Today is my father's birthday.

He'd be 75. It's been just about a quarter century since he died, and I still miss him, though it's probably just as well he's not around to see the current geopolitical clusterfuck.

I was watching Netflix yesterday and I saw they had Newsies

Which yay! but it turned out it was the Broadway Newsies not the movie Newsies.

After watching it, I don't think I like it as much, though admittedly it has been quite a while since I've seen the original full-out. I should do that so I can compare properly.

(Also, historical note, while fictional characters who happen to be involved in based-on-a-true stories is one thing, I'm really uncomfortable with fictional characters who have real world parents/families. I didn't know until last night that I felt this way, but now I do! If we can prove a certain person didn't exist, they shouldn't be there.)

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