🌹Sweet Bea🌹
@beatcharacter.bsky.social
28- They/them of the American summer night
Film/TV/music obsessive
Read my stuff at: buttondown.com/beatcharacter
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Film/TV/music obsessive
Read my stuff at: buttondown.com/beatcharacter
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🌹Sweet Bea🌹
@beatcharacter.bsky.social
· Apr 13
Beat Character
Weekly essays and opinions on media I’m currently enjoying (including film, television, music, literature, and video games)
buttondown.com
I'm starting a free weekly newsletter about film, TV, music and whatnot which you can sign up for here! buttondown.com/beatcharacter
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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At the center of it all, and at the end. "Blackstar": bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/b...
Blackstar (★)
But, lo, as you would quaffoff his fraudstuff and sink teeth through that pyth of a flowerwhite bodey behold of him as behemoth for he is noewhemoe. Finiche! Only a fadograph of a yestern scene. Ja…
bowiesongs.wordpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
At the center of it all, and at the end. "Blackstar": bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/b...
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Fox News host calls masked Minneapolis protesters "cowardly"; co-host says ICE agents are also masked but "that's for a different reason: they don't want to get doxed."
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Fox News host calls masked Minneapolis protesters "cowardly"; co-host says ICE agents are also masked but "that's for a different reason: they don't want to get doxed."
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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This song, this whole album, feels like music out of time the same way Low and "Heroes" do. What a crazy thing to achieve with your final record, in your late 60s, while you're literally dying. Jeez louise
Happy birthday, David Bowie. I will love you forever.
David Bowie - Blackstar (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This song, this whole album, feels like music out of time the same way Low and "Heroes" do. What a crazy thing to achieve with your final record, in your late 60s, while you're literally dying. Jeez louise
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if I die, please don't let them say shit like "she sang in church choirs since the age of 10 and was an active parishioner at St. Andrew" and omit the fact that I'm a lesbian to make middle America feel bad that I'm dead when otherwise they wouldn't care
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
if I die, please don't let them say shit like "she sang in church choirs since the age of 10 and was an active parishioner at St. Andrew" and omit the fact that I'm a lesbian to make middle America feel bad that I'm dead when otherwise they wouldn't care
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I wrote about why the Avatar series does too have a cultural impact, and why it doesn't look like other movies'.
The Avatar Debate That Needs to End
For those still arguing about this: I see you.
slate.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I wrote about why the Avatar series does too have a cultural impact, and why it doesn't look like other movies'.
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My latest newsletter: Revisiting David Bowie's final album Blackstar on the tenth anniversary of its release
David Bowie's Blackstar
Revisiting Bowie's final album on the tenth anniversary of its release
sterlewine.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
My latest newsletter: Revisiting David Bowie's final album Blackstar on the tenth anniversary of its release
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My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
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need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
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i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
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January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Organizing, calling your reps, protesting, and having sex with their wives while they're out terrorizing our cities are all good ways to fight back
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Organizing, calling your reps, protesting, and having sex with their wives while they're out terrorizing our cities are all good ways to fight back
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Even if you're not a medical procedural person—I am definitely not—The Pitt is an achievement in you-are-there worldbuilding to rival any of the sci-fi/fantasy epics you'll find on television. I'm very excited to be covering it for Season 2. (gift link)
‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: The Doctors Will See You Now
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Even if you're not a medical procedural person—I am definitely not—The Pitt is an achievement in you-are-there worldbuilding to rival any of the sci-fi/fantasy epics you'll find on television. I'm very excited to be covering it for Season 2. (gift link)
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Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
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Bad year for years. Great year for movies. Here's my big year-end piece, with my Top 15 and other big-picture thoughts. It's free for everyone, but please consider supporting The Reveal in 2026. We'll make it worth your while. thereveal.film/the-best-fil...
The Best Films of 2025 (Scott's List)
A bad year for the world can't stop another great year for movies.
thereveal.film
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Bad year for years. Great year for movies. Here's my big year-end piece, with my Top 15 and other big-picture thoughts. It's free for everyone, but please consider supporting The Reveal in 2026. We'll make it worth your while. thereveal.film/the-best-fil...
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And here's @scotttobias.bsky.social with his picks for the year's best.
Bad year for years. Great year for movies. Here's my big year-end piece, with my Top 15 and other big-picture thoughts. It's free for everyone, but please consider supporting The Reveal in 2026. We'll make it worth your while. thereveal.film/the-best-fil...
The Best Films of 2025 (Scott's List)
A bad year for the world can't stop another great year for movies.
thereveal.film
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
And here's @scotttobias.bsky.social with his picks for the year's best.
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they ran on no more wars and are now pitching global conquest. they ran on protecting kids and are now paid subscribers to a deep fake kiddie porn generator. a competent opposition party would find a way to use this to their advantage
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
they ran on no more wars and are now pitching global conquest. they ran on protecting kids and are now paid subscribers to a deep fake kiddie porn generator. a competent opposition party would find a way to use this to their advantage
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You don't have to live in fear of Republicans sneering "Then I guess you don't want immigration enforcement??" They're famously not doing immigration enforcement either. They're harassing, brutalizing, and killing people
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
You don't have to live in fear of Republicans sneering "Then I guess you don't want immigration enforcement??" They're famously not doing immigration enforcement either. They're harassing, brutalizing, and killing people
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I had the honor of meeting Yoshiro Kimura last year at the Onion Games office in Tokyo, and got to listen to him talk very earnestly about game development and Stray Children and, well, life.
www.ign.com/articles/str...
www.ign.com/articles/str...
Stray Children: Why the Developer of the Game That Inspired Undertale Has Now Made a Game Inspired by Undertale - IGN
I spoke with Moon: Remix RPG Adventure and Stray Children creator and head of Onion Games Yoshiro Kimura about his inspirations, how he relates to his art, and "oddball" games like Undertale.
www.ign.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I had the honor of meeting Yoshiro Kimura last year at the Onion Games office in Tokyo, and got to listen to him talk very earnestly about game development and Stray Children and, well, life.
www.ign.com/articles/str...
www.ign.com/articles/str...
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The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
The Lowdown, the best show you're not watching, is coming back for Season Two
FX has officially renewed the Ethan Hawke-led comic mystery series
www.whatsalanwatching.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
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Superhuman Safety Squad #1 (1/2)
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Superhuman Safety Squad #1 (1/2)
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surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain