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The Friday Frank
Happy Friday. I’m in Tulsa for the weekend! More on this somewhat random (but exciting!) trip later.
We interviewed Andrew Garfield on Keep It this week. We also reviewed Joker: Folie à Deux. You can listen on Apple or Spotify. Or watch on our YouTube channel.
I profiled new bestie Owen Thiele for New York Magazine.
Have you pre-ordered my essay collection yet?
I’ve got a question…
I want to become a tote bag person like every serious creative in New York. But for the life of me, cannot get tote bags to stay on my shoulder. Does anyone else have this problem?
Reality Roundup
The Anonymous
The best show that none of you seem to be watching! It’s a mix of The Traitors and The Circle, where contestants compete for $100,000 in person, but also communicate and vote for one another anonymously with emoji handles. The goal is to remain undetected — if no one figures out your handle during the weekly quiz, you become The Anonymous, with the power to eliminate someone from the game. Xavier, winner of Big Brother 24, was on the show but has already been eliminated. Still in the game, however, is Nina Twine, 2-time Survivor winner Sandra Diaz-Twine’s daughter, who competed with her on Survivor: Australia. I’m rooting for her, obviously.
The worst aspect of the show is the fact that you don’t see who’s eliminated each week until the next episode. This works when the show is streaming and all episodes drop on Netflix or something. For a weekly show, however, it’s annoying!
Deal or No Deal Island
The season 2 cast has dropped! Parvati and Dr. Will and Golden God David from Survivor: Australia are on this season! Hell yeah.
Survivor
What is the point of this goddamn Amulet Idol if everyone is just going to go back to the beach and tell their entire tribe about it? Wouldn’t you vote someone out of the game who has that idol so that they can’t link up with the other two amulet holders at the merge?
I’ve grown weary of the challenges on this show. Every single one is an obstacle course ending in a puzzle. Two weeks in a row we’ve also had a puzzle that’s practically the same. Enough!
Bravo recaps: The Real Housewives of Potomac season 9 premiere, The Real Housewives of New York isn’t exactly getting better (it even put Mary Cosby to sleep!), The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is firing on all cylinders (starting next week, all Real Housewives recaps will be for paid Frank subscribers only)
Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still For Some Reason People Expected It to Be Exactly Like Brat
Charli XCX dropped her first remix album, Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat. And when I say remix album, I mean REMIX album. The songs are completely different mixes than the tracks on the previously released (and unexpected summer phenomenon) Brat. Anyone familiar with remix albums or anyone who has, IDK, been to the club before, knew that this was gonna be some different shit. Hell, except for “Guess” and “360”, the other remixes released before the album sounded completely different from their original tracks. And yet!!