Dogville was really hard for me to watch. So was Dancer in the Dark for that matter. I still enjoyed them, though, but I'm not sure I'd want to watch them again (maybe Dancer, but Dogville was too uncomfortable).

I haven't seen any of his latest stuff, but I'll always consider him a talented filmmaker because of Riget (an absolutely amazing miniseries that everyone should watch) and Breaking the Waves.

You couldn't be more wrong: this is pretty much a textbook example of what "tragic" actually means. Look up "hamartia" for a start.

I wasn't talking about "all English speaking people"—I was talking about the British equivalent for the American English term "jumper", which is (according to the OED) "pinafore dress".

I agreed with you up until the line about his "Jewish wit" (whatever that is). The fact that Allen is Jewish has nothing to do with this.

Happy to help! :P

I've never, ever heard "pinafore" or "pinafore dress" used in common parlance. As far as your assertion that it would be "pinafore" and not "pinafore dress", the OED seems to disagree with you.

Yes to all of this!! So annoying and confusing that you are considered the "older woman" when you're both in your 20s and you are only a few years older.

I want to see this movie. :)

It's sort of "scandalous", but not really: I was the TA for an undergrad course at my alma mater, and he was in the class. I always thought he was funny and surprisingly sensitive for someone who seemed so young. We became Facebook friends towards the end of the academic year, hung out after I graduated from college…

Thanks—you outlined exactly what the article is about, and what nywoman has repeatedly failed to grasp. It's really hard to not take this kind of behavior as trolling.

You're a partisan of the Fox News school of logic and argumentation. Nothing left to discuss.

This cape is exquisite. Why doesn't my life involve wearing things like this every day while holding important meetings with a select group of trusted ministers?

Your "opinion" has nothing to do with the article, or the discussion. I pointed out how—it does not logically follow that representing a plus-sized princess necessarily privileges appearance, nor does it logically follow that said plus-sized princess will be morbidly obese to the point of having health problems. You…

Did you even read the article, or the petition? You seem to be parroting Meme's position while pretending to distance yourself from it.

"Analysis" and "Daily Mail" are two terms that should never be present in the same sentence.

...what? You think tone is the only problematic part of Roth's diatribe?

Yeah, it's definitely a jumper and not a skirt, in the American sense. I had to read the sentence a couple of times to figure out what Ryan meant. Apparently the British equivalent, according to this blog which cites the OED, is "pinafore dress".

This is very sweet. Thank you so much for clarifying.