Today’s newsletter was an excuse to write about the weird experience of binge-watching Peep Show after watching and reading about 2001: A Space Odyssey: “Do you hear an internal monologue?”
Fleabag’s Titian
Here is Titian’s Noli me tangere, the painting that falls off the wall in the Hot Priest’s office when Fleabag announces she doesn’t believe in God. (“Love it when he does that!”) Noli me tangere translates to “Don’t touch me”: That’s what Christ says to Mary Magdalene in the Garden of Gethsemane when she sees him after the resurrection. (John 20: 14–18). A perfect detail in a perfect season of TV.
HOW TO AVOID A BEHEADING
I like to draw while watching TV: I drew this while watching Ken Burns’ new documentary, which is quite good. The guy who told this story is a badass.