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 Happy Turkey Tuesday TV & Movies crew! 🍂🦃
I write to you from my favorite cafe on NYC's Upper West Side, where I have an excellent view of parade balloons already being inflated. When did it become holiday season? I knew it was official once The Princess Switch 3 came out -- what even are the holidays without a low-budget appearance from Vanessa Hudgens?
Or from our Tiger King crew? Oh wait, that wasn't in my contract. In fact, neither was a too-close-to-home story of a young person in New York overthinking love, career, and friendship...but hey, I got that too with Tick, Tick... Boom!
On a more encouraging note, the release of King Richard last weekend did not disappoint. I knew Serena and Venus were superhuman, but apparently their father is too. If you need some inspiration in your week, I highly recommend giving it a watch.
Until next week,
Gretchen
PS. If you see a something that you think should be in this newsletter, tweet me @tarrantgretchen and I'll be sure to shout you out 🌟
  It was pretty clear from the moment the Red Notice trailer dropped that we were in for a good one, but the film exceeded even Netflix's expectations this week, surpassing all previous records for a Netflix movie premiere. Even Ryan Reynolds was so surprised he needed a break. I don't blame you Ryan, swindling is hard work.
  Tomorrow's the day! Despite some early criticism, I'm holding out hope. I mean, it's hard to imagine a film going wrong with a cast like this. According to interviews, Lady Gaga took her method acting so far that she often threw up from exhaustion and anxiety -- but apparently it still wasn't enough to fix her poor Italian accent.
  It's hardly news that racism and sexism often influence public perception, but the New York Times' recent documentary, Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson, sheds new light on a particularly high-profile example.
The documentary, released on November 19th, explores the discrepancy between the backlash received by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake following their 2004 Superbowl halftime show, which ended with an inadvertent exposure of Jackson's breast.
"It's an understatement to say that it was sort of unfair if you consider it 50-50, I probably got 10% of the blame," Timberlake said. "And that says something about society. I think that America's harsher on women, and I think that America's unfairly harsh on ethnic people."
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