This week's list
GREAT:
D'Arcy Carden stars in some my favorite TV shows. More than that, she's almost always my favorite character. It's because she has this infectious electricity onscreen. She's hilarious, energetic, and incredibly versatile. On a single episode of The Good Place alone, she regularly plays a good, bad, and neutral version of her character Janet. And if this Washington Post profile is at all accurate, she's just as great offscreen as well. How D'Arcy Carden Finally Found Her Good Place
FUNNY:
I've been going back through old Flight of the Conchords videos and songs this week. It's so fun to rediscover how good they are at extremely silly musical comedy. I love that even years after their show went off the air, they still get together to write more goofy songs. They're clearly having a lot of fun. If you're not already familiar, you gotta start with this all-time classic: It's Business Time. But I also love this newer hit I just discovered: Father and Son.
INTERESTING:
One of the many downsides of slimmer budgets at newspapers is there are fewer reporters on the ground outside the United States. It means that Americans tend to only hear about wars and tragedies abroad. When there are pieces about everyday life, they can sometimes be reductive or even stereotypical. But Choe Sang-Hun bucks that trend. His South Korea stories for The New York Times are deeply reported and often very beautiful. I loved this piece about elderly women in rural communities deciding to go back to school. Running Out of Children, A South Korean School Enrolls Grandmothers
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Enjoy the weekend,
Chris
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