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The non-binary comedian Mae Martin speaks of a world that has gone off the rails. Among other things, Mae Martin mentions a mythical encounter with a moose and the gender spectrum in the story "Beauty and the Beast".

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故事发生在马里兰州切萨皮克湾（Chesapeakemeijubar.netShores）沿岸地区的一座小镇，O’Brien三兄弟亲手设计并创立了这座小镇，这个爱尔兰裔美国家庭也因此成为当地最重要的势力。然而因为内部矛盾加剧，这个家庭最终四分五裂。多年之后，一家人再次团聚，但他们不得不回忆过去的痛苦经历，同时面对难以确定的未来。他们很快发现，学会融洽相处是一件非常重要的事情。AbbyO’Brien（MeghanOry）是个雷厉风行的职业女性，离了婚，独自带着一对双胞胎女儿生活。她从纽约回到家乡切萨皮克湾探亲，这迫使她再次面对自己的过去——包括她的高中恋人Trace（JesseMetcalfe）、顽固古板的父亲Mick（TreatWilliams）、受人尊敬的祖母Nell（DianeLadd）。Abby意识到自己的职业令她无法做一个合格的母亲，于是她考虑永久留在家乡。

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‘How do you feel about intimate relations? Speak freely, don’t hold back.’ · ‘I think it’s the highest connection between two souls.’ Benny’s hair is as red as the fur of her devout father’s treasured calf – which he believes will bring salvation. But the 17-year-old feels as lonely and trapped as the calf in its enclosure. Benny’s mother died giving birth to her, and she grew up alone with her caring yet patriarchal father. He is a figure of authority and a mentor for many people in their Jerusalem religious community. Benny becomes increasingly critical of her father’s religious, utopian nationalism and then there’s Yael, the self-confident young woman who has set off a whirlwind of longing and emotions in her. Avigayil Koevary powerfully portrays the defiance and desire of a young woman in Tsivia Barkai Yacov’s debut feature film.

　　Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of her the way she wanted Peg to be, and seeks guardian custody.　　Remick's role is secondary to Matlin's, though she is presented as a tragic figure, particularly as Al refuses to help her plan to gain Lisa. Peg's deafness is said to be from a childhood case of spinal meningitis, and the teleplay by Louisa Burns-Bisogno, with story by Louisa and Tom Bisogno, reduces Remick to a textbook mother who is self-hating from guilt and therefore cannot love her own daughter. In a memorable scene, Peg angrily signs her exit to Marg, since Marg has refused to learn sign language, though Peg has learned to speak for her mother.　　The treatment uses the Tennesee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, for therapy, to help Peg overcome her grief and also Marg `lose her unicorn horn' and embrace her daughter. Whilst Peg choosing to act in this play may seem an odd choice for someone grieving, what is more noticable is that Matlin is far too more glamourous to be believable as Laura. The Bisogno's include Michael O'Keefe as Dan, Peg's deceased husband's best friend and director of Actors Theatre for the Deaf, to offer Peg a new romantic interest, and thankfully she rebukes his protestations of love. Although his opinion may be influenced by his `crush', Dan tells Peg that being different is better than being normal, since the normal ones are as `common as weeds'. This philosophy reads as rather Nietzschean, on the level of artists not being restricted to the common moral code.　　Director Karen Arthur either has those signing also speaking or those signing being translated for the audience, though in one scene the sound of lapping waves drowns out the dialogue between Dan and Peg. She also gives Matlin some good moments, one being her scream of horror when she hears the news of the death of her husband, and another when she chases Remick down a flight of steps, hitting her.

AllegradreamsofbeingpartoftheElevenO’Clockmusicaltheatercompanyandbecomingthestarof"FreakyFriday",aplaythatconsecratedhergrandmotheryearsago.GrandmotherCocóisalivinglegendintheworldofmusicalcomedyandhasacomplicatedrelationshipwithherdaughterCaterina,Allegra’smother.Allegra’slifeiscompletelyalteredwhenshefindsamysteriousbraceletinherhomethatsendsherbackto1994,theyearCaterinawasherageandtookherfirststepsinElevenO’ClockwhilelivingintheshadowofCocó,astar.atthepeakofhiscareer.Bylearningabouthermotherandgrandmother’spast,Allegrawillnotonlyhelphealthewoundsandbringthefamilytogether,butshewillalsodiscoverthatwhilethepastcannotbechanged,thereisalottolearnfromit.

InthemidstoftheimpassablelandscapeatthefootoftheAlps,ayounggroupofseriousoffendersisundergoinganexperientialeducationalprogramintendedtorehabilitatethem.Allofasudden,amemberoftheprogramdiesaviolentdeath.Nobodyknowsexactlywhathappened,andtheyouthsfaceadifficultdecision.Shouldtheywaitfortheauthoritiestorecoverthebodyandinvestigatethecrime?Or,escapeandtaketheirfateintotheirownhands?Thegroupdoesn’thavemuchincommonwitheachother,thoughonethingunitesthem;allofthemhavehadreallybadexperienceswiththeauthoritiesanddon‘texpecttobetreatedfairly.Sincetheydon’tknowwhotheperpetratoris,theyonlyhaveoneoption:torun.Upthemountains,upthehighestpeaksoftheAlps.Itseemshopelessuntiltheystumbleontoacomplexcavesystemwheretheycanfindshelterfromwind,weather,andtheirpursuers.Intheirfightagainsttheforcesofnature,theyformtheirownsociety,accordingtotheirownrules:theWildRepublic.

Tom Hardy新剧「Taboo」这周在伦敦开拍,由BBC One跟FX独特制造,Michael Kelly跟Jonathan Pryce加盟本剧。本剧是Hardy在「浴血黑帮 Peaky Blinders」跟「Locke」之后跟Steven Knight的又一次协作。　　Hardy 将在本剧中扮演James Keziah Delaney,1814年的他发明在非洲生涯十年之后,他父亲留给本人一笔奥秘的遗产；厥后被误会他的人带入动员了战役,他又发明本人与东印度公司出现对破的状况,同时在英美两个参战国之间直接着一个伤害的游戏。