absolutely wild to stumble onto a Slings & Arrows reference in a random Vulture article about the Sunset Blvd musical

A Madly Showy Sunset Blvd.

not the line they're citing there but "I'm Darren Nichols. Deal with that!" will live forever in my brain

also the article still doesn't address my main question about the show, which is why Nicole Scherzinger is playing a middle-aged-to-elderly woman lmao

wow and the reference it is

lol right?

also shut my damn mouth, I did some further digging and discovered that Norma Desmond is supposed to be 50? Jesus, I remembered her being so much older...

also til that nicole scherzinger is in her mid-40s so this feels wild all around but I will stop griping about it

and enjoy the apparent Darren Nichols of it all