In ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You,’ desire is the main character.
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I think you’re a human being. Who doesn’t want to have dinner waiting for them if they’re stuck at work until half eight? It’s hilariously vanilla, and you can’t tell who the tradwife fantasy is really working for, but the unblushing matter-of-factness that Rooney imbues in this scene left me unable to tell if I should be embarrassed for everyone or just glad I had a tall glass of water nearby.
A hopeful, if somewhat resigned sigh of a revelation from one supposed voice of my generation. After finishingin a greedy final gulp, I found myself checking the news and then glancing out the window. The sky in New York was still hazy with smoke. And I thought, you know what? I’ll have what she’s having.
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