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juan barquin

@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social

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neurotic, queer, latin american writer and programmer. they/them. co-creator & filmmaker for flaming classics. chair of the florida film critics circle.

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

What a thrill to finally share my piece on two of my favorite games: Snake Eater & Guns of the Patriots. I interrogate how Kojima shows us cyclical violent worlds but still attempts to guide us toward non-violence (in sometimes questionable ways).

Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 3 & 4

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Isobel Bess @echosequence.space · 4h

J. Jonah Jameson voice: bring me experimental transsexual geographies!

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 9h

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine being lucky enough to have seen Vanessa Williams perform as Aurora on stage in her original Broadway debut tho

Vanessa Williams "Kiss of Spider Woman" Musical

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 6h

when i tell you i think about the card toss/search scene on a regular basis........ i'm so serious

juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 6h

just remembered that i spent a part of last weekend explaining that, while now you see me is a deeply stupid and bad movie, now you see me 2 is an abject monstrosity that is also the most entertaining thing ever made

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 6h

Following my viewing, I just started watching old performance videos and, honestly, I'm kind of obsessed with the staging for the Tony Awards??? That shift from Molina singing to lip syncing while Aurora sings??? Exquisite, simple, gorgeous. Still truly believe JLo was born for this role.

Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1993 Tony Awards

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 6h

I've had "Where You Are" and its visuals stuck in my head for the last few days and that, to me, shows that Kiss of the Spider Woman is at least somewhat successful. Good movie! Crazy to remember that musicals can, in fact, actually be colorful!

Jennifer Lopez was Born to Star in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'

It doesn't match the director or composers' best work, but it's easy to become ensnared in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman," even if for a couple of hours.

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 7h

changing all my dating profiles from "cut" to "autistic"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 8h

imagine going to law school to become an attorney for ICE, then having a judge compare your dumb complaints to "Before He Cheats"

Perry asks whether the “petty acts of vandalism” including "slashed tires" and "keyed cars” is significant enough to impede the execution of federal laws even if it does not make it as “quick and easy” as they would like.

"Some of this frankly sounds like a Carrie Underwood song."

Hamilton responds, with anger in his voice, “This is no Carrie Underwood song.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 8h

Deeply funny for them to think Netflix would remove anything because of protests (they never will!) when trans people have been trying and failing to get them to stop funneling millions to Dave Chappelle for years. Netflix doesn't care! They're gonna keep courting every side with different shows!

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8h

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

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Dan Schindel @danschindel.bsky.social · 10h

It's Day 4, and Esther Rosenfield covers PT and Metal Gear Solid V reverseshot.org/features/337...

Hideo Kojima: P.T. & Metal Gear Solid V

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Dan Schindel @danschindel.bsky.social · 10h

Day 3 had @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social on Metal Gears Solid 3 and 4 reverseshot.org/features/337...

Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 3 & 4

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Dan Schindel @danschindel.bsky.social · 2d

Day 2 with @fcardamenis.bsky.social on Metal Gear Solid and Sons of Liberty reverseshot.org/features/336...

Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2

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Dan Schindel @danschindel.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted that a long-brewing project at @reverseshot.bsky.social that I've been a part of has finally come to fruition: a weeklong symposium on the games of That Guy Himself. I'll be bringing it home on Friday, but for now, here's Cole Kronman on Kojima's early work reverseshot.org/features/336...

Hideo Kojima: Metal Gear & Snatcher

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 20h

anyway these tweets were inspired by me writing about kiss of the spider woman and having the cursed thought that he might try to revive that in a few years and make me want to fight him

juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 20h

i find the way people project meaning onto his projects more interesting than any one of the ones i've seen (either filmed or live)

juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 20h

kind of wild that jamie lloyd hasn't been arrested for crimes against musical theater

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

Much like Antonio Banderas did with his unique production of Company carefully translated into Spanish, I'd love to fully translate Kiss of the Spider Woman into Spanish (or a mixture of English/Spanish to emphasize the division between "film" and "reality") for both stage (and screen).

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder that Jack published a book last year called “unhumans” that makes the argument that all Democrats and anyone left of Francisco Franco should be rounded up and murdered en mass for the rest of the populations entertainment.
Jack is a Nazi and hell bent on the murder of his opponents

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

I don't even know what to say anymore. Like, yeah, we're all laughing because it's so stupid, but it's just to stop ourselves from crying over the fact that these people are just going to arrest, torture, and kill anyone they want to identity as "anti-fascist" in order to maintain fascist regime.

juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

Not only worrying to hear them admit that they seem to have an innocent woman in custody under the guise of being "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" (which makes zero sense), but that they say "eliminate them from existence in American society" about actual human beings.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 5d

me after eating hundreds of pounds of dip

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 1d

I had an absolute blast speaking to michael sheen about TRON: LEGACY. garrett hedlund's costume burning him! daft punk being french as hell! sheen describing castor as being a little "fash-y" with all those cabaret-inspired high kicks! a good time. at @vulture.com:

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve become unreasonably obsessed with MGS4 over the last six months, a game that I never played until buying a copy this year and bringing my PS3 back out of retirement. Easy to dismiss as “fan service” or “playable cutscenes”, but that wouldn’t be engaging with all it tries.