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thestarlightforge · 9 months

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Watching Hacks, finally, and I noticed a thing in “Tunnel of Love” (S1 E7).

Brief intimacy choreography rant incoming >>>

Ava, who’s bi, tells Deborah:

“I realized that I could connect more emotionally with women, which led to deeper sexual experiences. But sometimes I do still need penetrative sex with a dick to come. But I don't know. Maybe I was just conditioned by the porn that was fed to me by the algorithm, you know?”

- S1 E2, “Primm”

Then, S1 E7 opens with a dream sequence.

First, George—the guy from the casino who Ava had a bizarre, drug-fueled, emotionally intense night & brief hookup with, who then killed himself by jumping out a window the following morning when she went out for coffee—is alive and back in bed with her. They kiss, gently. He initiates, after watching her sleep.

His eyes are open. She smiles, she’s enjoying it—but neither of them say anything, and her eyes stay shut the whole time, only flickering open for half a second before they kiss on the lips and closing again. And it doesn’t start with a kiss on the lips—he kisses her neck first, building up to it.

Then, he pulls back and it’s Deborah in bed with her.

Shortly after they’ve had a drug-fueled, really emotionally intense and engaged weekend away together. After knowing each other a while and all these little moments of vulnerability and bonding, Deborah finally opened up.

They really connected. Emotionally.

So George pulls away and it switches to Deborah—but now, Ava’s awake. Deborah lies propped up on an arm, and both their eyes are wide open.

Deborah speaks, “Hey,” with a grin. Ava drinks her in, her face lighting up, and she speaks, too: “Hi.”

They kiss on the lips right away, both already invested. And neither pulls away until the housekeeper bleeds into the dream and wakes Ava up.

This—

Maybe Ava isn’t “really attracted to Deborah,” maybe it’s about power or Deborah’s meanness or Ava’s “fucked up sense of intimacy,” etc.

But y’all.

This is what happens when you LISTEN to CHARACTERS. As a DIRECTOR. As an INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER. As ACTORS and as WRITERS.

Ava said the thing. And then all those people executed on it, and showed us the thing.

It’s the ✨ATTENTION to DETAIL✨

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filmap · 1 year

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Hacks Season 2, Chapter 7 Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky. 2022

LA Mansion 1366 E Palm St, Altadena, CA 91001, USA See in map

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gardenofedenuniverse · 1 year

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80th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals

10 Jan 2023 - The Beverly Hilton - Beverly Hills United States

#golden globes awards #matt bomer #sebastian stan #paul dano #Eddie Redmayne #Jay Ellis #Paul W. Downs #Greg Tarzan Davis #Lewis Pullman #Danny Ramirez #Diego Calva #garden of eden universe

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boardchairman-blog · 2 years

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**Shots of the Episode**

Hacks (2021)

Season 2, Episode 4: “The Captain’s Wife” (2022) Director: Lucia Aniello Cinematographer: Adam Bricker

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mensuited · 1 year

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#paul w. downs #creator #actor #suit #open shirt #boots #handsome #sharp #style #sexy #suave #fashion #hunk #stud #hacks #sag awards 2023 #sag awards

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warningsine · 2 years

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#hacks #hacks hbo #hacks spoilers #Jimmy LuSaque #Paul W. Downs #tv #sine's edits

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laserpinksteam · 2 years

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Second season: Hacks (created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, 2022)

The winning second season of this great comedy series is both shorter and expanded. There's more characters, with a few outstanding guest stars (Metcalf, Essman, Harris, Wen), and fewer episodes, due to which some of the recurring and secondary characters (Adams, Olson, Liu, Sibilly) are given less screen time, which, while a pity because almost everyone is greatly written and acted, may actually be beneficial to the overall plot, focusing mostly on Smart and Einbinder. The only weak, while still entertaining, plot is the one starring Downs and Stalter, who, up until the last episode, live on their own, slightly annoying, planet. That their thread eventually coalesces with the central one brings much relief.

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boomgers · 2 days

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Asegúrate de mostrar tu lado bueno… “Hacks · Temporada 3”

Creada por Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello y Jen Statsky, la tercera temporada estrenará cada semana dos nuevos episodios hasta llegar al noveno, el cual marcara el final de la temporada.

Sinopsis: Un año después de su separación, Deborah Vance está disfrutando del gran éxito de su especial de monólogos, mientras que Ava busca nuevas oportunidades en Los Ángeles.

Estreno: 2 de mayo de 2024 en Max.

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La tercera temporada cuenta con las actuaciones de Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo, Lorenza Izzo, Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, Christopher Lloyd y Tony Goldwyn.

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httpiastri · 2 months

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happy bday paul <3

#so much love in my heart for him #hope he has a great bday #and that his 20th year brings him loads of happiness and success #honestly these were all just random gifs that i made towards the end of the season and that have been forgotten in my drafts #and now i remembered them and went “well now i have an excuse to post them”#so here we are #the gifs w rene look like theyve been sped up but i promise i didnt #some are slowed down though #hiM LEANING HIS HEAD ON RENES SHOULDER hes adorable #also the top middle and bottom middle..... forgot to put those in my hair post #the bounce 😭 dang #the macau moments are so dear to me :( his last time in prema #for now #hopefully will also post the paul short fic today 🤞 ive been away for handball all weekend but im gonna go on a 3 hour train back home and #probs will be able to finish it by then #yay #paul aron #f2 #hitech gp #prema racing

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leezuhh · 1 year

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"beef" on netflix is so fucking good. i love a show about a small event that turns into something insane that nobody involved could have possibly predicted. also i like steven yeun. spoilers in tags

#amy and danny constantly trying to ruin each other's lives only to constantly get into deeper and deeper shit themselves is. peak.#spoilers follow:#literally like half the main cast dying in a gunfight with cops is Also something i could not have predicted.#rip jordan my favorite toxic lesbian queen. she was only there to start shit. stealing her brothers gf. her constant gay tension w amy #and then she GOT BISECTED???? girls it turned into a horror movie straight up so fast... poor naomi she was just there to fuck bitches.....#liza post #beef netflix #live liza reaction. if they reconcile over paul dying horribly i will have . feelings #anyways RIP paul he was like my favorite character. i love a stupid ass himbo #everyone in this show is a terrible person and it's extremely entertaining #'I AM NOT HELPING YOU UNLESS YOU USE NICE WORDS' you both just crashed your cars off a cliff after chasing each other down. ok #'i see your life' 'you poor thing'#it's such a good show at being funny and dark and poetic and Good. also crow motif xoxo #update PAUL ALIVE SWAG

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rainymoodlet · 9 months

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Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[Free Day!]

Phew! What a great way to relax before the first Solo Dates of the season! Daniel really appreciated the moment to clear his mind, and it looks like both Josiah and Francis have decided that they like the Wellness skill!

Dai had to go to the bathroom really badly fjdhd

@retro-plasma @julietisufferingwiththeuser

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