Public Enemies, A Modern Version

 

 Sometimes I need to get away from politics, especially after seeing the orange man question whether he actually needs to follow the constitution. Yeah, it's crazy scary.

I decided to watch 'It Ends With Us,' only because I had seen the intentional attacks on Blake Lively on the www several months ago.

I had just watched, 'A Simple Favor,' listed as a thriller/comedy. Lively was starring in it, along with Anna Kendrick. It was a ridiculous plot, but I can see why Lively is a star. She has a presence. 'It Ends With Us,' is a movie about domestic violence. I'm not a fan of watching crazy, abusive men beat on their confused and submissive wives, who then suddenly turn into ninja warriors. Lively is lovely to look at and she can at least show some emotion unlike Megan Fox who I watch for laughs. It's like watching a mannequin with giant boobs. But, I digress. Anyway, I got as far as the rooftop scene where 'Lily' meets 'Ryle.' Ryle? (Uh oh, that sounds like a true romance novel name. Ah, yes, the film was based on the book which written by romance writer, Colleen Hoover) After trying to one up each other for two minutes in, 'Let's see who had the shittier day,' Ryle says he wants to bed her. That's where I said, so long, and went to Wikipedia to read the plotline.

Holy shit! Now I know why Lively was purposely targeted a few months ago for being such a diva. I'm not even sure it was about this movie, (it wasn't) but people were enraged by the way she treated Kjersti Flaa, who was interviewing Lively, who was pregnant at the time. Flaa congratulated Lively for her "bump," whereby Lively responded, "Congratulations on your bump." Well, she wasn't pregnant. It was a weird comeback but not worth the kerfuffle it got. Flaa claims she wanted to quit her career right then and there. Oh, brother. Drama. Doing some Googling, I see the baby bump interview happened in 2016, but was brought up repeatedly last year, especially in the garbage rag, The Daily Mail. It had nothing to do with this movie but it definitely looks as if it resurfaced to hurt Lively.

 During interviews for 'It Ends With Us,' Lively was accused of being an insensitive beyotch who instead of discussing the seriousness of domestic violence promoted her hair products and booze line. 

Using this movie as a guide for social awareness regarding domestic violence is like using, 'The Hangover' as a warning for alcohol addiction.

Seems Blake and Justin did not get along. Justin Baldoni who played Ryle was also the director. Apparently he was not happy when Ryan Reynolds's, Lively's husband, started taking control and rewriting scenes. Lively claims Baldoni and a male producer harassed her and made sexual overtures. So now Baldoni is suing the Lively family for extortion and defamation in the tune of $400 million. Yikes.

It does seem someone was out to destroy Lively's livelihood. No names mentioned. 👆

I think we've all had a co-worker we couldn't get along with, one who was a real life asshat who enjoyed drama and making people miserable.

I had one, and have written about her several times. It's nearly impossible to work with someone you cannot respect. The celebrity list is endless. A bunch of egoists all in a room, fighting to have star billing on the theater marquee. 

Rebecca Ferguson, who had a part in Mission Impossible discusses in an interview one actor she didn't want to be in the same room with, which is rather difficult when you have scenes together.

But, hey, these aren't your average, everyday humans. Everything they do is on a higher level. Same thing for Royalty. Poor Prince Harry who wrote a nasty book about his Pa and brother, doesn't understand why they won't talk to him. I'm sure the King's sheets are crisp and clean. It's still dirty laundry. We all poop and sneeze juice out of our noses.

Regular folks just have to suck it up and deal with it. We don't have the funds to go to court to sue someone we don't like. 

Okay, confession time. The statute of limitations is over. This happened a very long time ago. I got angry with an outlaw relative who was getting in my business. My ex and I drove to her house to confront, I mean, talk with her. She wasn't home, but her AMC Pacer was sitting in the driveway with the windows open. I peeked inside and saw a few cans of Miller Light on the passenger seat. I popped open a can and poured it over the driver's seat. The ex was over by the house, looking in windows, so I cracked open another one and did it again. It did not give me joy. In fact, I felt like shit. Did I confess? Hell, no. It was never even mentioned, even after we all kissed and made up. Poor people don't have the luxury of hiring lawyers because they were disrespected. So they (me) do stupid things like stink up a car seat. 

Moral of the story. Don't take the law into your own hands (unless, you feel anarchy is necessary)

Anyway, that was our intermission from the irl debacle we wake up to every morning. 

This is the end of this.

*Two allegedly mortal enemies, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in, 'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane.'