Black woman says: white guys will often, out of ignorance, malice, or lack of social grace, make seemingly casual comments that contain uncomfortable racial and sexual overtones. This (understandably) makes her uncomfortable.

Why is it that we have to make people into good guys or bad guys when the show does a pretty good job of capturing people in their full complexity? Isn't it more interesting that people can be capable of both cruelty and kindness?

For someone who lived in the quarter through two Mardi Gras Days, I thought the episode was pretty accurate. Disneyfied as it may seem, in my experience, it really is a time where families come out in crazy coordinated costumes they spent weeks on, people strike up 24 hour friendships, and exes hook up for stress…

If for no other reason, you should see Clueless because it is the apex of its genre. A movie that satirizes the teen comedy while simultaneously upholding its virtues, it's also a surprisingly faithful Jane Austen adaptation. I don't know that anyone thinks it's a legitimate insight into the lives of young people…

Reductive
Seems to me these examples come in two flavors: awkward guest stars shoe-horned into TV shows and creators imposing their musical tastes on their characters. Still, this whole feature smells like that "you are defined by what you listen to" crap most of us left behind in high school.

A missed opportunity with Tara
Is anyone else getting frustrated with Tara? It seems like every scene she's in, she's about to apologize and/or burst into tears. I thought tonight she was as least going to get to take charge and to show off some of her doctorly competence. Instead it's another master class in…

I call bullshit. Am I supposed to believe that Cube's pick-up game keeps stats well enough that he knows he got a triple double?

Goyer
I think David Goyer is generally a pretty talented writer. Or at least you can say that he's done some work that would seem to indicate that he understands character and story structure. So what the hell happened in this movie? My guess: it's hard to make a Blade movie when you want to talk to Wesley Snipes…

Goyer
I think David Goyer is generally a pretty talented writer. Or at least you can say that he's done some work that would seem to indicate that he understands character and story structure. So what the hell happened in this movie? My guess: it's hard to make a Blade movie when you want to talk to Wesley Snipes…