Tweetweek: Spinster Bette, Jazzy La La Land, and gallows humor for our new reality
Friday, January 20, 2017 at 5:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Bette Davis, Golshifteh Farahani, Jesse Bradford, Meryl Streep, Ryan Phillipe, The Americans, Twitter, politics

My personal esthetic this week is "glamorous spinster Bette Davis when she's too exhausted to slap anybody." pic.twitter.com/BcWjk2Ph6g

— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) January 13, 2017

More tweets after the jump including Jesse Bradford, La La Land, Black Panther, Meryl Streep and gallows humor to get us through this horrific new America ...

 

DID YOU KNOW: someone tweeting about a movie they love isn't necessarily an invitation for ppl to tell them why that movie "actually sucks"

— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) January 18, 2017

Marvel: Which Black actors do you want in Black Panther?

Coogler: All of them.

Marvel: Okay, any speci--

Coogler: All of them.

— Lauren Warren (@iamlaurenp) January 10, 2017

recently saw PATERSON and we don't talk enough about how ridiculously beautiful Golshifteh Farahani is. pic.twitter.com/Xc02gtyRRZ

— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) January 16, 2017

@tylercoates 3 way tie pic.twitter.com/1hXY33ozWL

— Alex Zeidel (@alexqzeidel) January 16, 2017

I would lick the soot off of that Tom Hardy @Taboo

— Jackie Hoffman (@JackieHoffman16) January 10, 2017

It's basically Bunheads but with like boy gangs

— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) January 13, 2017

i think i found my favorite comment for La La Landhttps://t.co/KDKGta3UEQ pic.twitter.com/6PoDRR4Dme

— aIina (@RYANGOSLlNGS) January 10, 2017

Hey, has anyone got a perspective on LA LA LAND and jazz

— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) January 13, 2017

Like a fine wine. Ryan Phillippe & Jesse Bradford on holidays. pic.twitter.com/Xm0LxiE5rm

— Darren McMahon (@DarrenMcMahon54) January 4, 2017

 

POLITICAL GALLOWS HUMOR
Because we won't make it if we don't laugh in the face of the forthcoming World War III and/or American Taliban that T**** and his team of treasonous fundamentalist homophobic and peace-hating cronies will bring on...

 

Why are you writing about Meryl Streep instead of [x]?!

You first. Why are you writing about me writing about Meryl Streep instead of [x]?

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 9, 2017

HIDDEN FIGURES shows how far we, as a nation, have come since a time when the U.S. Government respected science.

— Scott Renshaw (@scottrenshaw) January 17, 2017

Congratulatuions to FX's "The Americans," which has been renewed for as many seasons as it takes to get to this Trump stuff.

— Joe Reid (@joereid) January 11, 2017

Bernie would have beat La La Land.

— Travis Helwig (@travishelwig) January 9, 2017

NIXON: No way can you pull off a more scandal-ridden presidency than I did.

TRUMP: Hold my beer.

NIXON: Wait this isn’t beer

— Ash (@oneLOUDERash) January 11, 2017

that thing when you check post-Trump twitter after being in a movie for 2 hours pic.twitter.com/XaOZha1vqv

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) January 13, 2017

Obama: Goodbye
America:… pic.twitter.com/Y8qrJJFiKF

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 11, 2017

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