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This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from #SilentFilm & #PreCode -era films it’s that folx got publically rowdy and destructive quickly and at the drop of a hat!
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Sure let’s add alcohol to this very dumb series of events
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<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

Day 19: A drama that made you laugh. #EYDC2025

#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama

Humour is probably the MOST subjective of all genres, and my clear winner, #jDrama #TheHotSpot is one many hated - for reason I totally grok. NONE of the characters were very likable, and the humour was painful at times. Painfully funny, for me.

Honourable mention to #TheDivorceInsurance - I generally find #kDrama comedy less fun than DIY dentistry, but the actor I still know as Giraffe is a comedic gem

Now that I'm several episodes into The Hot Spot 2025 (Hotto Supotto) from Japan on Netflix, I'm even more fascinated by it.

I'd love to know how it's been received in Japan, if anyone has read Japanese reviews.

If you check it out, take time to sit with it until the full weirdness manifests. It's so much more than it seems at the start.

And if you love Roy Andersson's films, The Hot Spot is really worth checking out. 2/n

#TheHotSpot #HottoSupotto #RoyAndersson

I am watching The Hot Spot 2025 (Hotto Supotto) from Japan on Netflix and the series is like a cross between David Lynch and Roy Andersson, while being extremely Japanese.

Much like watching A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron), you need to embrace this on its own terms and suspend your expectations until you sink into its rhythms. 1/n

#Netflix #Japan #TheHotSpot @film #DavidLynch #RoyAndersson

The Hot Spot ホットスポット is definitely my favourite new Japanese TV series this year. On Nippon TV and Netflix (and probably some other streaming platforms), the premise is that a single mother living in a small Yamanashi town in the shadow of Mount Fuji discovers that her co-worker at the hotel she works at (who looks about as un-alien-like as you could imagine) is in fact an alien.

But thankfully it doesn't turn into some sci fi thing, but stays resolutely anchored in the everyday and mundane, with much of the time taken up by extremely funny chit chat. Can't be sure where it's going, but I hope it stays as hilarious and down to earth as the first few episodes promise.

#ホットスポット #TheHotSpot

Nippon TV’s “The Hot Spot” blends sci-fi with small-town serenity, proving that the best use of superpowers is just making everyday life a little easier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/02/10/tv-streaming/the-hot-spot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #tvstreaming #thehotspot #bakarhythm #nippontv #comedy

#TheHotSpot on Netflix is soo good!
Great concept and well written ☺️