john travolta's ode to the beret

and a few thoughts on recent tv series

I read somewhere that we’re not using the word whimsy anymore. Overplayed, it seems. And you know what, I get it, there comes a point and all that, but what, then, am I supposed to call John Travolta wearing not one, not two, not three, but four different colored berets on the Cannes red carpet? Tell me what this is, if not whimsical?

When the subject of…