dual personalities

Because there is nothing much to watch on television, I bought the dvd set of Wolf Hall (on sale on Amazon), first telecast on Masterpiece Theater back in 2015. It is a British television series adaptation of the wonderful book trilogy by Hilary Mantel about the life of Thomas Cromwell. It stars Mark Rylance as Cromwell.

Boy, is it good.

I am also watching the 4-part documentary about the Judds on Hulu. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told purports to reveal “the complex story” of the Judds, who, you recall, were a mother and daughter country duo back in the 1980s. The younger sister, Ashley Judd, had a movie career in the 1990s into the aughts before she crashed and burned too.

Yes, “complex” is an understatement. Both Wynonna and Ashley have a big part in this documentary and I’m glad that the sisters are speaking to each other and obviously are still close. I am enjoying it in that modern voyeuristic way–what a chaotic hot mess they were! Glad I’m not that screwed up! But I apologize. I feel really sorry for Ashley and Wynonna. We were fans of the Judds back in the day and we were as shocked/not shocked as anybody when Naomi committed suicide the day before she and Wynonna were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022. It’s a sad story.

Have you watched anything good lately?

P.S. Just a reminder that today is the birthday of Frederico Fellini (1920-93), Italian film director and screenwriter. Time to watch La Strada (11954) I guess!