Tessera
Folgen

Jeff Cottrill

@jeffcottrill.bsky.social

Jeff Cottrill is a novelist, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto.

1519 Posts338 Follower203 Folgt
Paul Connolly@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 11h ago

Greatest satirist since Jonathan Swift… …a phrase bandied about this week… Swift wrote astonishing prose laced with complex irony. He kicked up not down… That’s not the same as spewing alternately vaporous & feculent drivel, seasoned with some vicious dreams, at society’s most vulnerable people…

Jeff Cottrill@jeffcottrill.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another movie Netflix just added for no apparent reason: Spielberg's 1941. And yes, it's still as bad as its reputation. It's frenetic and unfocused, and loaded with incoherent slapstick and wasted comedic talent. Yet it's the kind of bad movie that could be made only by a great director... 1/

Jeff Cottrill@jeffcottrill.bsky.social · 4d ago

Bye Bye Birdie is now on Netflix, for some reason. I'd never seen the movie adaptation before, although I once played Ed Sullivan's voice, the train conductor, and general chorus roles in a high-school production. (Before some of you were even BORN.) The story is changed in some odd ways. 1/

Eric Idle@ericidle.bsky.social · 5d ago

People who deny climate change should be jailed. We have had fires here in the Var for ten days now. 35 houses lost in our village alone. Denial is the worst possible response.

Becky D’Anna@hwoodminotaur.bsky.social · last yr.

Ingmar Bergman overcame his fear of animals when Liv Ullmann brought her dachshund, Pet to live with them. Bergman called him “emotion on four legs” & Pet was his companion as he wrote CRIES AND WHISPERS. When Ullmann left the relationship, she left Pet with him. #IngmarBergMonth

Bild
Jeff Cottrill@jeffcottrill.bsky.social · 2w ago

Christopher Columbus! Stamp my card. I just watched the 1940s film adaptation of Little Women. (It's okay, not great.) This means I've now seen all four sound versions, which entitles me to a free cappuccino. And I read the book once too, which means I also get a free sandwich.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience.bsky.social · 2w ago

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 2w ago

This is Alfie. He is a professional opera singer with some of the best vibrato in the industry. Some have even called him the next Paw-varotti. 13/10 (TT: thelifeofalfiee)

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 2w ago

This is Bruno and Rocket. Rocket insists on making a grand entrance. Bruno is happy to help with that. 13/10 for both (IG: bruno_da_doxie_doggie)

God@thegodshow.com · 3w ago

Thou shalt not mock others appearance when you always look like one of the melting Nazis from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w ago

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli