#p: conrad ricamora

[perfectday1972]

conrad ricamora via instagram

[kamwashere]

just watched fire island and right away, conrad ricamora is in my top 5 darcys ever

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Every single Darcy ever.

1938, Andrew Osborn

1940, Lord Olivier

1952, Peter Cushing

1958, Alan Badel

1967, Lewis Fiander

1980, David Rintoul

1995, Colin Firth

2003, Orlando Seale (the one with the Mormons)

2004, Martin Henderson (Bride and Prejudice)

2005, Matthew MacFadyen

2008, Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen)

2012, Daniel Vincent Gordh (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries)

2013, Matthew Rhys (Death comes to Pemberley)

2016, Sam Riley (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

2016, Chase Connor (Before the Fall, not featured as I wasn't able to find a decent picture)

2016 & 2018, Ryan Paevey (Unleashing Mr Darcy & Marrying Mr Darcy, not featured as I remembered these movies only after creating the infographic ops)

2022, Conrad Ricamora (Fire Island)

I'm not counting Bridget Jones since it doesn't market itself as having ties to P&P

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Recent Austen adaptations yelling

Ok I DID make this blog to review historical-set Pride & Prejudice adaptations (with an exception made for iconic B&P). But for everyone who was DEFINITELY WONDERING, yes I have also been storing away a lot of opinions about other recent Austen adaptations that I Must Tell Someone.

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Fire island (2022)

A modern gay party cheesy rom-com P&P that genuinely made me laugh. Having seen some other (whiter) cheesy gay romcoms that were extreeeemely PG & playing it safe, I was pleasantly surprised.

Also Bowen Yang and his story just came across really earnest in a way I was into - would watch this man cry again, 10/10.

Personally as an extremely disabled british nerd (now tragically unable to travel and/or go to the club...) this gay scene is a long way from my queer scene. But I still had emotions, you know?

Kinda wanted more of the Mary analogue and generally just normal looking people (almost everyone is so ripped) but I appreciate that's how beautiful smooth people often look in mainstream american films, we can't have everything.

DARCY WATCH: I do not want to dress like this adaptation's chinos Mr Darcy. But Conrad Ricamora was generally great and very hot and awkward and understood the assignment. Good ice cream throw.

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Emma (2020)

I know I know, it's pretty... but I don't think that's enough!!!!!

Lovely production, beautiful costumes, a candy wes-anderson cinematography that really suits the story, and it's fun to notice references to actual outfits and prints from the time but lads. LADS. UNPOPULAR OPINION TIME: Where is the chemistry???

You can’t make Mr Knightley a nice sweet boy (so funny to have cast a posh folksy singing man) and leave the plot the same and expect it to work!! Also I was personally pissed off that a lot of the promo/ ads for this made it look like ~forbidden love~ when it's the 2 richest white people in town getting together?? ? There's actually not even a class difference in this one, guys.

Basically this romance was nothing to me!!! I felt nothing!!!!!!!! WHERE'S THE DEPTH

I did like the bit where he lies down though. Relatable.

Also why are you drawing so much attention to the servants when you don’t seem to have anything to say about class...? 'Wow look how many servants they had! Anyway, they don't get any speaking lines'... it's 2020 guys!!! like what are we saying here. 'isn't it cool to think about how people were rich'??

kind of the point of Emma (character) is she's pretty superficial, but the story does not, in fact, have to be

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Persuasion (2022)

Weeping softly into a pillow........ did you know this version meant a version with Sarah Snook and Joel Fry got cancelled?? we could have had it all

(standing on a table yelling) THE MODERNISATION WAS NOT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS FILM!!!

Honestly I actively liked all the entire secondary cast in this. Louisa and Mary were extremely charming fun takes to watch. ('I'm an empath' IS right for the character if you're doing modern jokes!!!) And nobody can deny this was a correct and powerful use of Richard E Grant.

