Tag: Netflix

Feel Good, literally

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Again with the UK and a superb-ulous female comedian that created a killa show. The Netflix show Feel Good has made me realize I have no categories to alert viewers to LGBTQ or sexual content – and that made me realize, I’m not going to either. Spoiler alert: I’m going to let you get surprised that way you can just eat your judgements like the rest of us. With hot sauce. I’ve had enough people in my own life ask if I was a boy or a girl to know the best way to avoid sexuality issues is just to talk about all of them, make a fuss about none of them and accept people for what they are: people.

That being said, in the show Feel Good, Mae is openly lesbian which is also refreshing that she’s not like an angsty teen but she truly does know who she is most of the time. I’m only deciding it is relevant because it very well part of the plot line. While I understand Mae also has the androgynous vibe I used to have with my short blonde hair, before I literally developed the exact same chest measurements of my beloved grandma (God rest her soul), I could see how Mae (the character and in real life) probably gets exhausted with the he/she/boy/girl questions. How I used to handle those is simply by stating: I know you are but what am I? …And, that solved nothing, so not really recommended.

Mostly, none of that is neither here nor there because the Hard Truth parts of this LOL Drama Club show are that Mae is not only a real stand-up comedian playing a version of herself, but she is also a recovering addict.

Now students, here’s a fine time to also let you know that just like the sexuality question it is also not appropriate (once becoming aware) to question one’s drugs of choice unless you are in an abandoned church basement sitting in a circle drinking bad coffee. Don’t be rude. Once again, they’re human and unless offered openly, it ain’t none of your bizness! Feel Good is the kind of funny that is funny to those of us that have been through these crappy situations. It’s relatable. It’s silly. It’s short and sweet as Mae continues to travel along her personal highs and lows while developing her stand-up career and a new relationship, plus sobriety! Yay! I mean really, it is a hard knock life.

Again, and like always with main characters, I’m envious of Mae’s physique and outfits. That seems to happen with like, every single show I watch. I actually in real life somewhat resemble Mae if it were the me from ten years ago. Today I look like I ate Mae and all of her went to my boobs and butt. Mae is a nervous wreck and a confident soul mixed up in one tiny body so technically I could have probably eaten two of her to get to the size I am now. Some highlights are Lisa Kudrow as Mae’s mom, and Charlotte Ritchie from another great show Call the Midwife. I for real love all the peeps in this show and also again the idiots that reviewed this negatively on IMDB were clearly drunk children.

The Crawford Categories I mentioned for this show fall under: LOL, Chick Flick, Dude Food, Drama Club and Hard Truths. Yes, it’s a doozy, but a worth it doozy.

Check out more true deets here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10098620/

And Happy Streaming!

The Duchess: Netflix Royalty

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My absolute fave thing (among all the other faves we will encounter together) is when a writer-creator-comedian-woman creates and stars in her own sitcom. That’s what The Duchess is: a hilarious wonderfully written, beautifully costumed sitcom that not everyone will love, but I do. In fact, I can name the people that will love The Duchess as much as me because they all sat next to me in my high school classes making fun of most everyone as we acted as Queens of the Campus: Carly, Brynn, Lynn, Sarah and and Darlene would all love The Duchess just as much as me.

Let’s go over why The Duchess, Katherine Ryan – creator and star – has made such a show that is up literally all of my alleys. First, it’s a chick show for chicks. Yes, dudes will like it too and can watch it but they won’t laugh nearly as loudly because to enjoy boob and birthing jokes to the maximum you usually have to have boobs and have given birth. Second is why online streaming is the best thing to come along since to come along since sliced bread – peeps online can say anything! *Sidenote: before sliced bread, I like to imagine peeps would just take a bite right out the center of the loaf 🙂 “Dang it Steve! I was gonna eat that crusty hump piece!”…

Anyway, streaming allows freedom of speech: F*ck, p*ss, sh*t, poop – it doesn’t matter that these things are said, for this show it is the context and quickness in which they are said that makes Ryan so flippin’ hilarious. Tres, it’s a mom show. While being the hot mess beauty queen Ryan is in the show the premise is largely based on the fact that she has to be who she is – as many of us do – while raising a mini me kid, usually one that is oddly more mature than us. There’s some other great shows that do the parenting thing too: I’m Sorry is great, Working Moms is awesome, The Letdown is cool, but The Duchess is for real queen of them all. They’re all good, they all discuss vaginas and men realistically, but The Duchess does it in London so you know, it’s like a higher level of sophistication with its raunchy, but polite comedy.

