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Like @MrPrezident, I'm also profoundly ashamed, and I appreciate his positivity. A rate hike (tax? lol) wouldn't work, though I get the outrage. My approach is to visit Montreal more often and spend lavishly to support the local economy!

I was going to mention his performance in Boogie Nights, which came out of nowhere and was outstanding. Although I wish he had been more ambitious with his roles overall, he always had a sense of humor about himself and his reputation. He was in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...

I also remember the movie as a young boy in the 1970s. Quite something. Burt Reynolds became a bit of a Hollywood parody, but he could command a scene. I did some google searches and couldn't find anything about feminist protests, but perhaps I didn't google hard enough.

I've read that some protested the movie because of its perceived stereotyping of southern Appalachia. It was certainly a controversial movie. Could you share some (responsible) journalism on the feminist protests, which I hadn't heard about?

It may be worth pointing out that this thread groups together all feminism into a single, monolithic lump, while in reality there is an active wing of feminism that advocates for decriminalization and legalization. This form of feminism supports the rights of women to have agency over their...

These threads are always, always cringy--and worse. So let me make a suggestion to any and all: it's never a good idea to declare "I'm not a racist." First, that the assertion is usually followed by blatantly racist statements. But the deeper problem is that it's meaningless. No one thinks...

Putting aside the idea of a forum, which I agree would be tricky, the fact remains that clients would benefit from knowing which agencies are reliable and responsible--and which ones are not. The OP is right that the only way to track the reputation of agencies is by collating scattered reviews...

Very interesting idea, and I think it merits consideration. I imagine that MERB relies on the income from agency ads, and the mods may have reservations about a forum that may harm that relationship, especially given the level of complaining that might ensue. In fact, it might be difficult to...

Dang, it's a pleasure being schooled out here on somewhat obscure German films from the 1920s! And I had no idea that Peter Lorre played a Bond villain, or that there was a 1954 Casino Royale. I do know the 1967 Casino Royale ("so long, suckers...."). I also love His Girl Friday and its...

I know this thread has moved on but this is good stuff, @Meta not Meta. You've got me with Fritz Lang's German movies. I think I've seen Metropolis and M, but it may just be that I've seen clips and images so often that I've absorbed them. (I also have memories of being at Woodstock and being in...

It's enormous fun to read this lively and lighthearted thread, especially the playful speculation about Cary Grant as Bond and even Hitchcock as director. NbyNW is a terrific example of Grant's cool, sexuality, and heroic masculinity, everything that we see in Sean Connery. ("Notorious" does...

Do you mean the *final* post or the *previous* post? If the former, then I'm in the lead! If the latter, then @Doc Holliday rules ... for the moment. (I'm goofing around.)

This thread should be required reading for anyone who wants to complain about SPs' rates.

Thank you for such a positive thread, @gaby. I'm here to report that Michelle definitely does NOT suck at selfies! MMMM....

I would imagine that it's also easier for SPs to quickly verify the payment in the envelope if it's larger bills. No need to count out the $20s in front of the client. I really like @MichelleMontreal's system! I'm that way when I win anything at poker: the big bills get saved, the smaller ones...

You all are lucky to Iive in Canada, where "it’s very rare [to] see actual misogynists, racist or transphobic people." I'm delighted to know that gender equality exists in Canada, since it obviously doesn't in the US. This board might suggest otherwise, but I suppose all the misogynistic...

Ha! I had some good Devilish nights. I would have thought they stopped a bit earlier, but I may be wrong. They could be a bit chaotic (in my experience) but also lots of fun. My memory is that they went through some, er, management changes.

I think there's a John Fogerty song about this. "Oh, put me in, Coach I'm ready to play, today..."

I think I see what you mean, though perhaps I'm misunderstanding. There does appear to be some ads that are merely OF teases with no evidence the they're legitimate Montreal SPs. Not only are these ads cheap and apparently misleading, they most certainly undermine the integrity of the...

Thanks for that explanation. I feel the same way about acronyms and extra charges, especially when they're listed on a website, and I'd say the same about different rates for GFE and PSE. I want an SP to just be herself and do her thing. (I don't blame SPs for those lists, as I'm sure they get...