Is anyone else just tired of the way all the headlines around this imply something like “the invention of kissing” or “first kiss happened at this time” etc? It’s like: no, this is just the oldest exemplar of a record about it. It was almost certainly going on for thousands of years before. 

Freedom of speech is hugely important, and doubly so when it comes to bad people. You -want- to know what they believe.

I think part of the charm is someone from one culture attempting things from another. It’s a very peculiarly American thing to be offended about one person trying something outside of their own experience. Oddly, I think most Americans would argue that is exactly the point of America, but many people today certainly…

Hey. Everyone with strong opinions about who should be in this. Have you SEEN THE MOVIE? Take a look at the people in the background. The whole point is that these guys are being kicked out of a lily white colonial party. There aren’t any southeast asian dancers in this scene either. (This is the part where the…

You expect AVClub readers to actually -watch- the movie they have strong opinions about? 

The snake eats its own tail. The wolf eats its own young. These things are mostly about convenience and probably whomever their casting crew had on rolodex. You can’t really win. There will always be someone angry. 

I haven’t read the book, so I’m not making an opinion statement other than that characteristics of bad people aren’t demonized de facto. Draco Malfoy had blonde hair. I don’t feel blonde people are being demonized. To the extent that she might be using an allegory to express how she feels (trans person killing an…

When I see “passion” on a resume, I usually discard it immediately unless it’s in a “hobbies” section.

But what if they are a slightly tanned person? Is it still colonialism then?

Agree with this. Twitter has made everyone an “expert” on things they’ve never actually consumed. It’s like we’ve all gotten really comfortable talking about things that we just recently read an article on in Wikipedia, and we all feel our opinions are therefore super legit. 

To be clear, traits aren’t demonized unless the story links them strongly to the negative aspects of a character. Characters have traits. If a villain has black hair, that doesn’t equate to demonizing people with black hair. If the villain smokes, that doesn’t equate to demonizing smoking. Unless the story is saying…

I’m quite capable of being offended without feeling the need to freak out when someone I disagree with says words at me, or has a platform, or whatever.

If her villain was a cis person would it be demonizing cis people? Your villains are going to have characteristics. Doesn’t mean anyone is being demonized, sorry. 

So I guess the question for me is: was this the only event? It sounds like Pitt was drunk and there was fight. While that is gross behavior, unless it is a pattern that has happened several times, I hesitate to think of the man as an “Abuser.” In the span of a human lifetime, many otherwise good people have moments…

Putting Duel at 26 is basically madness. It’s easily one of the tightest / best of his films, and demonstrates his actual skill as a director before all the cash turned his films into special effects buffets. This is -his- Reservoir Dogs. 

No. I don’t think they have to wonder. It’s more surprising that you think this is surprising. 

Well played. 

If you ever, ever, EVER suggest we skip pumpkin pie again, you will be relegated to the hell where you get no pies AT ALL. 

RE Atlantis: Well, “they” said the same thing about Troy but there was actually a fair bit of legitimate archeology and historical research that generally pointed to the possibility of it being an extant location. As in, it wasn’t regarded universally as complete hokum, and there were specialists (with for the time…

Don’t get this. I am an idiot and did this. The deals are not much better (if at all) than any given search engine, and FORGET it if you need multiple seats. 

Don’t get this. I am an idiot and did this. The deals are not much better (if at all) than any given search engine,…