Henry Golding was naturally great. Apparently he got offered the lead and took the villain instead, which DOES mean the villain is super charming and fun to watch which is... hard to match and.... kind of shows up.... the main man.

It's been said before but the main two were WOEFUL imo. I have no beef with the actors I just question the DIRECTION and whether anyone making this knew (or cared) why people... enjoy things.

Book Anne is the quietest gentlest loser and I LOVE HER and so does basically every Austen nerd. Making her a quirky wine-bath girl who's honestly just cruel sometimes fully stops the main romance chemistry and plot from working.

And it means the main boy is still like 'god I'm so horny for how KIND AND CAPABLE YOU ARE' which is just 100% no longer true. You can't transplant a personality in a romance but leave the plot the exact same and expect it to work. The chemistry IS the plot in a romance..........

you can't act morally superior to your siblings and still rate people out of ten.... also so funny to me that everyone else gets period outfits and hair whereas this protagonist looks like she just glanced at a picture of any time in the past and grabbed a couple shirts from primark. it doen't even look good or build character!!!!!

Anyway, not to be an elderly man like 'ohhh why does nobody care about character these days' but the reason something like Clueless works is because it has the heart of the story right, instead of just copying the surface level stuff.

[it-happened-one-fic]

500 Followers Playlist Starter Pack: The Genshin Impact Version!

Thank you so much!!! As I said in the Twisted Wonderland version of this post, I'm afraid I don't have time to do a full event (Christmas and all that jazz) but I did want to say thank you to everyone. Since I have a habit of listening to music while writing, I used few songs (I aimed for four each but didn't always make it) from my playlists to form sort of a starter pack under the cut! Again, thank you so much!!!

(NOTE: The links go to Youtube. Songs only for characters I have written [though the fic may not yet be posted]!)

Twisted Wonderland Playlist Starter Pack

Venti:

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba (cursing)

Fly Away - TheFatRat & Anjulie

Scalliwag - Gaelic Storm

Run - Jasmine Thompson

Kaeya:

Honey Whiskey - Nothing But Thieves

Skeletons - Dihaj

Night Moves - Lissie

Break The Ice - Britney Spears

Diluc:

Going Crazy - Goo Goo Dolls (cursing)

Natural - Imagine Dragons

I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin

Life After You - Daughtry

Zhongli:

Centuries - Fall Out Boy

House of Memories - Panic At the Disco

Pompeii - Bastille

Yours Forever (Reprise) - Phillipa Soo & Conrad Ricamora (From Over The Moon film)

Xiao:

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

Sound the Bugle - Bryan Adams (From Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron film)

All The King’s Horses - Karmina

My Demons - Starset

Baizhu:

Icarus - Bastille

Cure For Me - AURORA

Die For You - The Weeknd

Kamisato Ayato:

Feeling Good - Michael Buble

Million Dollar Baby - Ava Max

The Greatest - Sia

Arataki Itto:

All Star - Smash Mouth

I Like it, I Love it - Tim McGraw

Let’s Get it Started - Black Eyed Peas

Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

Thoma

Safe and Sound - Capital Cities

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Our Song - Taylor Swift

Fallin For You - Colbie Caillat

Kazuha:

I’m Like a Bird - Nelly Furtado

North Star - Tyler Shaw

Butterfly - SMiLE.dk

Mind Over Matter - Young the Giant

Heizou:

Sherlock (CLUE + NOTE) - SHINee

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany 

Troublemaker - Olly Murs (feat. Flo Rida) 

Alhaitham:

Blow Your Mind (Mwah) - Dua Lipa

(This Ain’t) No Thinkin Thing - Trace Adkins

DJ Gimi-O Habibi Albanian Remix (Slowed and Reverb) - Ricky Rich 

4 Minutes - Madonna, Justin Timberlake, & Timbaland

Kaveh:

