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An Awesome Live Solo Performance by Becca Stevens, Playing Charango in a Kitchen in Madrid: Stevie Wonder's "As"

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Blind Frog Belly White2/11/2018 11:18:33 am PST

re: #317 goddamnedfrank

I can make silver and platinum based photographic emulsion, prepare plates & paper, calculate proper exposure and develop images.

But I’d probably just try to find and kill Hitler.

The ultimate contest of the ‘Great Men’ vs ‘Great Movements’ views of history - would WWII have happened anyway?

Which reminds me of a show I’ve been watching recently - Counterpart.

Counterpart is the first ‘alternate universe’ story I’ve seen/read where they use a sensible narrative device to avoid problems most alternate universe stories simply ignore, like “If WWII didn’t happen on Earth 2, how come everyone on Earth 1 also exists on Earth 2? Wouldn’t at least SOME people’s grandparents never have met? Or maybe married someone else?”

They avoid it by having the two universes only separate 30 years ago, although it’s hinted that there was only one universe that split somehow.

Of course, the fun part is that the lead is J.K Simmons, playing an assertive secret agent, AND a milquetoast low level guy who has no clue what’s going on. I’m waiting for the secret agent one to say something about what to do when life give you lemons.
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