I feel a little sorry for Ms. Kazan. She's old enough to make (and publicly display) art that expresses a very personal worldview, but she's not experienced enough to affect a certain distance from it. Because of this, she's left herself completely vulnerable to the sort of ridicule that internet commenters love to…

I feel a little sorry for Ms. Kazan. She's old enough to make (and publicly display) art that expresses a very personal worldview, but she's not experienced enough to affect a certain distance from it. Because of this, she's left herself completely vulnerable to the sort of ridicule that internet commenters love to…

The Fall didn't impress you visually? Are you colorblind or something?

The Fall didn't impress you visually? Are you colorblind or something?

Ready Player One for me. I quit reading that nerd-baiting bullshit after 30 pages, and I never quit on books. (Just as a comparison, I managed to struggle all the way through Atlas Shrugged solely on the power of "I refuse to let this book defeat me.")

Ready Player One for me. I quit reading that nerd-baiting bullshit after 30 pages, and I never quit on books. (Just as a comparison, I managed to struggle all the way through Atlas Shrugged solely on the power of "I refuse to let this book defeat me.")

I felt the same way about the Angels in America miniseries. On film, it's just a bunch of purple-prose pontificating and precious fourth-wall breaking. Haven't seen it on stage; maybe it works better as theater.

I felt the same way about the Angels in America miniseries. On film, it's just a bunch of purple-prose pontificating and precious fourth-wall breaking. Haven't seen it on stage; maybe it works better as theater.

I hated the epistolary structure, too. It just doesn't make any sense. Why are you sitting down for four hours to accurately transcribe dialogue from this morning? There's an effing vampire running around!

I hated the epistolary structure, too. It just doesn't make any sense. Why are you sitting down for four hours to accurately transcribe dialogue from this morning? There's an effing vampire running around!

The jump-the-shark moment for me was the duel that Andy and Dwight fought over Angela halfway through season 5. I didn't "ragequit" exactly, but I never watched another episode. I had better things to do!

The jump-the-shark moment for me was the duel that Andy and Dwight fought over Angela halfway through season 5. I didn't "ragequit" exactly, but I never watched another episode. I had better things to do!

Me, too, though I waited until the end of the episode out of respect for my girlfriend. I'd been complaining about the show for weeks (and chronicling my slow descent into hatred in the "what did you watch this weekend" comments), but that episode was the one that finally made me throw up my hands (literally) and say,…

Me, too, though I waited until the end of the episode out of respect for my girlfriend. I'd been complaining about the show for weeks (and chronicling my slow descent into hatred in the "what did you watch this weekend" comments), but that episode was the one that finally made me throw up my hands (literally) and say,…

That little sister pissed me off so much. I actually like 500 Days, on balance, but that damned little kid made me want to set fire to the movie screen every time she opened her mouth to spout some hi-lariously age-inappropriate pearls of wisdom.

That little sister pissed me off so much. I actually like 500 Days, on balance, but that damned little kid made me want to set fire to the movie screen every time she opened her mouth to spout some hi-lariously age-inappropriate pearls of wisdom.

Uh, yeah, I hadn't even heard of The Smiths until I went to college. Granted, I was pretty sheltered, but even the most sheltered home-schooled shut-in can't escape Star Wars.

Uh, yeah, I hadn't even heard of The Smiths until I went to college. Granted, I was pretty sheltered, but even the most sheltered home-schooled shut-in can't escape Star Wars.

Holy dang but the prologue to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was boring. I got the Kindle sample and couldn't even make it past the first three pages. A bland description of some guy getting sued for bad journalism? Wow, incredible, tell me more.

It's not his weight that's weird, it's his face. Nothing matches up with anything else—his tan is too dark, his teeth are too white, his hair is too blond. Something artificial is happening there, though I can't put my finger on what it is.