# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=83 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 84 --- ## [Books in translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-in-translation/1008660)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-in-translation/1008660 "2025-04-02T01:08:43Z")
I’ve been what you might call an obsessive reader my whole life (call me a deranged nut if you want to get a bit nasty, and I can’t really object) --I have seven books right now that I’m in the middle of, and this isn’t … --- ## [How to level-up peas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-level-up-peas/1016442)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-level-up-peas/1016442 "2025-04-02T00:00:24Z")
I’m having family over next weekend and I have a chicken dish in mind. All good with that but I was thinking of sides and I think peas go great with chicken. But, I would like to do a bit more than some steamed peas (w… --- ## [Next MCU Spider-Man Movie announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-mcu-spider-man-movie-announced/1016465)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-mcu-spider-man-movie-announced/1016465 "2025-04-01T22:58:42Z")
Spider-Man Brand New Day July 31st 2026 This would put it between the two Avengers films. Given the next film after it is Secret Wars it would be funny if he has the black suit in this one with no explanation or acknowl… --- ## [R.I.P. Richard Chamberlain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-richard-chamberlain/1016342)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-richard-chamberlain/1016342 "2025-04-01T19:29:39Z")
Oh, I had such a crush on Dr. Kildare! Good-looking, sensitive, so caring… :beating\_heart: Also loved him in The Thorn Birds – but I am a sucker for the “troubled priest” story genre. And of course, in TV’s first Sho… --- ## [Meaning of Freda Payne's song, "Band of Gold"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-freda-paynes-song-band-of-gold/255610)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-freda-paynes-song-band-of-gold/255610 "2025-04-01T08:01:05Z")
Lyrics here I’ve been listening to this song for over thirty years, and I just realized that I don’t know what the hell Freda is singing about. What’s the problem here? Can’t he perform? Is he gay? What? --- ## [The Final Days of ‘Coyote vs. Acme': Offers, Rejections and a Roadrunner Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-days-of-coyote-vs-acme-offers-rejections-and-a-roadrunner-race/997389 "2025-04-01T06:05:49Z")
The Coyote Vs Acme movie seems to be dead. I never even heard of it until just now. Remarkable that you can make a movie, spend all that money, only to have it dipped in hot acetone. I would have thought you could recapt… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2025-edition/1014943)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2025-edition/1014943 "2025-03-31T19:39:45Z")
March! And it’s already in the 60F/mid teens C, I am a tad concerned for summer… So Whatcha all readin’? On Kindle: The Clackity by Lora Senf. It’s a YA horror/fantasy about a traumatized girl having to go on a quest, … --- ## [West Side Story (1961)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-1961/980371)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-1961/980371 "2025-03-31T13:48:14Z")
West Side Story (1961) is on TCM now. I wonder if Kim Wilde cribbed Kids In America from America? :notes: I like to be in America/Okay by me in America :notes: vs. :notes: We’re the kids in America (Woah)/We’re the ki… --- ## [Plot hole in "Road to Perdition" ruined the movie for me (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-road-to-perdition-ruined-the-movie-for-me-spoilers/119238)
**Author:** [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-road-to-perdition-ruined-the-movie-for-me-spoilers/119238 "2025-03-31T12:39:05Z")
I saw RTP over the weekend, and not only was I disappointed with the utterly predictable story, I found myself downright pissed off over what I consider to be a key plot hole. I’ll insert spoiler space, just in case… L… --- ## [Photo editing: Yes, it's appropriate and here's why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-editing-yes-its-appropriate-and-heres-why/1016329)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-editing-yes-its-appropriate-and-heres-why/1016329 "2025-03-31T01:09:24Z")
I have occasionally encountered someone who boasts that they use the images right out of their camera, never do any editing to it. I don’t bother to argue the point – you do you. But I definitely employ my editing soft… --- ## [How would you categorize this genre of music? Ragtime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-this-genre-of-music-ragtime/1016350)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-this-genre-of-music-ragtime/1016350 "2025-03-30T20:40:34Z")
