$6.5 million in 1939 equates to $115 million in 2025, according to calculations based on the US GDP deflator measure of inflation
Family Pillar Death: A big element in Rose's backstory is the early death of her father, which according to her mother, Ruth, left them with "a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name." We don't learn much about him or his previous relationship with his wife and daughter, but Ruth's desire to become rich again leads her to attempt marrying Rose off to the wealthy, but abusive Caledon Hockley, splintering Rose's relationship with her and their "wealthy" lifestyle altogether
Unfortunately, repeated use of nicotine can train your brain to release less of the chemical acetylcholine that usually does the job of releasing the happy chemical dopamine, effectively taking over the role
or Ariel, the young music journalist Edebiri played in Mark Anthony Greens Opus, slowly understanding that she and the other guests at a reclusive pop stars desert compound are in terrible, terrible danger, the turning gears are writ wonderfully, often hilariously large on her facebut not in the way that Katharine Hepburn once disparaged Meryl Streep for, suggesting that you could see the drama-school training clicking away
