by John Walters

Starting Five

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?*

The MH film musicals department reminds readers that 1961 Academy Award Best Picture winner West Side Story featured a Puerto Rican character named Maria, but that it was 1965 Oscar Best Picture winner The Sound Of Music that had a Maria, decidedly not Puerto Rican, who was the subject of the above lyric. The staff regrets any misunderstandings.

Hurricane Maria, having left Puerto Rico “100% without power,” possibly for months, now heads towards Turks and Caicos. Imagine that: no electricity for months. The night is dark and full of terrors.

2. Top Jimmy Struts

This is what a beatdown looks like. And what a double-down, as well as a refusal to back down, looks like. Good for you, erstwhile co-host of The Man Show. 

Plus, Jimmy Kimmel has the facts on his side. What I’m reasonably certain of is that we asked Kimmel and the president to take a shot test on the details of Obamacare and Graham-Cassidy, that the late night talk show host would record a much higher score. What does that tell you?

3. Hey! My Balance Sheet Is Up Here

Is the woman above A) In the top 100 players on the WTA Tour B) the lead singer in a Chaka Khan cover band C) the CBO of one of the most oft-mentioned companies in America?

This is Bozoma Saint John, the 40 year-old Chief Brand Officer at Uber. Boz, as she is known, was born in Ghana but her family emigrated to Colorado Springs (back when that town was not riven by the strife caused by The Mad Pooper!) when she was 14. A graduated of Wesleyan, Saint John went from being a marketing executive at Beats, to holding a similar job at Apple after that monolithic brand acquired Beats, to her present-day job at Uber.

Her Twitter handle is @badassboz and we believe it. This is a dynamic, smart, beautiful, confident (Above: “I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid. I’ve never been afraid of anything“) and strong African-American woman. And as the first black woman at that high a level in Silicon Valley, Boz is also a pilgrim. If you’re wondering when Cosmopolitan is going to do a feature on her, they already have.

4. Bronx Bombings

The New York Yankees swept a three-game set from the Minnesota Twins this week, but what may linger more in our memory were the strikes by balls (see what we did there?). On Tuesday night Chase Headley was struck dangerously close to the Holy of Holies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvTEEwlbltc

Yesterday, teammate Todd Frazier nailed a foul ball line drive that struck a young girl. She remains hospitalized this morning. The girl’s family declined to provide her or their names, but expect her to be the Rosa Parks, so to speak, of protective netting extending along the sidelines of Yankee Stadium.

5. What A Foo Believes

How about pairing one of America’s hardest-rocking bands with late-night TV host James Korden? Nothing about this conceit is new, of course, but sometimes it works better than others. This, with Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters, is one of those times. Who knew you could shred to a Rik Astley tune? That’s Pat Smear (wonderful name), bleached-blond in the back center, who used to be sorta the fourth member of Nirvana.

We love the answer as to why the Foos all pile into one van together even though they regularly have three vans prepared to transport the six members: “Because you don’t want to be the one guy not in the van” “Because then you know who they’re talking about.” Honest and hilarious.

It’s not actually much of a secret, but Foo Fighters have a tremendous sense of humor. Stick around to the very end to see what we mean.

Related: The Foos have never been featured in the segment below. We’ll fix that next week.

Reserves

No words. pic.twitter.com/btsaBZLrpf

— Alex Seixeiro (@alexfan590) September 21, 2017

Too good not to include.

X squared + Y squared = Z squared

Music 101

I have no need of friendship/Friendship causes pain/It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain…

By 1966, teenybopper rock songs (“Wake Up, Little Susie”, for example) seemed inappropriate in a world in which JFK had taken a bullet to the head, Vietnam was becoming that problem that would not go away, and civil rights unrest here at home was no longer something that people could pretend was not happening. The Beatles released Revolver that year and the Beach Boys Pet Sounds, but Simon & Garfunkel were months ahead of them with Sounds Of Silence, an album whose first words were “Hello darkness, my old friend…” This song, the final track, reached No. 3 on the Billboard charts.

Remote Patrol

The Vietnam War (July 1967-December 1967)

PBS 8 p.m. (re-airs at 10 p.m.)

