Much of this actually revolves around the putrid Internet/phone/cable provider I have:
I would love to talk about The Philadelphia Story in detail and explain why it has delighted audiences since 1940; however, my mood is just not right to do so and that is a darn shame. It's a usually funny film featuring three legends in Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart in a different sort of role that won him his only Oscar (there's also great turns from the likes of Ruth Hussey) and it was quite the contrast from viewing Raging Bull on Tuesday night. It was viewed on TCM and seeing something else broadcast on a TV station was done for a few reasons. However, let me be negative the rest of the way in a review for a comedy; that is not ideal but then again the past few days have not been ideal for me, especially when it comes to the dirt-worst cable/phone/Internet provider I have known as Spectrum.
Monday I went and received my second vaccine shot; that hit me harder than the first shot. I was exhausted in the evening yet had a poor night's sleep so Tuesday was quite rough. Wednesday I felt better, at least health-wise; regrettably, there was the frustration with Spectrum. There's been multiple occasions in the past where their services simply did not work and it's been a real issue through all of April. Finally, I made the call and they came out; something outside was fixed (not the first time this had to be done) and things were fine... for a few hours. Suddenly things became really bad, apparently due to system-wide issues all across Central Florida. At first it would alternate between working and not working for minutes at the time, then after I left to pick someone up at the airport (which involved spending some time at a weeb gaming cafe beforehand; long story) and returned, it was down entirely for a few hours before I went to bed. Unlike before, most of the cable channels did not even work. “Irate” did not begin to describe my mood at this development.
I've mentioned this before, but many people have started following me after this was brought up... 2020 was even more rotten for me than most others. Aside from the pandemic (which is still weighing me down) my mother was sick for the entire year until passing away late July. 2021 has not been as miserable yet there's still been too many bad days and I am just fed up in general as it is starting to look like there's a black cloud hovering over me. In the future, if I don't post reviews for two or more days, it is BS such as this, or other factors weighing me down.
The word salad above was all typed late last night; today, I feel like crap again because as expected it was another poor night of sleep worrying about all this nonsense. Of course, as of now everything is STILL not back to 100%, and thus I give the double middle fingers to Spectrum for general incompetence and all the aggravation they've caused me just this month. With any luck, there aren't many reading this who also have the misfortune of having Spectrum as a provider. In conclusion, if you enjoy classic comedies of this vintage then The Philadelphia Story is a must-see (I do apologize for not saying more about it, including praise for why it it fun)... and I'd like to be back tomorrow-this time for a typical review-but who knows for certain. To close on a funny note, it is great that Hepburn's character was Tracy Lord; as people probably realized, Traci Lords is a stage name that Nora Louise Kuzma has; this is where she got it.
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