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Feb. 22nd, 2025 03:40 pmAside from having a horrendous cold/Plague for quite a while, I haven't really done anything of note since I last posted.
But I did happen upon a little film called Mr Malcolm's List" which was unexpected and really quite cute. Anybody heard of it? It's a Regency Romance in which some of the characters are quite sensible, and others are foolish but understandably so. Most interestingly, it is 'colour-blind' casting, so that the Mr of the title is Black, the Heroine is Freida Pinto, and there are various ethnicities sprinkled about. We wondered at first if it was making a point, but no, it seemed to be straightforwardly colour-blind, which was nice. As we have also been watching Devious Maids of late, in which I struggle to differentiate the good-looking, older, rich white men one from another (except for the gross one, who is memorable), it was a welcome relief to be able to tell the difference between characters. I am happy to report that all ended happily ever after, and nobody maintained a position of obstinate wrong-headedness for so long that I wanted to throttle them. Worth a rainy afternoon of your time.
And there is a hedgehog in the garden today! A very thirsty hedgehog, which is not a good sign, I suspect; it spent a long time glugging the pond. I scattered some mealworms about in the grass and it was last seen hoovering them up. I hope it will thrive. I am happy to scatter mealworms. Possibly I should purchase a hedgehog box?
But I did happen upon a little film called Mr Malcolm's List" which was unexpected and really quite cute. Anybody heard of it? It's a Regency Romance in which some of the characters are quite sensible, and others are foolish but understandably so. Most interestingly, it is 'colour-blind' casting, so that the Mr of the title is Black, the Heroine is Freida Pinto, and there are various ethnicities sprinkled about. We wondered at first if it was making a point, but no, it seemed to be straightforwardly colour-blind, which was nice. As we have also been watching Devious Maids of late, in which I struggle to differentiate the good-looking, older, rich white men one from another (except for the gross one, who is memorable), it was a welcome relief to be able to tell the difference between characters. I am happy to report that all ended happily ever after, and nobody maintained a position of obstinate wrong-headedness for so long that I wanted to throttle them. Worth a rainy afternoon of your time.
And there is a hedgehog in the garden today! A very thirsty hedgehog, which is not a good sign, I suspect; it spent a long time glugging the pond. I scattered some mealworms about in the grass and it was last seen hoovering them up. I hope it will thrive. I am happy to scatter mealworms. Possibly I should purchase a hedgehog box?