Now we’re deep into the shit. As Dr. Benjamin Spock of all people said in last night’s episode, and I’m paraphrasing, This is a war in which tens of thousands of American men and Vietnamese will die because of LBJ’s pride (that’s a president, not a Sweet Pea).

“Life isn’t fair; get used to it.” That was the advice the commander at the Army Ranger Training School, Chargin’ Charlie Beckwith, gave his recruits. Incidentally, Beckwith was a former University of Georgia football player who was good enough to play in the NFL but chose the Army instead; he later would lead the ill-fated raid in Iran to rescue the hostages but instead resulted in the deaths of eight men.

by John Walters

Starting Five

Land Fall

A devastating earthquake, magnitude 7.1 and with an epicenter 75 miles southeast of Mexico City (the world’s 5th-largest city), leaves more than 200 dead (it could have been much, much worse). And how come earthquakes are not named?

Mexico City as the earthquake hit

Meanwhile, at a similar latitude but 1,000 or so miles east, Hurricane Maria and her 155 m.p.h. winds strike San Juan, Puerto Rico, just two weeks after Irma visited. It has been called “potentially the most destructive storm in modern history.” Are you beginning to get the idea that Someone Up There isn’t pleased?

2. The Wrath Of Con Man

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.” —Jules, Pulp Fiction

“The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime.” —Donald Trump, Sept. 19 United Nations Speech

We imagine the president is too busy rattling nuclear sabers this week to catch any installments of “The Vietnam War.” Sad!

Would it be so terrible if Donald and Kim Jong-Un took Jules’ advice when it comes to impending hostilities and just both acted like “two little Fonzies?” And you know what Fonzie is? Cool.

Meanwhile, Rolling Stone‘s Matt Taibbi had a few thoughts on our president’s “malignant narcissism” and on America’s inflated sense of its own “exceptionalism.” Highly recommended reading.

3. Scoring Down, Snoring Up In The NFL

Yo @WTHRcom and @Uverse … pic.twitter.com/niJiUyWtX7

— Nick Bucholtz (@NRBucholtz) September 19, 2017

(We truly hope the above becomes the NFL’s 2017 slogan)

We are two weeks into the NFL season and the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers (the name may refer to their 2017 point total) have scored a combined one touchdown. The NFL used to be boring, but at least teams scored. Currently 15 of the 32 franchises are averaging fewer than 20 points per game.

If it were just outstanding defense, you could make an argument that this is still good football. But as we were writing that, Cam Newton just overthrew a wide-open Christian McCaffrey again. Newton’s Panthers beat the Buffalo Bills 9-3 on Sunday. Four field goals.  The Seahawks beat the 49ers 12-9 in a game that had one TD and five field goals.

Football is famine.

4. Hoskins Does It Again

Last night with the scored tied, two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Philadelphia Phillies rookie Rhys Hoskins saw 10 straight fastballs between 96 and 98 m.p.h. against Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez. Hoskins fouled off multiple full-count offerings before hitting a three-run go ahead double and the Phils won 6-2.

With all the well-deserved hoopla (and pomp…and circumstance) focused on fence-clearing rookies Aaron Judge (44 homers) and Clay Bellinger (38), Hoskins has arrived late and staked a claim of his own. He’s the Hurricane Maria of rookie sensations. Since being called up to the bigs on August 10, the Jesuit High School (Carmichael, Calif.) alum has smoked 18 home runs with 43 RBI in just 39 games.

How do those numbers fare historically? Through a player’s first 34 games (Hoskins is in the midst of a relative HR drought at 5 games) his 18 home runs were the most in MLB history and his 43 RBI in his first 39 are the second-most ever behind only Albert Pujols (44). Bollinger has the NL ROY sewn up, most likely, but expect Hoskins to get a few votes.

(RELATED: AS OF LAST NIGHT THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 5,694 HOME RUNS HIT THIS SEASON; THAT’S A NEW MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD AND WE STILL HAVE ONE WEEK-PLUS REMAINING THIS SEASON)

5. The Mad Pooper Strikes Again!

Terror in Colorado Springs as an as-yet unidentified female jogger has at least twice been spotted taking a dump in the same spot outside a resident’s home. The assailant does bring T.P. to wipe herself, so these are pre-meditated attacks. Thoughts and prayers, C.S.