Treat Her Like a Lady - The Temptations

There Was Sun - Nothing But Thieves

Let’s Stay Together - Al Green

Money, Money, Money - ABBA

Cyno:

Never Give Up - Sia

Arabian Nights - Will Smith (Disney Aladdin 2019)

Desert Rose - Sting & Cheb Mami

Whenever, Wherever  - Shakira

Wanderer:

How Far We’ve Come - Matchbox Twenty

17 Crimes - AFI

Please, Don’t Leave me - P!nk

Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

Neuvillette:

Love Story - Indila

Don’t Turn Around - Ace of Base

Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics

Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish

Wriothesley:

Bones - Imagine Dragons 

Warriors - Imagine Dragons

Daydream - The Aces

Animal - Neon Trees

Il Dottore;

Black Sea - Natasha Blume

The Wolf - SIAMES

Everything Black - UNLIKE PLUTO & Mike Taylor

One Hell of a Team - AmaLee & Divide Music

Childe:

Rasputin - Boney M.

Irresistible - Fall Out Boy

Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift

Hold Me Like a Grudge - Fall Out Boy

Dainsleif:

You and I - PVRIS

Never Really Over - Katy Perry

Die For You - Starset

Willow - Jasmine Thompson

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P⬤22 Ensamble Everything Everywhere All At Once Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Tallie Medel, Jenny Slate, y Harry Shum Jr. Fire Island Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Tomas Matos, Torian Miller, Nick Adams, Zane Phillips, y Margaret Cho Glass Onion Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman, Kate Hudson, y Dave Bautista The Humans Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun, y June Squibb Mass Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, y Michelle N. Carter Nope Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Jacob Kim, Terry Notary, y Keith David

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mw older fcs?

not sure what you mean by "older" so i'll just go for it. you can find some suggestions here and here and ofc anyone you choose to bless us with will be loved and wanted. all of the fcs listed below are over the age of 35 (even though I strongly disagree with the rpc considering someone old at 35, but that's neither here nor there):

Keanu Reeves, Carla Gugino, Eddie Cibrian, Michelle Yeoh, Gil Birmingham, Zahn McClarnon, Cheyenne Jackson, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Lucy Liu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Greyeyes, Channing Tatum, Laverne Cox, Angela Bassett, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Michele, Morris Chestnut, Michelle Gomez, Brian Michael Smith, Ming Na-Wen, James Hong, Gina Torres, Billy Porter, Laurence Fishburne, Daniel Sunjata, Daniel Wu, Danny Pino, Levy Tran, Veronico Ngo, Serkan Çayoğlu, Patrick Wilson, George Young, Toby Stephens, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Q, Li BingBing, Elodie Yung, Aidan Turner, Byron Mann, Tommy Flanagan, Nathalie Kelley, Martin Sensmeier, Gabriel Macht, Maite Perroni, Gabriel Luna, Oscar Isaac, Diego Luna, Josh Segarra, Lance Gross, Daniel Henney, Theo James, Mahesh Jadu, Dylan Bruce, Sarah Shahi, Manu Bennett, Tony Leung, Famke Janssen, Skeet Ulrich, Marisol Nichols, Mark Consuelos, Madchen Amick, Benedict Wong, Aishwarya Rai, Bianca Lawson, Conrad Ricamora, Gong Yoo, Jamie Clayton, Isaiah Mustafa, John Cho, Octavia Spencer, Michaela Conlin, Omar Sy, Santiago Cabrera, Randall Park, Taraji P Henson, Taika Waititi, Yasmine Al Massri, Travis Fimmel, Sterling K Brown

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Clayray Closeout 2022

Farewell to 2022 and hello from my new place as I have returned to LA! 2022 started off with me staying up all night to bail out water from the basement, and it certainly continued to be tough in many ways, but to focus on some of the good stuff!

Music - Artists

BTS

Taylor Swift

Beyoncé

Younha

Highlight

Britney Spears

Mitski

Fickle Friends

Glass Animals

McFly

This year I switched from Spotify to Deezer, and so it’s been an adjustment to build my music library over on Deezer.