The intro music in this video. What’s the genre? Ragtime? Pop Bluegrass? --- ## [January 1, 2025 is Public Domain day for 1929](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-1-2025-is-public-domain-day-for-1929/1011643)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-1-2025-is-public-domain-day-for-1929/1011643 "2025-03-30T20:30:33Z")
Copyright law today puts anything that is over 95 years old into public domain. For ease of handling, all of 1929 goes into the public domain as of January 1 in the 95th year. That means on January 1, 2025 all works from… --- ## [Secret ban--Carl Hiaasen unavailable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847 "2025-03-30T19:49:09Z")
moderator feel free to move) In 2020 a Florida author, Carl Hiassen wrote a novel about wildlife ranger, “Squeeze Me” that included wicked satire about Trump. Recently, I was looking another one of his books and discove… --- ## [Is N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy appropriate for tweens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-n-k-jemisins-broken-earth-trilogy-appropriate-for-tweens/832344)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-n-k-jemisins-broken-earth-trilogy-appropriate-for-tweens/832344 "2025-03-30T19:27:39Z")
Seems like it would be good for my 12 yo daughter, who is already well into YA fiction. Not sure how adult this is though. Thanks for your help. --- ## [Help Me Identify an SF/Fantasy Short Story--Robert E. Howard meets Ernest Hemingway in the afterlife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-sf-fantasy-short-story-robert-e-howard-meets-ernest-hemingway-in-the-afterlife/1016276)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-sf-fantasy-short-story-robert-e-howard-meets-ernest-hemingway-in-the-afterlife/1016276 "2025-03-30T03:57:27Z")
Basic plot: Robert E. Howard (and I think another pulp SF/Fantasy writer) enter the “afterlife” where (amongst other things I forget) they meet Ernest Hemingway who cannot completely hide a sneer when Howard describes t… --- ## [Forrest Fenn Treasure - Part deux - Netflix version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forrest-fenn-treasure-part-deux-netflix-version/1016263)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forrest-fenn-treasure-part-deux-netflix-version/1016263 "2025-03-30T02:03:12Z")
There’s a new ‘documentary’ on Netflix, Gold and Greed:The Hunt For Fenn’s Treasure. For reference, we’ve done this before. See this and this. Anyhoo, I’ve always been skeptical of the way that it was found, along with… --- ## [? about Galaxy Quest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867 "2025-03-30T01:24:05Z")
Is it “sons of Warvan” or “suns of Warvan”? --- ## [Rediscovering obscure old songs from your youth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rediscovering-obscure-old-songs-from-your-youth/737234)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rediscovering-obscure-old-songs-from-your-youth/737234 "2025-03-30T00:47:38Z")
Isn’t it fun when you do that? I’m thinking about that because several days ago, I stumbled onto this wonderful song that I used to hear late at night on the AOR station as a tween in the late 1970s; they would play wha… --- ## [A musical legend in Dallas and a friend of mine has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-legend-in-dallas-and-a-friend-of-mine-has-died/1005923)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-legend-in-dallas-and-a-friend-of-mine-has-died/1005923 "2025-03-29T17:21:53Z")
I’m not really sure whether to put this in Cafe Society or MPSIMS. He was an artist and well known enough that his passing generated press, so I’m sticking it here. John Freeman is probably the only person I’ve played w… --- ## [Selena: what happened afterwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selena-what-happened-afterwards/285018)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selena-what-happened-afterwards/285018 "2025-03-29T16:59:08Z")
Last night on late night TV they had a bio-pic starring Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos about Selena Quintanilla Perez. It was quite watchable but afterwards I had a question that I haven’t been able to answer. Wh… --- ## [Identify this story about an enslaved man who earns his freedom through fighting other enslaved men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-story-about-an-enslaved-man-who-earns-his-freedom-through-fighting-other-enslaved-men/1016311)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-story-about-an-enslaved-man-who-earns-his-freedom-through-fighting-other-enslaved-men/1016311 "2025-03-29T16:55:33Z")