Music 101

Jesus Of Suburbia

Green Day played the Rose Bowl last Saturday night and is playing Central Park’s Great Lawn this Saturday. How’s your week going?

Remote Patrol

The Vietnam War (January 1966-November 1967)

PBS 8 p.m.

If you watched last night, we’re getting to the point where it becomes clear that former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s pride/ego/arrogance helped to sentence tens of thousands of Americans (and exponentially more Vietnamese) to early deaths. You can read more about all that in David Halberstam’s The Best and The Brightest.

by John Walters

Starting Five

Will The Quick Blonde Fox Jump Over The Lazy Doggerel?

Here comes Laura Ingraham, 54, to host a nightly Fox News program at 10 p.m. and take on MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. More to the point, Sean Hannity is moving up an hour to do direct battle with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who has recently begun to win that hour (against “The Five”).

A few notes on Ingraham: she grew up in Glastonbury, Conn., graduated from Dartmouth (’85) where she was the first female editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review, and graduated from the University of Virginia law school in 1991. She was outspokenly homophobic until she learned that her brother Curtis was gay (funny how that works, hey, alt-right?) and reportedly once dated Keith Olbermann, who later dated and lived with Katy Tur (the book he could write).

Ingraham’s show begins on October 30. A former Fox News female of similar follicular hue, Megyn Kelly, opens her daily NBC hour, 9 a.m., on September 25 (again, bad investment, NBC).

2. Now Soccer Is A Game Of Inches?

Manchester United has a new striker from Belgium, Romelu Lukaku, and its fans are so giddy about his Premier League-leading five goals thus far that they have adapted the lyrics of a song by local legends The Stone Roses to read thusly:

 ‘Romelu Lukaku/He’s our Belgian scoring genius with a 24 inch penis/Scoring all our goals/Bellend by his toes.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZqPN57W3o

Naturally, an advocacy-rights group named Kick It Out has labeled the chant as racist and wants it banned, although we’d have to ask whether instantly associating an alleged two-foot python with the color of its owner’s skin is not more racist? Also, has anyone in Kick It Out stepped inside a pro sports locker room because we have and…well…

3. The Four Hosemen?

Speaking of members only, bummed that we failed to notice this during the obligatory Frank Leahy montage for the Notre Dame-Boston College contest (he coached at both schools). By the way, Josh Adams rushed for 229 yards to surpass 2,000 in his career ( he is now averaging 147 ypg). The junior from Warrington, Pa., hit the 2,000 mark in just 316 (maybe we should have titled this entry “Josh 316?” The judges say, “Nah”) carries, the fewest in school history. According to school SID Michael Bertsch, the previous record-holder for reaching 2,000 in the fewest carries (323) was George Gipp.

But seriously, thank God there are no Manchester United locker room shots with a certain naked Belgian footballer in the background. We don’t even own pearls to clutch.

4. “Let’s Play Nine?”

The important numbers for Jose Altuve: .348, his batting average, the best in baseball; and 5’6″, his height

The Boston Red Sox are 86-64 and have the American League’s third-best record. The Houston Astros are 91-58 and have the A.L.’s 2nd-best record. Unless the Yankees, three back in the A.L. East, pass Boston or the Indians, 1 1/2 ahead of Houston for the best overall mark, falter, Boston and Houston will meet one another in the American League Divisional Series.

What makes that more intriguing is that Houston travels to Fenway Park for a season-ending four-game series later this month. A 4-game series is unusual enough, not to mention one in which two teams that are not intra-divisional play to end the season. Houston and Boston could very well wind up playing nine consecutive games against one another.

That’s an awful lot of outfielders

Note: The original World Series, in 1903, was the one and only best-of-nine series. The winner in that series, in eight games? The Boston Americans, who would later come to be known as the Red Sox.

