That "was I out of my head, was I out my mind" song. It's not a bad one.

There's never been any sort of consistency to the "fake news" complaints, though, and Bannon is savvy enough to realize that the left has as much wariness of certain outlets as the right has of CNN. I don't think the point here is for Bannon to establish a solid stance on anything, so much as it is to obscure any…

He knew he was on the record. Saying otherwise is just a way to distance himself from his own words.

Of course he realized he was giving it. He called a reporter he'd never spoked to before and dropped a bunch of intensely relevant soundbytes. It seems pretty clear he was trying to disseminate information through a source that wasn't prepared to challenge him thoroughly on anything.

Goatse is not as well known as Taylor Swift. But it is the Taylor Swift of early internet images. It's as well known per capita, if you will, when you consider the smaller culture of the early internet as compared to the culture of pop music.

Well, no, it's to say we've dirty minded since at least the 1930s.

Anybody who thinks that Meth definitely had a leg up hasn't heard Dare Iz a Darkside.

Oh, the kid was already born. Mooch sent his ex a text to mark the occasion. It read, "Congratulations."

I think the issue isn't the semantics of the quote because I agree, the words literally express a love for reading despite the context.

Those are just allegories for being straight anyway.

It is about its subtext. It's also about what's going on on the surface. And the conversation was about that surface level, until you started arguing that what happens in the subtext compensates for what's missing on the surface. It's a fine perspective for you to have, and in other contexts, I'd very much agree, but…

I very much love digging into subtext. But for whatever reason, you don't seem to be understanding that the people you're having this conversation with are talking about textual level stuff. Subtext is not the work in its entirety, nor does it substitute for the work. If it's your primary focus, good for you, but to…

Fair nuff. Sorry, wasn't trying to come after you there. Allegory's just getting an unfair shake here.

No, she didn't. She just pointed it out. Unless you've read something beyond this article here, then you're just making assumptions.

I'm saying, you said allegory counts for children and then use Wonder Woman as an example of something more adult than allegory. But there's plenty of allegory to Wonder Woman.

I think if you loved adventure movies and wanted another Raiders of the Lost Ark, but nothing quite satisfied. and somebody tried to tell you that some totally different sort of movie dealt with allegories for daring anthropological discovery and fighting with Nazis, and so should suffice, you'd tell that person to…

I mean, that's not fair to say that allegory is for children and then bring up Wonder Woman, which has plenty of allegorical angles itself.

No, it couldn't be any clearer. It also seems to be clearly about the director's need to avoid mentioning queerness directly, which is again the root of the issue here. Or did I miss the part about LGBT rights where the argument is for subtlety and symbolic identity?

I am calling it a weakness in craft. I don't see anywhere I called it a social responsibility of his.

Allegory as an artistic choice is great. Allegory as a last resort for not being allowed directness counts in the same way a field goal counts. Not really the most gratifying way to get it across, and that's the point.