SPOILERS

I think it works because at least we're no longer thinking about his time being an idiot in Winterfell, we just want him to do anything at all that doesn't involve torture. Also he's probably been sufficiently punished after being flayed and then later given a penectemy.

I think the irony is that Jaime has always been one of the most moral characters, it's just that his morality is twisted and tangled somewhat.

You mean a give it a whole generation…

I think you can say either that certain people might have been homosexuals, or that it's too complicated an issue to call them homosexuals, so long as you qualify the statement. This is an active debate and has been since the 70s.

Epilepsy is a little different because it's nature is more bio-chemical rather than psycho-social and thus more rooted in hard biology. But at the same time time, there's absolutely no way to prove that seizures in the Roman era were caused by the exact medical condition of epilepsy. And the cultural understandings of…

You actually mean ruined in the 90s.

They cut to Arya's face when they said the greeting. She caught it.

The word homosexuality, which describes an identity/pathology in opposition to heterosexuality comes out of the 19th century. They just didn't conceive of same-sex relations the same way in earlier eras. In the medieval culture for example sodomy was a sin you could repent for, a sodomite was not a type of personality…

It a debasement of the language. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/a…

Playing cards in Europe date back to the late middle ages. That's why we have the symbols of the Kings, Queens, ect. Each court card used to have its own name as well.

There were same-sex relations, but you can't necessarily call them 'homosexual' when they happened before the word and concept came into prominence in the later 19th century.

I thought she said "No no, no, not… not on my chest," but listening to it again, it does sound more like "dress." If it was "chest," there would be no question about whether it was assault, because that's what he did.

Just reading that interview so soon after reading the Mel Brooks Random Roles, it's the two non-rabbi archetypes of Jewish men. Simmons seems almost no different than Sheldon Anderson.

Just reading that interview so soon after reading the Mel Brooks Random Roles, it's the two non-rabbi archetypes of Jewish men. Simmons seems almost no different than Sheldon Anderson.

It's got a huge blaxsploitation soundtrack vibe. They often featured funk songs that randomly faded out to feature dialogue from the film. If you want a good example, check out the Black Belt Jones soundtrack.

It's got a huge blaxsploitation soundtrack vibe. They often featured funk songs that randomly faded out to feature dialogue from the film. If you want a good example, check out the Black Belt Jones soundtrack.

As American as any other 'folk music.' It doesn't take much effort to work your way back to the original English, Scotch, and Irish sailor and soldier tunes it's all based from.

As American as any other 'folk music.' It doesn't take much effort to work your way back to the original English, Scotch, and Irish sailor and soldier tunes it's all based from.

That always been his appeal, at least to me. New Jersey's a very strange place, and there is a lot of diverse humor that can be wrung out of it. IMO he lost his Jersey-ness around the time of Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back, yet another reason why Jersey Girl fell so flat.