What even *is* the plot of the Beetle? Other than Racism and Bad Writing?
Well, there was some hope for a fever dreamy what-the-fuck nightmare scenario where an unemployed clerk gets turned into a brain slave by a bugperson who forces him to do naked burglary
But then it kind of went downhill after that into Masochism Land
It's not even fun garbage anymore. It's straight nuclear waste that we're wading through, hoping for another glimpse of Bare-assed Blorbo or the BEETLE (their pronunciation) for some oasis of weirdness to make the shittiness worth it. So far it's just Dick Marsh inflicting a genocidal incel on us and hoping we find him quirky. It is not working.
Do not read The Beetle. Absorb what filters out here the way you would drink still-questionable water that's come through a tormented strainer of readers who sift through Dick's awful Marsh of Misery. I guarantee whatever you piece together yourself will be 100000x more artful than the literary slog that is this hellbook. -100 out of 5 stars. Dead beetle do not open.
The one silver lining is that it is so wretched, so abysmal, so mind-breakingly rancid, that it's genuinely inspiring. Hatefully so. It's made so many people sit down, stare into eternity, and decide, rightly:
I could sneeze on my keyboard and write a better story than this. I could slam finger paints blindly on a piece of paper and draw a better story than this. I think I will.
It's a motivator. A muse sculpted out of scarab wings and shit. All the charm and power of a sign reading TOXIC WASTE DUMP BEYOND THIS POINT, sending you careening in the other direction towards art and talent and creation free of any self-judgment.
This thing outsold Dracula when the books first came out, you will think to yourself. This piece of crystallized offal, woe, racist caricatures, endless grammatical purgatories of enough dashes and commas to turn a single sentence into a filibuster. It did that. I am better than that. There's no amount of self-doubt in my heart or on this Earth that can convince me otherwise. I am free and spurred to manifest the better things that exist in my imagination. Thank you, Dick Marsh, in whatever xenophobic murder gas death pool you're marinating in in the afterlife. Thank you.
I say again, do not read The Beetle. The Beetle is not for reading. It exists for the same reason The King in Yellow play exists in Chambers' universe. To seed madness and disgust and the full antithesis of sense and taste and all that is good.
All that, and the Beetle exploring their imprisoned mind-controlled pet clerk's body while they rant about a hot politician they're obsessed with.
The Beetle does not exist to be read, but to be endured.
You may not make it through. I'm not even sure I will.
But the challenge is there.
The option to look upon the Beetlebullshit is here.
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We need to talk about the beef Zendaya fans have with Sydney Sweeney. It started when she got an Emmy nomination for Euphoria as well (and for The White Lotus, she had double nominations that year). Sydney’s not my taste and I don’t care much about her but she has a better filmography and has proved that she can be very versatile. Before Euphoria, she had already done a lot of roles in horror and thriller. Yes, she’s marketing herself as more of a sex symbol but that’s a thing a lot of actresses have done until they got into more serious roles and it feels like that’s her strategy. Margot Robbie started in a similar situation when she entered Hollywood until she managed to build her reputation as a producer/actress. It was a self produced film (I, Tonya) that got her that Oscar nomination. And Sydney is starting to get her produced bag. Z fans have been upset that her self produced romcom got such box office success. Her horror movie is doing well too and she’s getting good reviews. She’s proving herself to be very business savvy and knows how to establish good relationships with different networks.
Honestly, it looks like Sydney has the most interesting upcoming things in store. She got Barbarella (a sci-fi), like 3 thrillers, a comedy, a new drama series - she’s killing the game whether you like her or not. And I give her less than 3 years to work with some big director on a serious role.
They wanted the rumor of Sydney working with J*hnny D*ep to be true so bad to justify their hatred towards her. Good thing she denied those rumors quick.
I don't even follow or like Sydney, but good for her. That really is amazing! At least she's trying, and for that, I respect her and her hustle.
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Core Drilling Sydney for Concrete Floors, Staircases, and Lift Shafts
When creating precise openings in concrete floors, staircases, or lift shaft installations, core drilling in Sydney is an indispensable tool in the construction industry.
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Conclusion
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