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    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to All on Sun Dec 22 10:36:21 2024
    I've been watching Jason Segal's show "Shrinking". It's an interesting
    comedy about therapists and the personal issues they encounter while
    trying to help other people resolve theirs. It's starting to grow on me.

    I liked him in "Dispatches from Elsewhere", which I'm re-watching. It's
    a show about 4 people who get involved in a reality-bending game that
    opens their eyes to the possibilities in front of them.

    The game starts with a wheat-pasted poster advertising an experiment to
    talk to dolphins with a telephone number to call.

    While set in Philadelphia, the game they describe got its roots in San Francisco in the early 2010s. I remember seeing similar posters on
    utility poles, I was an avid street photographer back when I worked in
    SF. Good times.

    There's a movie called "The Institute" that documents the game
    experience in San Francisco -

    https://youtu.be/sK7myhXVyNU?si=Ojf2Fi99odthddSE

    A great quote - "As I pulled the threads of the game, the lines were
    being blurred between the insanity I saw of as the game, and the
    insanity of the real world..."






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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Dec 22 14:19:00 2024
    Hello pF!

    I liked him in "Dispatches from Elsewhere", which I'm re-
    watching. It's a show about 4 people who get involved in a
    reality-bending game that opens their eyes to the
    possibilities in front of them.

    I liked the puzzle / problem-solving aspect of their journey.
    It kinda lost that magic energy after the "guru meeting".

    There's a movie called "The Institute" that documents the game
    experience in San Francisco -

    Yep.. saw that too.


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  • From Dundarach@21:1/193 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Jan 29 20:58:26 2025
    Massive fan of Jason Segel, love Dispatches and Shrinking is brilliant.

    Good find, I especially love D-Man and Harrison Ford is outstanding.

    Take care, Dundarach Hull, U.K.

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