue. And that's another thing: the queue is now called My List. Is that because not enough people know what a queue is? Get those dummies off of Netflix. They don't deserve to be here.
- Young @ Heart - I saw the trailer for this film years ago. I watched another documentary a year ago about senior citizens in a hip hop dance troupe. Hopefully I won't be a senior citizen by the time I get to this.
- Just for Kicks - a documentary about sneakers. Sure. I'll watch it...just for kicks! Ha!
And...scene.
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