# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=367 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 368 --- ## [Christmas/Winter beers suggestions 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-winter-beers-suggestions-2020/927501)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-winter-beers-suggestions-2020/927501 "2020-12-12T14:14:31Z")
It’s December and I doubt we will have any bars open for the next couple months. So,I’m looking for some ideas of what I can buy in bottles and cans. It seems the pumpkin stuff is still out there, I guess the harsh Covid… --- ## [The Kremlin's Candidate (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kremlins-candidate-open-spoilers/927865)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kremlins-candidate-open-spoilers/927865 "2020-12-12T02:01:21Z")
I just finished The Kremlin’s Candidate; it was a satisfying, but very bittersweet ending to the trilogy (the books are way better than the move). Dominika survives against the odds and is now the Director of the SVR, b… --- ## ["Musician X is the greatest student of musician Y"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-x-is-the-greatest-student-of-musician-y/927205)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-x-is-the-greatest-student-of-musician-y/927205 "2020-12-12T04:04:09Z")
Many musicians are standing on the shoulders of giants and took cues from their idols, be it instrumental or in their songwriting and/or arrangements. What clear examples can you name? Here are my suggestions: Keith Ric… --- ## [Remember That Geraldo Rivera Special On Satanism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-that-geraldo-rivera-special-on-satanism/927787)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-that-geraldo-rivera-special-on-satanism/927787 "2020-12-12T03:00:47Z")
I sure do. I was already a young adult. I think it was in 1987. That sounds about right. Anyway he was widely criticized for it. I’ll add a cite if anyone wants one. But basically people said his statistics were way off… --- ## [What movie has a rolling ball clock mechanism at the beginning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-a-rolling-ball-clock-mechanism-at-the-beginning/927824)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-a-rolling-ball-clock-mechanism-at-the-beginning/927824 "2020-12-11T22:20:47Z")
Need some help finding a video clip of this. My memory is hazy but IIRC it’s in the beginning of the movie while the title and credits are rolling, and it shows the mechanism of a rolling ball clock. The rolling ball and… --- ## [My Cousin Vinny example cited by Giuliani... did he get it wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-vinny-example-cited-by-giuliani-did-he-get-it-wrong/927656)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-vinny-example-cited-by-giuliani-did-he-get-it-wrong/927656 "2020-12-11T21:40:25Z")
I’m probably late on asking this and may have chosen the wrong forum, but… Rudy Giuliani loosely quoted a scene from “My cousin Vinny” at one of his recent press conferences. It was the scene where a lawyer holds up a … --- ## [Movies with an explicit holiday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621 "2020-12-11T20:09:16Z")
I’m not talking about the holidays with multiple movies anyone can instantly list (so not Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and such) but movies that take place on a more obscure one, where being on that holiday is a pl… --- ## [Taylor Swift to rerecord her music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swift-to-rerecord-her-music/925796)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swift-to-rerecord-her-music/925796 "2020-12-11T19:44:55Z")
She does not legally own her older albums so her plan is to rerecord all of the music. Sounds like a good plan --- ## [Black Panther movie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie-marvel-cinematic-universe/799050)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 547\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie-marvel-cinematic-universe/799050 "2020-12-11T14:03:35Z")
New trailer: Looks like a blast to me, though I am an MCU fan. Great fall and winter for superhero and sci-fi fans -- Blade Runner 2049 this month, Thor 3 next month, Star Wars 8 in December, and Black Panther in Feb … --- ## [Kelly Clarkson Does the Best 'My Grown Up Christmas List'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelly-clarkson-does-the-best-my-grown-up-christmas-list/927819)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelly-clarkson-does-the-best-my-grown-up-christmas-list/927819 "2020-12-11T06:02:59Z")
