Have you seen Michael Hobbes’ (he of You’re Wrong About fame) take on this? It’s truly fantastic and he did all the research you want to know but don’t have the time to do.

I know I will see this because I love films like this but I am also utterly annoyed that I will do so because I loathe films like this. Know what I mean?

I hear you, but I think adding to the problem here, as exile stated in their reply, was the money and access. I did do my fair share of driving around looking for my niece along with my mom or my sis; it might have been nice to be able to call the local paper. :-/

I used to think these things about my sister when my wild niece would be out all hours and out of control, doing drugs, stripping, etc. And then my own kid became a teen. Until you’ve been there, you have no idea how impossible it is (barring imprisonment) to control teens. I’m so grateful that the worst thing my kid…

Same. It seemed mean-spirited. All this “Jews in Hollywood” crap. Also, people seem to forget that old adage that I can call my brother stupid but others may not call my brother stupid. They need to stay in their lane.

Like we haven’t heard this mishegas before?

Fellow Jew here. I’m wondering how this person knows Jews are over-represented in Hollywood. Statistically. Like, show me the statistics!

Would love to see how Mark Twain might have described it.

Having spent some time in East Germany when it was East Germany, I’ve seen the statues of Marx and Engels, but I have no soft spot for them. The best thing that came out of East Germany is Angela Merkel.

I’m not a Republican, but I’ve read enough Russian and Soviet history to know that while it may be cool to wave the communist flag, it did nothing but destroy the people in (and out of) the Party. Capitalism is ridiculous, too. There must be a liberal democracy out there worth following. I just don’t like to see…

This is the kind of book that dumb people carry to look smart without realizing that smart people who are familiar with the book know it’s dumb. Had she been carrying Tolstoy or Solzhenitsyn, I would be impressed.

I admire her penchant for primary sources, but I’d be a lot more impressed if she were reading a book about the results of Marx’s ideas, say The Gulag Archipelago.

I love this comment. I want to start a Sally Struther-style campaign with a slogan like, “Think of the organs!”

To hell with tattoos, what about my boobs that I’ll likely be dragging behind me in 20 years? Nothing looks like it does in your 20s. 

And they get flowers and a cake stand as the reward for winning! I hate the way American reality shows hand out millions and all you have to do to earn it is suffer, humiliate yourself, and be a fool on national TV. I will fight anyone who finds even the smallest criticism of GBBO! 

Thanks to the sub-header, I thought Hudgens met him in mediation, to which I was going to have all kinds of questions.

Agreed. It was delightful and so funny. 

Oh, good lord, I’m dying here. Running for your lemonade stand.

Co-sign on Kourtney. I don’t want to be okay with it, but they seem legit. But mostly, I want to see D.W. in the Scottish play. 

Thank you for this. I never watched having heard about the crying everyone was doing and thinking that I could not spend that much time crying over a show because I’m already crying all the time. Bless.