BTS was farrrrr and awayyyy #1 this year - Literally 265 more scrobbles than T.Swift at #2. That’s because I went and saw them in Vegas this year with my Mom and two friends, and tbh, I was the least big fan of the group, so I basically studied their discography ahead of the concert so that I could be in-the-know lololol.

Secret dropped out of my Top 10 this year! Wow, they were only #12! That makes me sad. :(

But tbh most of the Top 10 isn’t much of a surprise, except for new addition of Mitski. Her new album Laurel Hell is I’m sure going to show up in my Top Albums.

Music - Albums

BTS - Proof

Younha - End Theory: Final Edition

Mitski - Laurel Hell

Beyoncé - Renaissance

Highlight - Daydream

Glass Animals - Dreamland (Real Life Edition)

Sneakerella OST

Loscil - Clara

Fickle Friends - Are We Gonna Be Alright?

Taylor Swift - Midnights

As expected, here’s Mitski’s Laurel Hell sitting pretty at #3. An interesting thing to note is that though T.Swift I listened to more than Beyoncé, Renaissance I listened to significantly more than Midnights - and to be honest there wasn’t much of a difference in artist listens, so that just indicates that I listened to a lot of T.Swift’s back catalog.

This year in musical DCOMs was SNEAKERELLA and ZOMBIES 3, and you see Sneak there at #7! That’s a soundtrack that contains two Emmy-nominated songs, y’all! Z3 OST was juuuust outside the Top 10 at #11.

Tbh I have no idea where Loscil’s Clara came from but I think I would have it playing and literally not notice that it was on. And I enjoy that it’s my name!

Movies

In alphabetical order, five selected movies that came out in 2022.

Everything Everywhere All At Once What an astounding, magnificent film. I was warned going into it to bring tissues, but I forgot, and I was a mess at the theater. The culmination of incredible incredible work from everybody involved to come together and create this masterpiece.

Fire Island Honestly, this might be the best adaptation of Pride & Prejudice ever? Such a smart, smart take of the beloved story and it shapes the original story into something so contemporary and fresh, but still so clearly legible as what is resonant and beloved of P&P. Also, Conrad Ricamora is a perfect Darcy.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Technically, this premiered in 2021 at Telluride, but it went into theatres for its limited release in 2022 so I’m counting it. What a stunning emotional beautiful delight of a film. I watched it on a plane and cried so much.

Girl Picture Saw this at Sundance and I thought it was such a genuine lovely portrait of girlhood going into womanhood. I really felt so much for each of the girls, and this film rings so true about what it’s like to be a teenage girl.

Prey As I texted my friend I was virtually watching with the moment it finished: THAT WAS SICK. Exhilarating and thrilling and so badass, and Amber Midthunder is a star.

Honorable Mentions: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Do Revenge, Emergency, Fresh, Glass Onion, Nanny, Turning Red, Wedding Season

DCOMs: Sneakerella, Zombies 3, Under Wraps 2, Le Pupille OK so technically only Under Wraps 2 is a Disney Channel premiering feature film, but these were the releases from our team this year! So so proud particularly of the Emmy noms and wins for Sneak (and the noms for Spin!). And I know it’s a little bit different fare from what is expected from our group, but the short film Le Pupille produced by Alfonso Cuarón is an exciting new venture!

Films I Want to See but Haven't Yet: Bruiser (The short was excellent, and so I’m excited to see the feature coming out of Onyx Collective!), Decision to Leave, The Menu, Nope, Pinocchio, Tár, Triangle of Sadness, Violent Night, The Woman King

I watched about as many movies as I did last year - Last year 550 and this year 552! Continued Rw/aB moo watching - right at the tail end of the year, we have gotten really into the Dead End Kids Cinematic Universe. We were also earlier this year really into Yokai Monsters (my fave monsters were the Umbrella Friend and the Long Neck Lady). Also with my friend Adrienne, I’ve been watching through the Fear Street, Resident Evil, and Predator franchises, which has been super fun!

