Briggs!

Theater of the New Ear. 2005.

Coens. Charlie Kaufman. Carter Burwell. Streep. Phil Hoffman.

Seek out an mp3. Have yourself a listening party.

It completely nails the sense of tragic surprise R&J's very first audience must have felt. I'm guessing Chloe Zhao's #HAMNET is going to be this moment, but feature-length.

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At the end of Shakespeare in Love (1998), the play-within-the-play asks "Where is my lord? Where is Romeo?" and Imelda Staunton from the crowd lets out an anguished, spontaneous "DEAD!"

Wow. I was not expecting Marc Maron’s final episode to be a fawning interview with President Trump.

I like the neighbors who, at this point in the annual decorative cycle, throw a few Christmas lights on their house with a shrug.

A fair number of problems seem downstream from the fact that the best way to be a human is to grow, change, and evolve but the best way to be successful online is to never change and always double, triple, and quadruple down every time you are wrong.

Redford Keaton gonna BONE at them pearly gates.

#booktok #Shakespeare #JudiDench #audiobook #books #literature 🎭 #reading #poetry #poetrytok #drama #theaterkid #arts #Hamlet @Royal Shakespeare Company TikTok video by briggery

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This year for Halloween I’m going as one of those 12-foot Home Depot skeletons, but I’m only 5’7” so please use your imagination.

So it's clear Joel Coen got all the talent in the breakup with Ethan, but I had MONEY on Benny being the talented one in the Safdie's divorce. Bravo, Josh, you won, you beautiful bastard!

Years ago "hot mess" carried a more cheeky connotation (I'm game to put up with that "mess" because they are smokin' hot). But now it's the most abysmal, icky descriptor imaginable, as a result of global warming.

Is she flirting with you or is it ADHD?

People love you if you have a good memory, and loathe you if you have a great one.

The 10 best Best Pictures from the Last 50 Years Occasionally, The Oscars get it right.

Robert Redford's passing got me thinking about how good "Ordinary People" is. Which lead me to...
#filmsky #Oscars

#OneBattleAfterAnother ❤️ #PTA #filmsky

I’d like a widespread post mortem sociological study of why tf clowning has trended so hard in the last ≈5 years.

Back watching Rami Malek’s The Amateur now! It sucks!

(Walking outside the Family Swim & Rec Center, where I work out)
5yo Boy: Hi!
Me: Hello.
5yo Boy: I have a Pokemon water bottle!
4yo Girl: I have a - Elsa water bottle!!
Me: Cool! I have a regular water bottle, it's pretty good.

*(crickets)*

It is with a stoic mien and a brave sense of sacrifice that I let go of possibly half-watching Rami Malek’s The Amateur on Hulu. #CancelDisney+

A Farewell to WTF Podcast. Alright, let's do this...

Locking the gates one last time. #MarcMaron #WTF

Hope you’re having a good day.

Behold. The most depressing job posting in the history of both depression and job postings.

Spotted a truck’s vanity plate that said “PGILIST,” which seems aggressive. But was tempered by a bumper sticker: “Honk If You Like Cheese.”

Never Let Me Go Ishiguro's masterful, haunting 2005 novel.

Gothic-tinged Brit boarding schools are very much my jam. A book review of Kazuo Ishiguro's haunting, masterful 2005 novel.

No I don’t want to “watch similar movies” on a streamer called crunchyroll!! 😠

“I fell asleep halfway through a movie last night.”
—person who describes baseball games to me in minute detail

Without doing any research whatsoever I’m very sure I’m the first person on the internet to make this joke and you’re very welcome.

Gotta say, you step away from your account on Elon Musk's X for a month, two months. Pop back for a peek, and that shit is algorithmically HONED, perfect. Every joke, every news tidbit, exactly what Briggsy wants. Your morning is SET.

My Overnight at a Psych Ward A 2025 insomnia story.

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Spotted a cybertruck that was bubblegum pink. I feel that driver’s license renewal should depend on a mandatory psych evaluation.