Discovery

I improvised another chicken thigh recipe in my slow cooker, using leftover wine and sauce. My crockpot indeed cooks the chicken so well that it falls off the bone, but it also makes the skin soft, so I wonder why recipes still insist that I should brown the skin in a pan first, if the skin isn't going to stay crunchy.

Meanwhile, I heard that some AI video service called Sora shut down and Disney backed out of its huge AI deal. (I heard it was because the Supreme Court ruled that AI products can't be copyrighted; of course Disney always wants to own everything it can.) Disney still wants to buy AI stuff, so I hope the bubble will burst soon so all AI stuff gets shut down. Then maybe I could resume my Disney+ subscription if they do decide to renew the Muppet Show. Why does it take so long to announce a TV renewal? Wasn't it a hit? I had also heard that Sherlock & Daughter was a hit for the CW, and yet no announcements still. It's puzzling.

Last night on Youtube I discovered a 1940 Mr. Wong mystery starring Keye Luke as the detective. It always bothered me that the old Charlie Chan movies had a yellowface actor and contributed to stereotypes about Chinese immigrants. Luke plays the Jimmy Wong character without that kind of tomfoolery, though he interacts with other Chinese characters who have thick accents and pidgin dialogue. There's also an Asian female lead played by Lotus Long. The actress was actually of Japanese descent but she adopted a Chinese stage name to avoid the Japanese internment camps during WWII. How sad. It's a shame also that the Wong film series didn't continue with more starring Luke.