Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir, hyperlink, thriller film written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard (pictured). The film follows six strangers and an employee at the El Royale, a hotel located on the California–Nevada border, on a night in the late 1960s, exploring themes of morality, faith, redemption, and the concepts of right and wrong. Principal photography began on January 29, 2018, with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, and concluded on April 6. Post-production editing was completed by Lisa Lassek and the musical score was composed by Michael Giacchino. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $31.8 million against its $32 million production budget. Despite this, critics praised the soundtrack, performances of the cast, and McGarvey's cinematography, although they criticized its pacing, runtime, character beats, and Goddard’s writing. At the 45th Saturn Awards, the film received five nominations and won for Best Thriller Film.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_V
1939:
Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident
1959:
A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Nhu
2010:
The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama in British television history, was broadcast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill
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whitewash: 1. (transitive) 2. To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1). 3. (figurative) 4. (derogatory) To distort or give a misleading account of (history, a narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour and focusing on white people. 5. (chiefly film, television) To cast a white actor in a role for a person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.). 6. (media) To make over (someone of colour) so that they appear more white, for example, by applying lightening makeup to their skin or digitally manipulating an image of them. 7. (chiefly literary and poetic, often passive voice) To cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1); also, to light up (something) with white light. 8. (business) To clear (someone's) debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court; also, to clear or write off (a debt). 9. (often politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.). 10. (sports, originally baseball, informal) To achieve a complete victory or series of victories over (an opponent) without suffering any losses; also, to achieve a victory or series of victories over (an opponent) by a very large margin. 11. (cosmetics, archaic or historical) To make (the face, etc.) look lighter with makeup or a similar preparation. 12. (obsolete) Synonym of bleach (“to treat (fabric) with a substance which lightens or whitens”). 13. (intransitive) 14. To paint bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1). 15. (figurative, business) To have debts cleared through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court. 16. (masonry, archaic) Of bricks: to become encrusted with a white layer of soluble salts due to efflorescence. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whitewash
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The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business. --William Saroyan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan