Martha Knows Everything...and You Should, Too

MORE REASONS TO LOVE "THE L WORD"

1. Camryn Manheim playing a bipolar movie mogul, who manages to be both a horrorshow--and a passionate beacon of good taste. She's the woman you don't want to work for, but can't help yourself if you want to make good movies. Resemblances to Scott Rudin I am sure not intended at all.

2. Melissa Leo, who played the fantastic Kay on "Homicide" (where have you gone, Andre Braugher), now back back back as Winnie, the down-to-earth ex-partner of the rapacious but mind bogglingly wealthy Helena Peabody, who doesn't want to share her kids with Winnie because when they're with Winnie, "They sleep on a mattress on the floor, and eat food out of...CANS."

3. In a writing class too perfect for words, one female student smacks down a male student's prose by describing it as "Henry Miller lite."

posted by Martha @ 7:39 AM