Television

Abbott Elementary OK so technically the pilot came out in 2021 but that was the only episode and the rest of the season came out in 2022 so I am counting it as a 2022 show! And what a dynamo of a show - so full of heart while also being so real, and just so...good. Like it’s good in terms of being well-crafted, clearly, but also it is nice to have a show that is dedicated to contributing goodness to the world.

The Dropout On the other hand, here’s a show in the other direction, examining some truly dastardly behavior. Amanda Seyfried is fantastic, and also this show is particularly fascinating for me as I reflect on like that specific concoction of elite education and girlbossing, since that’s something I’m often surrounded by.

Ms. Marvel I love Kamala Khan so much. What a great show that is a fantastic coming-of-age show but also takes on some very real (historical) drama and of course superhero action. Also, I was asked to do a reading from Ms. Marvel at a wedding, which it was my honor to do, so this show is special to me in that way too.

The Rehearsal What a wild ride. And what a show that seriously grips you and lodges into your brain. I still am not sure what to make of Nathan Fielder, but what I do know is that I could not stop thinking about this show.

Severance So tightly crafted, it takes my breath away. (Although I have to say, perhaps I have a super high tolerance, but I was bracing myself for weirder at certain points and was unfazed. But I think that’s more a reflection of me watching some weird stuff) This is the some of the best thought-provoking suspenseful creeping uneasiness on television.

Not New: Bridgerton, Never Have I Ever, Reservation Dogs, We Are Lady Parts

Honorable Mentions: The Afterparty, Reboot, She-Hulk, The Summer I Turned Pretty

Shows I Haven't Finished Yet but Will: The Bear, Bel-Air, High School, Loot, White Lotus

I feel like I did a lot of television grazing this year, watching pilots when I had like a month of a streaming service here and there. My to-watch list is never-ending, but there’s just so much good stuff out there!

Okay, now off to the songs~

[penelopesalvez]

i need a gifs of will throwing his teeny tiny little ice cream cones immediately

[louisdotmp3]

hello fire island !!!!!!!!

[ricamora-falahee]

Connor and Oliver + Kisses in HTGAWM 4x01-4x03

[perfectday1972]

conrad ricamora via instagram

[canonicallyanxious]

[Spoilers for Fire Island (2022)]

Some of my favorite pride and prejudice adaptation choices from the movie Fire Island:

I mean the Bennets as queer found family is everything to me. it’s absolutely everything to me i think every iconic family from the literary classics should be adapted to the modern era as queer found family actually

Mrs. Bennet as an ostentatious and over-the-top but ultimately well-meaning and loving lesbian mother figure is so fucking inspired and Margaret Cho as this version of Mrs. Bennet??? they had their third eye wide fucking open with that casting choice [E: OH also how the Bennets’ struggle with wealth/social standing turned into Margaret Cho’s character having to sell their house on Fire Island! I thought that was such a fun and smart decision especially in the evolution of that storyline and how it impacted the character arcs in particular!]

The choice to adapt the Bennets publically embarrassing themselves at various dances as getting overly drunk and puking on everything was hilarious and tonally on point (and also as someone who had to act as the sober and sane one at a party of too-drunk people just last week way too timely lol)

i think when doing a modern-day adaptation of a jane austen novel it’s really easy to flatten or oversimplify the nuances of the social and class commentary built into those stories but mapping the complexity of p&p’s social hierarchy onto the gay subculture of the Fire Island’s Pines party and exploring the intersection of gayness with class, race, and body dysmorphia ended up fitting the spirit of the book so well, it was such a brilliant choice your MIND mr. joel kim booster!!!