5. “The Vietnam War” Companion Books

If you’re taking our advice and watching Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s PBS documentary, The Vietnam War, here are two outstanding companion tomes (seriously, two of the best history books our staff has ever read, and don’t we sound like Clay Travis now [“I’m smaht! I read history books! I know more than you do about The Civil War! BOOBS!”]):

The first is Once Upon A Distant War by William Prochnau, which would be the first book we’ll assign as reading as soon as some college invites us to teach a journalism course. It’s all about the scribes (David Halberstam, Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, Neil Sheehan) who have been heavily cited in the first two episodes of the doc and credited as the men who told the truth about Vietnam while the Pentagon and the White House fumed.

The second is by Sheehan, who has deservedly gotten mucho camera time to open the series, and is titled A Bright, Shining Lie. It’s all about John Paul Vann, the military advisor whom Sheehan and his colleagues first admired as the straight-talking in-the-field commander, but who also had a closetful of skeletons. Vann, referenced a lot in the second episode, becomes the symbol of the U.S.A. in Vietnam for Sheehan. It took him more than 12 years to write this book, an obsession.

Reserves

Pfeiffer: All about Eve

Some horror films are gory; Mother is allegory. Remember that. How many people who are walking out of it don’t realize what they’re watching?…Clayton Kershaw surrendered the first grand slam of his career last night, to the Phillies, and the Dodgers lost 4-3. Kershaw has allowed nine earned runs in his past three starts after allowing a total of two in his previous seven…You may want to catch Conan O’Brien‘s special from Israel (TBS, 10 p.m.) tonight; he shines when he’s doing his wanderlust thing.

Music 101

Feel Good Inc.

Is Gorillaz the most important animated band since Josie & The Pussycats? In 2005 the band, which is primarily Blur lead singer Damon Alban but in videos consists of four fictitious animated members—2-D on lead vocals, Noodles on guitar, Murdoc Niccals on bass and Russel Hobbs on drums—released this worldwide hit that went Top 10 in 17 different countries. Alban has had far more success as the invisible genius behind Gorillaz than he has ever had fronting his “real” band.

Remote Patrol

Jerry Before Seinfeld

Netflix

So that’s what those “Netflix Is A Joke” billboards are all about. Jerry Seinfeld’s special about how he got started in the biz begins streaming today. Why are you still here?

by John Walters

Starting Five

Lena Waithe became the first black female to win a writing Emmy

“Tonight, We’re Binging Ourselves”

Where does the word “Emmy” come from? We’ve always just assumed that TV people love a word that has both “me” and “my” in it. Host Stephen Colbert did a fantastic job with the opening monologue (with an assist from MH fave Chance The Rapper). Two of his better lines…

“This season CBS will have twice as many Sheldons as any network in history”

“And of course, Bill Maher. I assume he’s black because he’s so comfortable using the N-word.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JJsJjmlGMQ

And then there was a lot of diversity and Julia Louis-Dreyfus and John Oliver, and Oprah was lovingly poked at the way folks on stage poke at Meryl Streep during the Oscars and SAG awards, while the president was not so lovingly poked at because…

Can we please move the Emmys to winter time, too?

2. Coliseum Classic 

La La Land nearly became Longhorn Land on Saturday evening as unranked, unloved Texas marched into the L.A. Coliseum with a backup freshman quarterback and came soooooo close to upsetting No. 4 USC (who woulda thunk?). If you watched, you saw Texas dominate up front defensively (the Trojan rushing attack was limited to 1.9 yards per carry) and limit Troy and its Heisman darling QB, Sam Darnold, to seven points all game outside the final minute of each half.

Oh, but those final minutes.

Matt and Vince thought that even though Texas lost, their effort was alright, alright, alright

One more note from the 27-24 double OT USC win. In extra time Texas outgained USC 49 yards to 25. Oh, but if Longhorn QB Sam Ehlinger had only been able to hold onto that pigskin when it was yanked from his clutches on the one. Still, a thrilling, incredible, Gus Johnson special. I cannot wait to read how Bill Platschke trashes it.