A memory has popped into my head. Years ago, NPR (I think) discussed this book. An enslaved man makes money for the man who enslaved him by bare-knuckle fighting other enslaved men. Our Hero, who is unbeatable, states th… --- ## [How would you write the death of your favorite comic hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-write-the-death-of-your-favorite-comic-hero/1016193)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-write-the-death-of-your-favorite-comic-hero/1016193 "2025-03-29T15:40:18Z")
If you had to make an alternate universe story where your favorite comic hero dies, what would you write and why? My example is Wolverine. The story would be the same as Old Man Logan but instead of retiring after killi… --- ## [Songs that are really bad at storytelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-really-bad-at-storytelling/1015475)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-really-bad-at-storytelling/1015475 "2025-03-28T22:53:43Z")
So I was just listening to Babies by Pulp: As with a lot of Pulp songs it purports to be a story of something that may or may not have happened to Jarvis Cocker in his early years. But having heard the so… --- ## [The Thing (1982 movie): Did the Thing escape? (John Carpenter says there is an answer...very open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-1982-movie-did-the-thing-escape-john-carpenter-says-there-is-an-answer-very-open-spoilers/992168)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-1982-movie-did-the-thing-escape-john-carpenter-says-there-is-an-answer-very-open-spoilers/992168 "2025-03-28T20:56:32Z")
In a recent interview with John Carpenter on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Carpenter is asked if there is an answer to who (if anyone) is the Thing at the very, very end of the movie. Carpenter says yes, if you wa… --- ## [The Thing about the character Superman is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-the-character-superman-is/1014932)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-the-character-superman-is/1014932 "2025-03-28T20:10:13Z")
…is that he still needs to be relatable to humans to be a success on screen. I’m no massive Supe fan. I’ve seen some of the films along the way. Here’s my take, having decided to watch the long-form trailer for the 1978… --- ## [Elon Musk on The Late Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-on-the-late-show/1016081)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-on-the-late-show/1016081 "2025-03-28T14:55:09Z")
TIL that some time in the recent past, Elon Musk was a guest on The Late Show with Steven Colbert. From the small amount I’ve been able to find, I gather that some of Steven’s remarks/questions got under Elon’s skin, and… --- ## [Why didn't Hyman Roth recognize Rocco Lampone? (The Godfather Part II)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hyman-roth-recognize-rocco-lampone-the-godfather-part-ii/1015840)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hyman-roth-recognize-rocco-lampone-the-godfather-part-ii/1015840 "2025-03-26T23:38:45Z")
Here’s the scene. I always assumed that Michael Corleone had found some anonymous hitman that Roth had never met. But this was not the case. Rocco Lampone had been one of the Corleone’s top hit man for decades. (He was … --- ## [The Paradox of ancient, crumbling abandoned cities in stories set in the ancient world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradox-of-ancient-crumbling-abandoned-cities-in-stories-set-in-the-ancient-world/1016029)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradox-of-ancient-crumbling-abandoned-cities-in-stories-set-in-the-ancient-world/1016029 "2025-03-26T23:07:36Z")
There are plenty of “Lost Race” stories starting in the late 19th century, such as Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race, in which someone encounters an unknown group or long-forgotten group still inhabiting a city. Abr… --- ## [Strange New Worlds season 2 to start June 15, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959 "2025-03-26T04:35:56Z")
The best Star Trek since the original returns this month! Now with Carol Kane. (New Chief Engineer) And a live action cross-over with “Below Decks”. The Official Trailer: So yes, I need to subscribe to P… --- ## [Jury Duty TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-tv-show/982761)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-tv-show/982761 "2025-03-26T00:21:14Z")
We just started watching this very clever and funny TV mockumentary. It’s free to stream on FreeVee. Jury Duty | All-New Series | Coming April 7 - YouTube [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=84)