That’d be cool. I wonder if we could find enough interest to get a few folks together. I’m just sitting here (like a lot of people) with a bunch of Zoom knowledge and not much to do with it.

I’d love to hear you explain why I should rewatch the couple of Emma adaptations I only watched once. And I’d enjoy discussing favorite elements of the new one. Or maybe a more open-ended “Top 5 personal-favorite Austen adaptations” talk? I’d really love to hear a few of the old-school LBD crowd weigh in on that.

Or we could go still-yet-more-general. “Favorite things I’m watching during the lockdown”?

Other ideas?

If people drop me an ask describing where their interests lie and available dates/times for a Zoom meeting I’ll totally set it up.

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nonasuch:

Yesterday I overheard someone talking about how he was taking classes at the University of Maryland because they offer free tuition if you’re over 60. 

My brain IMMEDIATELY began scripting a screwball comedy in which a broke millennial who desperately want to finish his long-abandoned degree but is drowning in student debt pretends to be a senior citizen in order to attend college for free.

I’m picturing someone Channing Tatumesque, applying age makeup every morning before he heads off to class. It’s sort of a cross between 21 Jump Street and Mrs. Doubtfire. He keeps forgetting which hip is supposed to be his bad one. His classmates laugh every time he uses slang. There’s definitely a scene where he attends a college party and busts it up on the dance floor.

He catches the eye of a fellow returning student, a woman in her 50s, but she thinks he’s like 70 and she’s already buried one husband, you know? She’s not interested in doing that again. When his charade unravels (hilariously) at the end of the movie, though, she finds out he’s actually like 30 and has abs you could bounce a quarter off. And he’s still super into her. And really, maybe it’s time she gave May-December romance a chance.

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