Blech

I tried. I really tried to watch Wonder Man because I like Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery. Reviewers said it was a good show, suggesting it was as good as Wandavision, so I gave it a shot. But no, I can't stand stories about the acting industry, and I hate that Hollywood is so in love with itself that it keeps making movies and TV shows about itself, year after year. Fuck you. I don't want to see cringey moments of actors struggling to get work and being pathetic in a jaded world. I tried two separate episodes but had to bail every time they went into onset stuff and audition stuff. If that's the price of seeing Trevor Slattery again, no thanks. I had enough inside jokes about acting in Arrested Development's awful season 4-5 plotlines about Ron Howard and Rebel Alley.

Instead I kept watching the Muppet Show to try to increase its streaming popularity. My Disney+ subscription will end in a couple of days, so I'm trying to make the most of the time I have left. At least the TV ratings seem to be good as well. Please let it not be just one special. Please make more.

I also tried rewatching the old David Suchet Poirots lately, but I remember whodunit right away, so the mystery part isn't fun anymore. It's not like me rereading the Holmes stories over and over, despite knowing the solutions. Holmes and Watson have a certain charm and banter that's compelling beyond the mere mystery. With Poirot's episodes, I do find Hastings and Miss Lemon charming, but there's not enough, and after a few seasons, those characters are completely dropped. Plus I'm noticing more of the racist orientalism like in "Murder in the Mews" with that nightclub singer singing "Hindustan" in a horrible costume. So that's not fun. I wish they had done the Labor of Hercules short stories earlier, before all the shows became dark, moody movies. I wish we could have had faithful Labors instead of the weird mashup they did at the end.