Yesterday I overheard someone talking about how he was taking classes at the University of Maryland because they offer free tuition if you’re over 60.
My brain IMMEDIATELY began scripting a screwball comedy in which a broke millennial who desperately want to finish his long-abandoned degree but is drowning in student debt pretends to be a senior citizen in order to attend college for free.
I’m picturing someone Channing Tatumesque, applying age makeup every morning before he heads off to class. It’s sort of a cross between 21 Jump Street and Mrs. Doubtfire. He keeps forgetting which hip is supposed to be his bad one. His classmates laugh every time he uses slang. There’s definitely a scene where he attends a college party and busts it up on the dance floor.
He catches the eye of a fellow returning student, a woman in her 50s, but she thinks he’s like 70 and she’s already buried one husband, you know? She’s not interested in doing that again. When his charade unravels (hilariously) at the end of the movie, though, she finds out he’s actually like 30 and has abs you could bounce a quarter off. And he’s still super into her. And really, maybe it’s time she gave May-December romance a chance.
Yesterday I overheard someone talking about how he was taking classes at the University of Maryland because they offer free tuition if you’re over 60.
My brain IMMEDIATELY began scripting a screwball comedy in which a broke millennial who desperately want to finish his long-abandoned degree but is drowning in student debt pretends to be a senior citizen in order to attend college for free.
I’m picturing someone Channing Tatumesque, applying age makeup every morning before he heads off to class. It’s sort of a cross between 21 Jump Street and Mrs. Doubtfire. He keeps forgetting which hip is supposed to be his bad one. His classmates laugh every time he uses slang. There’s definitely a scene where he attends a college party and busts it up on the dance floor.
He catches the eye of a fellow returning student, a woman in her 50s, but she thinks he’s like 70 and she’s already buried one husband, you know? She’s not interested in doing that again. When his charade unravels (hilariously) at the end of the movie, though, she finds out he’s actually like 30 and has abs you could bounce a quarter off. And he’s still super into her. And really, maybe it’s time she gave May-December romance a chance.
In the 3rd century B.C.
, Carthage is the most powerful state in the Western world.
It builds its wealth through trade, and uses its advanced naval force to dominate the Mediterranean.
Carthage really was Rome’s only competitor as an empire in the central and western Mediterranean.
There were no other great states that could compete with it. Rome is a small but growing republic with outsized ambition.
It knows that to defeat Carthage is to control the ancient world.
The conflict between Rome and Carthage escalated into a life-and-death struggle between the two principle powers in the western Mediterranean.
When the two sides clash over Sicily, Rome is the rising power.
And it’s also adaptable, building a navy from the ground up that deals Carthage a shocking defeat.
Rome forces Carthage to sign a crippling peace treaty in an attempt to break its enemy.
It’s implications for Carthage are pretty stark. Among other things, Carthage is effectively de-militarized or de-navalized. It is also subject to paying a substantial indemnity.
The defeat is a personal humiliation for the Carthaginian General in Command, Hamilcar Barca.
His oldest son, Hannibal, is only nine years old. Hamilcar forced his young son, essentially, to dedicate his entire life to one purpose, the destruction of Rome.~Barbarians Rising, episode 1
This is Dimension 404 on Hulu. I think fans asked for an episode/show with Constance Wu as a lesbian during that #featuringConstanceWu campaign and they created it!
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