“That’s what the guy who wants you to go over the top of the trench into a hail of gunfire tells you. It’s bullshit.”

I am not sure losing badly does anything for people who are already soft or entitled, or who expect that everything they do ought to produce ideal results. But if you’ve got any toughness or perspective, then working really really hard and still coming up short contains a litany of lessons about reality. Pain can be…

I haven’t seen the movie, but I enjoyed this review very much.

Agreed. Her parents seem to have raised her right. Very excited to see her performance in Dune. 

Honestly, you owe the readership an update here. I think people were really - and understandably - enraged by this. But it did not happen. That needs to be addressed. 

Unfortunately, it was fabricated. 

Blanqueamiento isn’t the practice of bringing in Europeans to whiten the population -- it means whitening, but it’s really about the notion that “whiteness” is ideal, and frankly, the story of that term is much more about Brazilians of African descent and greater financial means choosing to identify themselves as…

I think it’s safe to say that Zendaya is one of the most talented young actors/actresses to emerge in a long time. Very impressed with her range and ability, glad to see she’s being recognized.

Excellent reply

“Violent video games are about a bunch of different subjects that just happen to have violence.”

He clearly has the hamstring injury before the shove. Is no one able to see the ginger chop steps Ogletree is taking just before he goes down? The guy is barely moving at that point and is about to be run down, swiftly, by his pursuers. 

Not only is it painfully, even blindingly obvious that Ogletree was unable to run anymore at the moment Peppers shoved him - owing to the hammy injury - he was also going to get hawked. Peppers, trying to focus on one of the two pursuers, was obviously just trying to give him a boost. Trust me, that shove is not going…

This is a fair response, to the extent that your premise is that the show is dated and reflects social norms from the mid 1990s, and thus would need to reflect different sensitivities and expectations were it made for a contemporary audience. To my mind, the idea of it being “deeply problematic” is incredibly silly…

“It’s corny, dated, and deeply problematic in many ways”

From the black working class in the south? I don’t think he’s saying that’s all he’s seen. I think he’s saying that’s a major element of working class, black southern culture. And it’s important to be able to tell stories that aren’t refined and cultivated to fit the woke-bougie aesthetic that’s the dominant ideal…

This is a classist statement. Need to expand your appreciation of black art beyond what strikes you as sophisticated. Some deep, deep history at play that you’re looking down your nose at, presumably because it makes you uncomfortable — don’t let the the fact that white people love to use this shit as fodder for…

“You didn’t put a timestamp on your declarative statement and I refuted it.”

You led off your retort with “Try Again.”

Really this information is readily available. Annoying that you decided to lead with snark that I can only assume is the result of some ideological imperative instead of actually, I don’t know, picking up a history book?

You need to do more research. Blackamoor was a much much later term. Nice try. The origin of the term moor predates its association with blackness.