Moreover those already existing themes of social/class commentary being integrated so seamlessly into Noah and Howie’s (Lizzie and Jane’s) experiences as queer Asian Americans, how that strengthens their relationship with each other and how that experience has impacted the way they interact with the world and protect themselves from societal pressures in such different ways (Noah being more outspoken to mask his own set of insecurities, Howie being more withdrawn but still having his own brand of quiet strength, etc.) and how that is deconstructed through their parallel character arcs - and the layers of Will (Darcy) being a queer Asian American (specifically of mixed heritage amidst a social circle of mostly white affluent men - the way in which Noah assumes he fits into that world but the subtle ways the movie challenges and breaks down that assumption to show that Will feels out of place in that world too) as well!!! If I had the braincells to scream about this for another ten thousand words i absolutely would

The way they kept Will writing Noah the letter for plot reasons that made sense - he remembered that Noah’s phone wasn’t working from one throwaway comment about how he’s the only one in the group who doesn’t have a phone! Will is exactly the kind of socially awkward but thoughtful nerd who feels more comfortable expressing himself through the written word! - made me SWOON i cannot believe they kept that in a way that worked SO WELL in such a ROMANTIC WAY!!!

Also just. Everything about Conrad Ricamora as Will/Mr. Darcy. can i say that’s a favorite adaptation choice of mine bc it absolutely is. Matthew Mcfayden and Colin Firth whomst i only know Will “saw his crush and immediately threw his ice cream cone into a bush and bolted away” lastname

[impostoradult]

for what it's worth, I really enjoyed Fire Island

the two leads are great, and they have great chemistry together. And the secondary pair (Howie/Charlie) are really sweet and endearing. Conrad Ricamora absolutely KILLS it as the Darcy character. he's spot-on perfection.

It's also a VERY close adaptation of P&P. I was under the impression it was gonna be a looser, more vaguely inspired-by type of thing. but it's almost a beat for beat retelling (which I love)

And it has some truly laugh out loud moments. That joke about Lindsay Graham and the Parent Trap made me lose it. and the "way harsh Tai" reference was just so perfect.

also i do think it is pretty smart and sophisticated about both class and race and how they are operating in this context. it's actually handled with a lot more subtly than I expected

There are a few moments where it gets a little over the top, tonally. Which isn't bad in and of itself, but sometimes the tonal shifts are a bit extreme and they feel a little clunky. it's also clearly being VERY inside baseball about certain things, which can occasionally be distracting

but overall, very solid. B+.

[beautifulsnake2162020]

Okay I'm not sure if I'm allowed to make this review (because I'm a Cisgendered Hetero woman) but I just want to say from a Pride and Prejudice fan I LOVE Fire Island and I love rewatching it and how amazing Joel Kim Booster and Conrad Ricamora are as Noah (aka Lizzie) and Will (aka Darcy). I LOVED IT and watching it always brightens my day and I always feel so excited whenever they are together. The rest of the cast was also amazing and I could more than relate to Bowen's Hewie (not sure if I spelled it right) of not being conventionally attractive and wanting a romantic relationship.

I've seen reviews of it on youtube by queers who seems to have no background on Pride and Prejudice and the consensus so far is that its a fun movie but it still left some loose threads when it came to exploring the darker side of LGBT+ culture (which I admit they have a point since the romance subplots might be weird for those who don't know about P & P).

So I am curious to know what's the reviews of the LGBTQ+ community for members who are also Pride and Prejudice fans. (Also is there a shipname for Noah and Will and where are the fanfic links? I know its a new movie but why is there only 2 in AO3)

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‘The Resident’ Winter Premiere: Bell’s Diagnosis Brings Back Conrad Ricamora (PHOTOS) https://www.tvinsider.com/gallery/the-resident-season-5-episode-11-her-heart-photos/ #TheResident #BruceGreenwood https://www.instagram.com/p/CY8KcmbFT08/?utm_medium=tumblr