This Land Is Your Land

 Well, I believe this song is in order today, given the news from yesterday. Need I explain more? I don't know Woodye Guthrie, except from a scene I loved in Mrs America, which you can see here, and which in itself shows why this is so fitting and will be for the weeks and years to come.

La "Rolleur Geurl"

Parce qu'elle a joué dans Mrs America, j'ai cette chanson interprétée par Anna Karina (paroles de Serge Gainsbourg) en tête depuis que je suis la série. Je ne connais pas la chanteuse et je connais très peu l'oeuvre de Gainsbourg, mais c'est le genre de rock français que j'aime, avec sa façon de bien massacrer les prononciations américaines. Et de rock tout court, à bien y penser.

About Mrs. America

As you know if you have been following this blog recently, I had planned to watch Mrs. America is now available on BBC, partially because it's with Cate Blanchett, partially because I love these kinds of history dramas. So far, so great and I have been practically binging it since last week or so. My favourite actress is as expected mesmerising as the "villain" of the piece, showing nuance, complexity and even vulnerability to someone who is not easy to sympathize with. I also find fascinating to see the feminists who must have (at least to a degree and albeit indirectly) influenced my mother's own feminism. I don't know if she read any of them at the time, but she went to uni at that time. Anyway, Mrs. America is the best tv series I have watched in years.

Mrs America on BBC

My wife gave me some good news yesterday: the historical TV series Mrs America is now available on BBC. This is the kind of historical drama I really enjoy, but this one has Cate Blanchett in it. My favourite actress,. I could listen to her reading the phone book, but apparently she is amazing in it (well, as usual). Now I just need some time in the day, or more likely in the evening, to watch it.