3. Blah Blah Bland

The attendance for the USC game was more than the Chargers and Rams’ attendances combined. pic.twitter.com/Pt96Vec5n4

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 18, 2017

Roger, I tried to warn you. One of these franchises needs to relocate to Billings.

4. A (Medium) Rare Scoop

Here’s a photo of Ty Cobb & John Dowd casually & loudly discussing details of Russia investigation at @BLTSteakDC while I sat at next table. pic.twitter.com/RfX9JLJ0Te

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 18, 2017

Didn’t anyone currently operating in Washington, D.C., watch All The President’s Men??? You discuss sensitive information in abandoned parking garages late at night, not while dining al fresco at BLT Steak in broad daylight! Related: There are media members who can afford to dine at BLT Steak?

5. The MH Domin-Eight

Dante Pettis has three punt return TDs and three receiving TDs in three games. In South Bend, he’d already be rehearsing his Heisman speech.

Yes, the staff fully acknowledges, 100%, that investing concern or agitation over the weekly AP rankings is a vestigial obsession. They don’t actually matter, after all. Still, seeing that 0-1 Florida State, 1-0 Miami (lone win, 41-13 versus Boston College) and 1-1 Florida (0-2 save for a 63-yard prayer) are ranked in the Top 20 while, for example, 3-0 California (with a win over an “S-E-C!” West squad) is not makes you wonder who vets these pollsters (and if perhaps someone forgot to visit Wisconsin, which should be ranked higher than Michigan, as well). Also not getting enough love, at least as compared to those three brand-name Sunshine State schools thus far: unbeatens Iowa and Vanderbilt.

Anyway, here we are with our weekly top eight:

Alabama (3-0): The beat down of Florida State reminds you that when Roll, Tide! cares, they’re an awfully tough out. Up next: at unranked but 3-0 Vanderbilt, which leads nation in Scoring Defense.

Clemson (3-0): Tigers put a big SHUSH on Lamar Jackson -repeat-Heisman chatter Saturday night. Up next: Boston College.

Oklahoma State (3-0): Ranking Pokes over Penn State because both played Pitt, but only one put up 49 first-half points against them (granted, OSU got leftover-hungover Pitt). Up next: No. 16 and unbeaten TCU.

Penn State (3-0): Nittany Lions have yet to leave Happy Valley but the offense is humming. Up next: Kitties face first road test at unbeaten, unranked Iowa in ABC’s prime-time game.

Oklahoma (3-0): Sooners had first-half, emotional-letdown hiccup versus Tulane before cruising. Up next: at Baylor.

Washington (3-0): Dante Pettis has returned six punts this season and housed three of them. Up next: at 3-0 Colorado, which has nation’s No. 4 Scoring Defense.

Wisconsin (3-0): Badgers traveled to Provo and handed BYU its worst home loss, 40-6, in six seasons. Up next: Bye.

Georgia (3-0): Dawgs are No. 5 in Rushing Defense and that win in South Bend may look better as season progresses. Up next: 3-0 Mississippi State.

By the way, you’ve got SIX teams in the A.P. Top 11 playing 3-0 opponents this week: Alabama, Penn State, USC, Oklahoma State, Washington and Georgia, while a seventh, Michigan, visits a much-improved 2-1 Penn State. Look out for ShakeUp Saturday.

Music 101

Please Read The Letter

Old golden gods of rock never die, they just occasionally record duets with country starlets. Here’s Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin front man, with Alison Krauss, with a tune that won a 2009 Grammy as Record of the Year. It was originally released 11 years earlier on an album, Walking Into Clarksdale, by Plant and his Led Zep axe man, Jimmy Page.

Remote Patrol

The Vietnam War

PBS 8 p.m.

What exponentially greater factor of Americans will be watching Dancing With The Stars during this time slot and why is my face buried in my palm?

by Michael DePaoli

In which our intrepid correspondent indulges in the delights of the annual Telluride Film Festival.

