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This was my position without qualifiers.
Bo Burnham
What was perhaps my very favorite, however, came close to being a total disaster.
But when the showdidfinally get going, it was the best.
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Audra McDonald singingThe Ladies Who Lunch!
Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt doingIt Takes Two!
Aaron TveitsMarry Me a Little!
Elizabeth Stanleys gorgeousThe Millers Son!
(Devoid of their usual engagements, anyone who was anyone wasveryavailable to participate.)
It felt like quarantine had lasted forever by that point.
(It was, in fact, April 2020, and it had been two weeks.)
(At the time I could have sworn she was singing it directly toand aboutme.)
And any emotion was a reminder that you, we all, were human and still alive.
Though the album was initially scheduled for a fall release, the artist decided to drop it early.
Maybe the music could keep listeners company or, as she toldVulture, help get out their feelings inside.
that snakes its way throughout the entire album (but especially so in the title track).
WE ARE GOING TO DO 20 PUSH-UPS TODAY!
A lifesaver when I was drowning in an endless sea of canned crushed tomatoes.
As always her words were stunningly prescient.
Joanna Solotaroff
Jessie WaresWhats Your Pleasure?
Sometimes an album comes along at the perfect moment.
We were so far from any urban dance floor, and yet we made our own disco.
Phoning it in wasnt an option; new formats were worked and reworked.
It was all hands on deck to keep the joy at the heart of the show alive.
The monologue often became a back-and-forth between Corden and behind-the-camera staff.
It was released in December 2021, around the time the omicron variant was spiking.
(Me, I guess.)