I’ve heard other versions. And apparently the Amy Grant version (with one more lyric added) is what most people use today. But bar none, Kelly Clarkson does the best My Grown Up Christmas List. She just belts it out with… --- ## [Are American movies considered to be a genre in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-movies-considered-to-be-a-genre-in-other-countries/927584)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-movies-considered-to-be-a-genre-in-other-countries/927584 "2020-12-11T10:27:09Z")
Let’s say it’s twenty-five years ago and you walk into a video store. There would be different sections for different genres of movies. You’d have a section for comedies, one for dramas, on for horror, one for action thr… --- ## [The NBC Grinch Stage Musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nbc-grinch-stage-musical/927724)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nbc-grinch-stage-musical/927724 "2020-12-11T04:09:19Z")
Watching it right now on NBC. Is it our next Christmas tradition, or the next Star Wars Holiday Special? --- ## [Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and its intro "Henry" - why is latter omitted on radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-stewarts-maggie-may-and-its-intro-henry-why-is-latter-omitted-on-radio/612153)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-stewarts-maggie-may-and-its-intro-henry-why-is-latter-omitted-on-radio/612153 "2020-12-11T00:43:45Z")
I think it should be a fucking crime against humanity to play “Maggie May” without the guitar intro, “Henry.” Here is the proper version of the song. As a kid, in the early and mid 90s, I always used to hear this song o… --- ## [Galette and other marketing names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galette-and-other-marketing-names/927686)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galette-and-other-marketing-names/927686 "2020-12-10T23:34:09Z")
Years ago, I learned to make something called a “rustic pie.” It had a tiny moment, but didn’t really catch on and the family thought it was weird when I brought a delicious one to a party. Leap ahead 25 years and it’s n… --- ## [Help Needed Cooking Black Beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-cooking-black-beans/925787)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-cooking-black-beans/925787 "2020-12-10T20:16:31Z")
I’m looking for more ways to eat black beans. There is, however, a problem - I have food allergies. Unfortunately, MOST recipes I’m finding are heavy on the Mexican treatment which I absolutely can not do because I am … --- ## [The Undoing -HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-undoing-hbo/924585)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-undoing-hbo/924585 "2020-12-10T18:03:17Z")
Anyone watching? Started out OK but by the end of the second episode I think I may have had enough.Nicole Kidman still looks good, though. --- ## [Italian-American street slang in "A Bronx Tale"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-american-street-slang-in-a-bronx-tale/522028)
**Author:** [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-american-street-slang-in-a-bronx-tale/522028 "2020-12-10T16:58:26Z")
In “A Bronx Tale” (one of my all-time favorite movies), one of Sonny’s hoods refers to Cologero’s girlfriend as a fa-moon-YA-cha (if memory serves…haven’t seen it in a while). What’s the real spelling, and what does it m… --- ## [Is Dorothy Gale (Oz) the first female adventure hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dorothy-gale-oz-the-first-female-adventure-hero/670108)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dorothy-gale-oz-the-first-female-adventure-hero/670108 "2020-12-10T16:40:12Z")
I heard a point made secondhand by someone who’d seen it in a documentary or read it an article that Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the first female character to lead a group and be the center of an adventur… --- ## [Am I somehow in the wrong for doing this at Subway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-somehow-in-the-wrong-for-doing-this-at-subway/813089)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-somehow-in-the-wrong-for-doing-this-at-subway/813089 "2020-12-10T14:16:06Z")
There’s something I do in Subway I have never ever had a proper response to. Every time I ask it the people working immediately start stammering or look at me in complete confusion, and I’ve been to dozens of different S… --- ## [Hillbilly Elegy directed by Ron Howard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillbilly-elegy-directed-by-ron-howard/925369)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillbilly-elegy-directed-by-ron-howard/925369 "2020-12-10T14:07:45Z")
