The rare three-day weekend throws a wrinkle into your drinking plans. No one would dare turn down an extra day of crushing beer and pounding cocktails, but if you're not careful, you could easily wreck the entire holiday. With a three-day weekend upon us, here's a guide for surviving one while imbibing your way through it—and returning to work in one piece on Tuesday.
The rare three-day weekend throws a wrinkle into your drinking plans. No one would dare turn down an extra day of crushing beer and pounding cocktails, but if you're not careful, you could easily wreck the entire holiday. With a three-day weekend upon us, here's a guide for surviving one while imbibing your way through it—and returning to work in one piece on Tuesday. |
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When Ismael Cruz Córdova was a fourteen-year-old aspiring actor in the early 2000s, he washed cars and mowed lawns every weekend to finance his first big purchase: a television and a DVD player. One of the first DVDs he bought was The Fellowship of the Ring, the blockbuster adaptation that would forever change what was possible for fantasy on the big screen. Fresh off its global triumph to the tune of thirteen Oscar nominations and $860 million earned at the box office, the film made an indelible impression on Córdova, who dreamed of an actor's life and longed to play one of Tolkien's elves. But as an Afro-Latino teenager growing up in an under-resourced community, Córdova saw no place for himself among the elves' lily-white ranks. "I was on a quest to find my voice and a voice for my people," he says. "But then I wondered: why is there nobody like me in these movies?" |
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In The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins wonders aloud, "Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story." Bilbo could almost be describing The Rings of Power, an outstanding example of how stories might live on without their original architects. Showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have grafted more connective tissue onto Tolkien's scaffolding, shading in the thoughts, feelings, and choices that propel these characters to each predetermined plot point. Their rendering of the Second Age is downright thrilling, breathing rich characterization, palm-sweating tension, and stirring thematic heft into the sparse source material. Above all else, Rings of Power just feels like Tolkien should: mythic, sincere, sweeping, eternal. For newbies, it's a portal to a life-changing legendarium, while for Tolkienheads, it's like coming home. |
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