I wonder why melodrama in fictional media is generally seen as a bad thing. Do we want to experience fiction as true to life? I feel like it’s a more recent phenomenon to expect this sort of realism in the stories we encounter… Is it to feel absorbed? Personally involved? Sophisticated? ⇒

I spent a lot of time trying to get my hands on the script for a show I’ve wanted to see forever since I couldn’t find it anywhere. Miraculously, I ended up finding the show right after I’d finished reading the script for the last episode. Have you ever read a script for a show before watching it?

Watch out. I’m about to Perl this place up. ⇒

文藝春秋やすばるの本積みの根っこに「ナナ」の文庫本がやっと見つかりました。あんなところに放っておいてごめんね。

歴史に詳しくないから、篤姫についていくのはちょっと難しい。登場人物が多すぎて、名前の読み方と書き方は覚えにくい。相関図があれば…