Pet Hates (Not Animal Related)
Misery loves company?
Imagine Lorelai speed-dating. That’s the setup where a room full of strangers take turns to talk with each other for a few minutes until you find someone you get along with. Not to be confused with speedballing. Wow, imagine Lorelai speedballing. That’d be dark.
Anyhow, Lorelai Tries Speed Dating. Here’s my take.
[New guy sits down at Lorelai’s table] Lorelai Hi new guy. New Guy Well hello pretty lady. Lorelai Next! New Guy Wha? Lorelai What, you’re hard of hearing too? Next! New Guy 2 You were pretty hard on that guy. Lorelai Life’s short. What can I say? New Guy 2 So what do you like to do? New Guy 2 Ugh, boring. New Guy 2 I’m sorry? Lorelai You should be. We could be here all day with me saying I love musicals and donuts and you pretending to agree. You know what would be quicker? Tell me what you hate. What you secretly hate but don’t even admit to your friends? Misery loves company. New Guy 2 I don’t like going to the cinema with people. Lorelai What? You freak. New Guy 2 I think it’s stupid. You sit there in the dark and can’t talk to the people sitting with you. Lorelai That’s not how I go to the cinema but thank you for your honesty. Next! … Hi, Kirk. Kirk Hi, I’m Kirk. I love musicals and donuts.
That’s a roundabout introduction to this week’s moment of thoughtfulness:
What do you hate about Gilmore Girls?
Do you find the portrayal of this fabulous parent/daughter relationship recklessly unrealistic? That there’s rarely a happy ending? Jess’ disappearance? Rory’s braid in the picture up top? When Luke became Lorelai’s doormat / martyr? That they ate so much but always looked amazing? Was there someone spectacularly mis-cast? Did you never see the point of Michel or TJ, the town troubadour or Jason ‘Digger’ Stiles?
I was going to ban any easy targets like ‘the last season’ or ‘the movie’ or April but if you hate it, vent it.
Me? Logan.
There’s something about his behaviour around Marty that really gets my goat and that air of elitism between him and his buddies. The thing is - I love how he is with people. He can be a great guy, like with Luke and the Valentine’s Day necklace. I totally credit Matt Czuchry for anything likeable in Logan. I kinda want to be Logan but I don’t like who he is. So, time to see a shrink.