A certain friendo re-watched Shampoo last night, and re-loved it. And he passed along an interesting political perception.

We all understand that the Democrats are going to get killed in November, in large part because they’re seen as being in the grip of progressive wokesters and in favor of teaching four-year-olds about gender fluidity and gender reassignment — average people HATE that. Plus Asian parents and Anglo parents with really smart kids hate the equity thing (i.e., show favoritism to POC students re university admissions and grades as a kind of cultural make-up exercise). They also reject the idea that European-descended Anglos are inherently evil and racist to the core, and therefore have to sit in the back of the bus for a generation or two in order to make up for past sins against POCs.

With all that said, here’s what friendo said about Shampoo….

“Shampoo was made as kind of a nod to Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game (’39), which was about a frivolous society right before Hitler invaded. Shampoo has Nixon humming in the background to make the point that after the politically tumultuous 1960s the Me Generation of the 1970s became silly and frivolous in their own way, and thus lost the country to conservatives (politically).

“It could also have been a nod to Charles Manson killing Jay Sebring (one of the inspirations for Beatty’s “George Roundy” character, the other being Jon Peters) and taking away Sharon Tate (Julie Christie).

“But I guess I see us in that movie: narcissistic, self-involved, not seeing the bigger picture. Focused on woke movies and tinkering with our utopian dioramas and not thinking about what is coming next. Which could be really really, really bad.”

2270 Bowmont Drive, by the way, is the address of the Beverly Hills home resided in by Christie’s “Jackie” character and paid for by Jack Warden‘s “Lester” character.

And that, finally and absolutely, almost certainly signifies the end of the road, Best Picture-wise, for The Power of the Dog. Hyuuuge sigh of relief.

CODA just won the top PGA Award! It’s the only pre-Oscars award which, like the best pic Oscar, is determined using a preferential ballot. Had THE POWER OF THE DOG won it would have been hard to imagine it not winning the Oscar. CODA’s win makes the Oscar a toss-up, leaning CODA. pic.twitter.com/Ci5ppowz8V

— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) March 20, 2022

CODA wins the #PGAAwards for Best Film pic.twitter.com/0c67oZhhPH

— Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies) March 20, 2022

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So Mark Meadows is now facing both federal AND state criminal investigations. Here's an idea – how about we start bringing criminal charges against high government officials who have committed crimes? Because, you know … #JusticeMatters (h/t to #TeamJustice editor @petersoby) pic.twitter.com/YTHhUgDBTZ

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) March 19, 2022

Height-wise, Sutton is in the 97th percentile of female babies her age. 120 days on the planet, and she’s the average height of a nine-month-old.

There are many things, I’m sure, that are lamentable or neurotic or fucked up about 40-and-under dudes in this country. But here’s one of them. Some designer out there designed these hellish slip-ons, and I can guarantee there are hundreds…okay, scores of dudes out there who are wearing them as we speak. Just strolling around and giggling with their idiot friends and making the world a much darker place by way of footwear. If I was an absolute ruler, a Ming-the-merciless of style and fashion, I would put out orders for police to arrest and detain anyone caught wearing these godforsaken things.

I like Jessica Chastain, I loved her in Zero Dark Thirty, and I certainly respect the herculean effort that went into the making and performing of The Eyes of Tammy Faye. But Best Actress cannot and should never be a Best Makeup thing…c’mon. It should be about strength, craft, pieces of a heart and the depth of a soul.