I don’t understand why “don’t try to fuck the kids you’re mentoring” is such a difficult concept. It’s gross.

In your example, those people went to jail. Louis CK has not. He wants to be back out there and be accepted by wider society? Then yeah, he needs to convince the people he wants to buy his shit that he gets why what he did was so messed up.

That cast! If it was literally any place else, I would be queuing it right now.

And, I mean, of all the stories in the world that can be told, he wants this one? If he’s looking to make Hollywood-wanking Oscarbait, I’m sure there are a ton of other properties out there to adapt that don’t celebrate the work of a child rapist.

The issue is that non of these assaulting assholes ever actually apologize and do real work to make amends. How many of these people do anything other than post a publicist-written non-apology and a write a token check to some charity (if even that)?

Access to power and internalized misogyny is a hell of a drug.

Carl treated his wife like shit before the cheating, which is part of what made her defection with Vanya believable imo. Leaving aside that those institutions were bad, bad news because they were considered acceptable back then, the way he delievers those lines? He’s absolutely using Harlan’s institutionalization to…

I don’t know if I missed it (I watch this show for fun, not with a mind to critque), but do we ever find out why Klaus doesn’t tell the rest of the sibs about Ben? Because that always seemed like a weird choice because they already know about Klaus’s abilities.

I recently rewatched Purple Rain for the first time in I don’t know how long, and wow, I’d forgotten just how badly that movie treats Apollonia. It’s inconic AF, but it is not good to its women and the men mostly don’t face consequences for being awful.

I know this article is over five years old, but this is such an obscure, deep cut and we’re in a pandemic, so I couldn’t resist: Secret Quest looks to be a rip-off of a DOS computer game called Castle Adventure that I remember playing waaaaay back in the day.

I feel like Dolly might be one of the only people who could unite the US.

I watched them listen to “Lean on Me” from a live performance by Bill Withers and they said that they knew they’d heard the chorus in stuff, but couldn’t recall actually having heard the entire song, which while sad, is also understandable.

I can’t lie, growing up in the 80's, I’d written him off until a musician friend of mine told me that Alphonso Johnson played with him which made me revisit his work with a more careful ear.

Someone on Twitter said it should have been Lizzo, and they are 1000% right because not only would she look fab, but she’d bring something musically to the table.

I see a whole series:

Wow, this. I grew up in a place without seasons (northern CA), and I was surprised at how quickly my body adapted to winter in MA. But summers? Hell, no. Also: looks like we’ve got EEE again, so that’s another plague to worry about when out and about at dawn/dusk.

I’m curious as to what folks in hot places are paying for their electricity? I’m in a large studio apt and it’s been around $300 since the heat hit, which is about $100 than this time last year, I’m guessing in part at least because I’m working from home. It’s so ridiculous. That said, I generally only need to turn on…

I haven’t seen cops anywhere wearing masks. Not in my surrounding area and not online.

They talk a lot about how much various bits of music cost Community in the commentary tracks (and how they sometimes couldn’t use what they wanted) and this definitely is on the level with that.

I sometimes stop and think about what it would be like if the writers Hollywood engaged were quality-wise on par with cinematographers. I don’t know if writing is harder than making filming look good, but it’s clear that the gatekeepers care about it less.