Really bad according to most reviewers Sounds like it would make a good MST3K episode. https://www.thewrap.com/hillbilly-elegy-reviews-ron-howard-director/ --- ## [Dag Wiren Serenade for Strings March vs. Lord of the Flies Kyrie Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dag-wiren-serenade-for-strings-march-vs-lord-of-the-flies-kyrie-eleison/927720)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dag-wiren-serenade-for-strings-march-vs-lord-of-the-flies-kyrie-eleison/927720 "2020-12-10T03:26:42Z")
Dag Wiren’s March from Serenade for Strings (theme starts at 0:34) is one of those pieces that haunt me when I hear it, that I have heard it a long time ago and associated it with something. Then it hit me: in the 1963 m… --- ## [What condiments/sauces do you use on fish and chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-condiments-sauces-do-you-use-on-fish-and-chips/926632)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-condiments-sauces-do-you-use-on-fish-and-chips/926632 "2020-12-09T23:08:28Z")
You’re having fish and chips, what do you use? For me, it’s malt vinegar only and I douse both the fish and the chips in it. I’ve never tried curry sauce and I’m not a huge fan of tartar sauce. Ketchup doesn’t work on t… --- ## [Big Sky (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-sky-open-spoilers/925915)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-sky-open-spoilers/925915 "2020-12-09T21:20:38Z")
Anyone else watch the first episode of the new David E Kelley show? I watched partially because I was trying to figure out why the blond girl in the previews seemed familiar. She played Dana (Adam Goldberg’s first girl… --- ## [Is there any agreed upon metrics for a "good" whiskey/bourbon/scotch?ydrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-agreed-upon-metrics-for-a-good-whiskey-bourbon-scotch-ydrink/926004)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-agreed-upon-metrics-for-a-good-whiskey-bourbon-scotch-ydrink/926004 "2020-12-09T19:57:25Z")
Recently I was trying to research a nice bottle of whiskey as a gift. The more I look the more I have come to the conclusion there is absolutely no such thing as a good whiskey (or bourbon or scotch). There is only wha… --- ## [Recommend an anime series similar to Erased](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-anime-series-similar-to-erased/927602)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-anime-series-similar-to-erased/927602 "2020-12-09T19:18:33Z")
I recently watched the anime series Erased, which I would call a lighthearted mystery. I enjoyed it, and am looking for recommendations on similar series. In particular I’m interested in the following. The series i… --- ## [Inexpensive vs expensive televisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-vs-expensive-televisions/926603)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-vs-expensive-televisions/926603 "2020-12-09T19:12:11Z")
I’m not referring to any specific TV, but is there really that big of a difference between a $500 TV and a $2000 TV? I’d hope that if the two were side by side, the difference would be apparent and striking but it’s rea… --- ## [Anti-commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-commercials/926802)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-commercials/926802 "2020-12-09T19:09:32Z")
Have you ever seen a commercial that annoyed you so much that you would never purchase the product being advertised? Two current commercials come to mind for me. Mazda (I think) ad where a couple is hauling a cooler f… --- ## [Gillian Anderson in terrible in "The Crown"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gillian-anderson-in-terrible-in-the-crown/926880 "2020-12-09T17:03:49Z")
Every time she’s on screen it feels like she drew the short straw and got stuck with Margaret Thatcher. When I see her it feels like she’s thinking “fuck, I have to play this woman again, I hate her”. She’s woody and tot… --- ## [What is your favorite animated short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248 "2020-12-09T04:31:36Z")
NOT “animation shorts”-please don’t post pictures of your Batman Underoos. :grin: I first saw this one at a Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation many years ago. Don Hertzfeldt’s “Rejected” REJECTED… --- ## [Is there a tradition of locking the audience in the Bayreuth theater during the Ring des Nibelungen performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tradition-of-locking-the-audience-in-the-bayreuth-theater-during-the-ring-des-nibelungen-performance/927269)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tradition-of-locking-the-audience-in-the-bayreuth-theater-during-the-ring-des-nibelungen-performance/927269 "2020-12-09T02:56:43Z")
Is there a tradition of locking the audience in the Bayreuth theater during the Ring des Nibelungen performance? I had read it somewhere. I was wondering if the tradition ever existed, and if so, is it still practiced t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=368)