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Lupin + Josephine Baker + Get vaccinated (fuck)

Lupin + Josephine Baker + Get vaccinated (fuck)

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… the TV show, Lupin

As I mentioned in this post vis a vis horror movies, I am a hardcore wimp when it comes to anything scary.

I am also not interested in watching upsetting things. My tolerance for horrible, shitty things happening to children or helpless people is very very low. I was out on episode 3 or 4 of Breaking Bad when Walt and his buddy go to a meth head’s house for some reason or other (meth) and there are 2-3 neglected children sitting on a couch, crying and going hungry. NOPE. Don’t want to watch that for entertainment, thank you!

Coupled with my fear of scary things, this means that what I will watch has become quite limited.

That being said, one show I have recently enjoyed on Netflix was Lupin. This is a French series set in Paris (which is of course wonderful in and of itself - the boulevards! The fancy museums! The strong cheekboned 50 year old women absolutely killing it with their well-moisturized skin and perfectly knotted scarves!). The French fac…

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