I kind of accidentally did a Janelle Monae double feature by watching Hidden Figures and Moonlight.  Moonlight is really more of a star turn for her but the better movie by far is Moonlight.  It’s a beautiful movie that is well acted and… well, it’s my favorite of the Oscars stuff I have seen thus far this year.  I found it sad and upsetting some fo the time and a friend asked me once why I would watch things that do that but I kind of feel like art is the best gateway to empathy.  It is good to have to see things through someone else’s eyes.  This movie was painfully empathetic and open-hearted even though the characters were not.  I am glad I saw it.  I am also kind of amazed that Janelle Monae did such a good job in each movie.  Not that it’s a knock but it wasn’t like she was playing similar characters, they were very different and she acquitted herself quite well.  I have heard people predict movie stardom for her from here out but when someone isn’t an actor and gets into acting even if they are good I expect their personality to be what carries them through.   You know, like a movie star. Our movie stars always are playing their movie star type.  So I was impressed. Of course, I have also heard theories that Janelle Monae is a robot engineered in a lab to be the perfect pop star and tweak all the right things for music snobs and critics and maybe that’s true too.  They just gave her the acting upgrade.  I mean, I am not saying that’s what has happened, I am just saying that it’s a lot of talent to stuff into a real, non robot person.  And she’s beautiful on top of all of that.  She’s probably a robot.  That’s what I am saying.  Possible she’s not but I’d buy it.  Honestly, maybe I am ok with robots taking over then, she seems pretty cool.  I’d be down.  Today I want to fuck Janelle Monae.