Depending upon how fast you might drive, the town of Telluride in the four-corner region of Colorado is about six hours from Albuquerque, seven hours from Salt Lake City and Denver, and eight hours from Phoenix. Once you arrive, you will find hotel rooms that are wildly expensive, and parking that is severely limited. There are no fast-food restaurants in town, and the speed limit signs on the streets are irrelevant because there is always a pedestrian in your way. If you might be lucky enough to book a room at the New Sheridan Hotel (built in 1895) you must park in the median on the main street of town in order to unload your luggage, and then they hand you a parking permit and tell you to drive behind the hotel into the residential neighborhoods and find a place on the streets where the signs allow “G” parking to occur.

There is nothing about attending the Telluride Film Festival that is not a hassle. So, why have I attended the event six years in a row? Because Telluride is an escape for movie lovers. In the past I was in the audience when Ben Affleck introduced his film Argo. I was also in the audience when Barry Jenkins introduced his film Moonlight. This year, Angelina Jolie introduced First They Killed My Father, and Gary Oldman introduced Darkest Hour.

Elisabeth Shue

(copyright Michael DePaoli)

At the recent Festival over Labor Day weekend, I was minding my own business (Editor’s Note: We highly doubt this) walking away from the Palm Theatre where I had just seen the premiere of Battle of the Sexes, when a woman stopped me and asked me for directions to the Galaxy Theatre. It was Elisabeth Shue! I said, “Hold on, nobody gets out of here without singing the blues.” It was a line from one of her films called Adventures in Babysitting. Ms. Shue gave me a courtesy laugh. Technically, it was more of an annoyed giggle with a roll of her eyes, but I did not care. Elizabeth Shue was talking to me. She starred in The Karate Kid, Cocktail, and Leaving Las Vegas, and the entire world was made just a little bit nicer because of her angelic onscreen presence, and there she was talking to me.

Ben Mendelsohn

(Copyright Michael DePaoli)

I met Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One, Darkest Hour) inside the gondola car traveling from the town to the ski village. I met Michael Weatherly (NCIS, Bull) at the opening night picnic, which they call The Big Feed. At dinner my seat was right near Ken Burns (miniseries on Vietnam War and Baseball). Emma Stone walked right past me and smiled at me (or maybe she smiled at the person next to me, I am not sure).

My friends at home ask, “Why are you so starstruck?” And, my answer is that at Telluride they are not stars, they are just normal people, they are movie lovers who want to watch movies!

At the Telluride Film Festival you must buy a pass to enter the movie theatres. But, the pass does not guarantee you a seat. Each movie is first come first served, so you must get into line at least an hour before each movie starts. While waiting in line, you meet fascinating moviegoers from all over. While in line for one movie I talked to the friendly litigating lawyer from Denver. The next day I waited in line with the stunning architect from Costa Rica. There were dog lovers, and beer lovers, and even people who kept talking about 420 (whatever that might be). As soon as one movie ends, you see people dash out the exit doors and run to get into line for the next movie. The popcorn and candy that they sell before each movie is your lunch for the four-day festival.

Michael Weatherly

(Copyright Michael DePaoli)

All of the movies at Telluride are good. Some are better than others, but each and every movie meets the quality standards of the judges. In six years at Telluride, I have never seen a bad movie. So, please keep that in mind when I give you my two cents on the selected movies listed below, which all were shown at Telluride 2017:

The Shape Of Water: A creative and charming alien porn flick where they deliver hard-boiled eggs instead of pizza.

Battle Of The Sexes: Emma Stone is adorable, but this movie would be just another run-of-the-mill docudrama if not for the brilliant break-up speech delivered by Elisabeth Shue to Steve Carell.

Jamaica Man: A short movie worth downloading, because it shows the unique perspective from another side of life.

Darkest Hour: If Ben Mendelsohn and Gary Oldman might not win best supporting actor and best actor, respectively, at all the award shows, then something would definitely be amiss.

First They Killed My Father: This historical masterpiece packs a punch. It leaps into your consciousness.

Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool: All Annette Bening. There were other actors on the screen, but they do not matter because Annette Bening was absolutely transcendent.

Hostiles: This is a real Western movie where chaos and doubt are captured in every scene.

Downsizing: Phenomenal actors who were too large for this tiny vehicle of a movie.

Eating Animals: Avoid at all costs if you might have morality and a conscience and you love to eat meat.