A small content warning before we press ahead: this newsletter, or at least its opening portion, contains a LOT of mentions of vomiting. So if you’re emetophobic or trying to enjoy your lunch in peace, you might to scroll down to the Take Five section about a third of the way down this email.
A couple of months ago I received an email from a reader named Valerie. “I can’t believe how almost every show has characters vomiting in it,” she wrote. “I’m fortunate that I don’t vomit just hearing someone vomit. I’ve thought of inviting friends over to play a game of downing shots each time someone vomits. We’d be drinking so much we’d end up vomiting.”