“Well, your opinion is garbage. That’s the problem with free speech – great idea ’til you realize it applies to everybody.”

Episode 1, The Duchess

I again did not research much for this educational analysis about how I spend my time I just want to clarify that any woman that watches The Duchess will want to be The Duchess in her own world. I’m again envious of the outfits, then I want her comedic quickness, her bravery, her artistic job of making boob ceramics, her brashness, I’d even take her ex and baby daddy that used to be a singer in a boy band. Who wouldn’t? The show starts like so many others don’t: a mother wants to give her daughter a brand new baby sibling as a birthday gift. Then, she finds out it’s not quite as easy as she assumed. We all have those stupid moments of reality when our easy lovely dreams are crushed by an earth covered in red tape.

That ALL being said, I oddly took time to read some of the reviews of this show on my only research site: IMDB and let me speak for everyone that reviewed this show negatively by saying: you’re a dumb idiot. Some people don’t get humor, some people don’t have brains, and this show needs both of those to understand that Ryan is an actual genius with this show’s creation and production. If all those dumb reviews don’t get this show seventeen more seasons I’m gonna start looking up actual addresses people.

Best highlights: that kid’s dang english accent. Ah! I could eat it for breakfast like biscuits and tea! The soundtrack = best chick tunes all in one place I didn’t know I needed so bad.

She is over the top, nuts and it is a show people! Those that don’t like it are what we all know as: jealous. Jealous they aren’t funny, jealous they don’t have a show, and jealous they don’t have the girl balls to say any of the crap said on this show, while looking immaculate.

But, brilliance is not for everyone.

The Crawford Categories I put this show in are: Chick Flick, LOL, Mama Likes

Here’s where to check out some real deets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9310390/

And as always, that’s my honest opinion and honestly, I don’t really want yours. Happy streaming!

The Queen’s Gambit

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The best part of this chess kickin’ chick flick in my humble opinion are the outfits, the decor, and the cars. As The Queen’s Gambit focuses on a child prodigy and orphan (my fave of all narratives, hence: Anne of Green Gables, Pippi Long-stocking…and apparently the smartest of orphans are also red heads) this show is right up my childhood alley where strong girl fights against her environment to better herself despite a number of setbacks.


The beauty of this Netflix original is how it entices viewers to somehow want to play or understand chess better. Or that could just be me. I’m impressionable so I should speak for only myself especially because the show also made me want to swallow handfuls of Librium and drink martinis just because protagonist Anya Taylor Joy, known as Beth makes it look so exotic.


There isn’t a lot of suspense – foreshadowing leads us to believe Beth will beat the boys and become Chess Queen of the world so the show is more about her journey of coming into her own as an adult and a chess champion during the decades where men rule and women drool (from tranquilizers). I do think it’s a show for everyone over 13 since most of the risqué behavior was considered normal in the sixties and seventies it’s not like they’re breaking many laws.

Subtle and quiet scenes allow viewers to focus on the characters as much as the games being played and again in my opinion, there can never be too many movies made where men underestimate women and then women kick their ass all while keeping their hair perfectly pinned in place.

My favorite productions are always the ones that are period pieces, particularly the sixties because all decor was so colorful but elegant and the outfits were the same. It’s a short series with each episode about an hour long and highlights actress Taylor-Joy as the attention grabbing beauty she truly is. Even her hands are immaculate. I only review the ones I think are worth the time watching and this one is just as much sad as it is hopeful which is a nice balance in our pandemic and still apocalyptical-obsessed society. In short, I’m happy with anything right now that isn’t zombies – even happier when it showcases a smart chick. The Queen’s Gambit even made me get out the chess board and force my six year old to lose to me.

Among Crawford’s Categories this one is for sure: Drama Club, Chick Flick, Family Room.

For more information on the deets of this series as always check out IMDB.com + The Queen’s Gambit and stream it with your surely-you-have Netflix subscription.