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remember when helly r woke up and said who the FUCK are you to a literal child LMAO

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crawling out of your own body bag to introduce yourself is such a boss ass move

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TOM FRANCIS as JOE GILLIS in SUNSET BOULEVARD

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imagine youre living your life as a tourist in nyc one evening and then a man just passes by on the other side of the street going “SUNSET BOUUULEVARD”

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People are shocked Nicole Scherzinger has musical theatre chops?

YALL, where have you been when she sang Phantom in 2017, WHILE SICK? Where she sang “Memory” at the BAFTAs in 2015? Annie Live? Evita in 2013?

Sis LITERALLY is a musical theatre diva (affectionately)!

Baby, I’ve been a fan since her days in Eden’s Crush. It’s about time she’s gotten her flowers. 💐 👏🏻

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funny things i remember from sunset blvd (2024/jamie lloyd production)

when joe comes out of the body bag at the top of the show (i think tom was struggling a bit with the zipper, so from my perspective he kinda shimmied out of it lmfao)

"you've come to the right party ;)"

"i love it when you talk dirty"

"right now, i'd like to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me" same, betty

also her smile fading once she realizes that she talked shit about joe's script right in front of him lmfao

sheldrake echoing joe's earlier line ("i believe in self-denial") because joe is god's least favorite, apparently

joe's crashout is just yelling incoherently and stomping around in the circle like a toddler (i have no idea what he's saying)

"come to get your knife back? it's still there, right between my shoulder blades" (never change joe)

"i really liked it" "i'm all warm and runny inside" (lmfao joe)

"writers with pride don't live in LA" the shade

"I AM BIG - it's the pictures that got smaller" queen

"wait... did you say you were a writer?" "that's what it says on my guild card"

"looks like six very important pictures"

"i didn't know you were planning a comeback" "i Hate. that word. it's a return! :D"

"you shouldn't let another writer see your work, he may steal it" norma, looking him up and down "....i'm not afraid"

"i said SIT - DOWN...." music stops, cue joe looking around confused because there's no chair (or set) so he sits on the floor

nicole shaking ass to ALW is fucking hilarious ("PUMP PUMP")

"just how... old is salome?" "sixteen :D"

"i can say anything i want with my EYES"

nicole mouthing "i will kill you" (i think) into the camera

"well i'm pretty busy" "yea i don't care"

"don't you worry about moneyyyyy i'll make it worth your while honayyyy"

"how did you know i was staying here?" and max simply ignores him

"how did it go?" "well, i wish i were dead" real

joe as the uppity/out-of-work hack and betty being the studio smartass lol

while talking to betty, joe turns to the camera - "remember: it's only a movie" dramatic ass lol

when artie invites joe to his new year's party they do a cute handshake

max: "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN" with the camera right in his face

joe's dramatic ass "ohhh god" upon hearing they'll be watching norma's old "weepy melodramas"

honestly joe and norma's dynamic is very much black cat boyfriend/golden retriever girlfriend (except she is crazy) and it's pretty fun in itself

not technically funny, but the way joe holds norma's hand is so precious (in 'today is the day')

norma (pretending?) hyperventilating upon joe saying "its not about the money"

straight up going ("eughh?" at first ijbol)

joe teasing max about who's coming to norma's new years eve party ("maaaax")

"nonono not on the same floor as rudy valentino!"

max giving them party hats and throwing up some confetti with zero emotion

joe and norma doing dorky dances is the cutest thing ever (also "the perfect year" SLAPS thank you ALW)

joe dodging norma's attempt at kissing him so he kinda cradles her head

"there are noooo other guests :) just you :) and me :)))"

"i'm in love with you... surely, you know that, right?" - cue joe's look of :o (shock) bro was SHOOK

at the new year's party, the ensemble is kinda bumping and grinding to 'this time next year'

joe's reaction to betty still pushing along with dark windows - "well hallelujah :|"

some guy passes in front of the camera (while joe is addressing it) with a v sign lol (act one only bc i'm lazy atm but I WILL come back)

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jamie lloyd's sunset blvd / oscar wilde's salomé

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Sunset Blvd, St. James Theatre 2024-25

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i may have to out myself as a theater kid on this here blog … i saw Sunset Blvd yesterday and it's rolling around in my head like loose change. i'm gnawing at the iron bars of my enclosure

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maybe suicidal ideation transcends severance

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ellie + text posts

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vibe i got from s1

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I also wanna talk about how interesting Nora explaining to Ellie what Joel did was.

I know we're tired of them bringing it up, spelling out Joel's actions, but this is the first time that we see Ellie confronted with that info. It's not the first time she's heard it, but we as the audience didn't know that (unless you played the games, obviously).

And her reaction is SO interesting. Because not only do we get her ackowledgment that she knows already, but she continues on with her mission.

We learn that she knows that Joel killed all those people in the hospital for her. She knows that he shot the doctor to save her, ruining the world's chances at a vaccine. She knows that he took away the one thing that was meant to make all the horrible things that have happened in her short life mean something.

She understands that Joel killed Abby's father, that she was filled with the same grief and anger that Ellie feels now. She knows exactly how Abby felt.

But she doesn't care.

She doesn't give a shit, and proceeds to torture and kill Nora for the information she wants. She still wants to kill Abby. She still wants to go ahead with everything, despite having Jesse and Tommy and Dina waiting for her.

We see Ellie go from not being able to look at Joel, to throwing everything away to avenge him. We finally see the three months of accumulated emotion burst out in this moment. We get to see how Ellie has truly been feeling, what the toll of Joel's death has done to her.

That simple "I know" marks the point of no return.

There is no way that Ellie can every truly come back from this.

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Ohmygod. The door was unlocked. The door to leave the severed floor was unlocked. The door is usually locked unless a new innie needs help adjusting to the severed floor. When Helly tries to get out that door to give Helena a note the door is locked. But on the day of the escape plan for Gemma…..the door is unlocked. Someone at Lumon unlocked that door. Who. I doubt the normal outies are allowed in that space why would they be. And Cobel couldn’t get back in they were watching her. Millchick didn’t know the plan and he certainly wouldn’t have supported it he tried to stop it. The only other person in Lumon management who may have had access to the door to be able to unlock it AND knew about the plan to rescue Gemma was HELENA. And Lumon clearly didn’t know about the Gemma rescue plan or they would’ve made sure to go on lockdown! HELENA DIDNT TELL THEM ABOUT THE GEMMA RESCUE PLAN. DID HELENA SECRETLY HELP IN THE GEMMA RESCUE??

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they should have hugged🥺