Miss Yvonne was a frequent visitor to the playhouse; obsessed with fashion and beauty; commonly proclaimed as “The Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland” by Pee-Wee and his Playhouse characters such as Chairry. Symbolizing the common “girl next door” trope. Miss Yvonne is often paired with Cowboy Curtis, who does things together with Herman, and in one episode asked out Cowboy Curtis on a date, where Herman helped Cowboy Curtis prepare for it by first going on a practice run with Cowntess. Despite

    • @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      26 months ago

      Running man is like Robocop, total recall and starship troopers. They’re movies that on the surface just seem like action movies, but are pretty deep social commentaries. Running man was a pretty good look at the mix of America’s craving for violence and reality tv, as well as the a justice system so out of control that people are getting literally forced to compete to death in gladiatorial battle

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        36 months ago

        And I feel like Squid Game captured the modern version of that zeitgeist.