In a statement included in the report, executive co-producer Darren Demetre pushed back on these allegations...

“May the Good Lord take a likin’ to ya and blow you up real soon!”

More performative bullshit from both parties.

You’re comparing genre fiction to a work of serious historical fiction, and one that has remained consistently in print since its publication so it is clearly finding new readers.

“The new version...boasts a cast of high caliber Japanese actors actually speaking Japanese.” Suggests that wasn’t the case in the 1980 version.

Alright I’m going to say it for everybody out there, it’s okay to be on the left and it’s okay to be on the right and it’s okay to disagree.
Just don’t be assholes to each others (verbally or physically).

It’s also okay to not fully agree with everything your side says or do, and it’s okay to agree with some of the…

This not being a bad episode was kind of depressing. I wish there was a middle ground, but there isn’t you either have to hate Shane Gillis or you are a crazy right wing lunatic, but even in the comments they all range between “Bowen and Sarah handled themselves professionally” to “Libs btfo” with no middle.

If you’re going to criticize the things a person said, it’s fairer to actually include what they said, not to make up a thing they “basically said” that includes the words “white power.”

I don’t really care if someone said f*ggot on some rando podcast six years ago, unless they’re an openly hateful religious nut or whatever. (I’m gay don’t yell at me.) Sounds like his use of Chinese slurs was similar to the #CancelColbert brouhaha in that it sounds wayyy worse out of context than it actually was,…

Simpsons did it.

The fact that this isn’t on the list is a crime

Sweeney Sisters Christmas medley > all else

Far be it from me to accuse AVClub of anything resembling journalistic professionalism, but it does make sense that if they ran a story about Jamie Foxx having bad behavior then they would run other stories related to those allegations.

I like Maron’s view on these jokes, especially Rife's apology with the special needs helmet - it’s so fucking hack. We’re kind of doing a disservice to the shittiness of the jokes by talking about whether or not they’re “offensive.” They’re just examples of middle of the road hack comedy. That should be the story, and…

Worth noting that Brooks’ co-writer (and the co-conceptualizer), as well as playing the ever-present cinematographer *behind* the headpiece-camera, was the great Harry Shearer. (He seems to *never* get credited for this fantastic and hilarious co-prophecy on the topics.)

“If I had studied harder and been graded more fairly, I would have been a scientist.”

“ Only six of these cameras were ever made. Only five of them ever worked. We have four of those.”

Also the second best Einstein. Maybe even the best.

You should check out After Hours. It’s about a wild night in the town. No violent assholes or religion to be found. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore has a violent asshole at the very beginning, but he dies right away. After that it’s about a modern woman making her own way in the world. Hugo is about a small boy living…

His oeuvre is pretty amazing but doesn’t appeal to everyone. I’ve seen fewer than half of his films. I still want to see The Last Temptation of Christ a second time.