I feel like the attitude mentioned in the article about Max was that he "isn't written as gay" because he isn't stereotypical. And the double-edged sword lies within. You can't go on a gay dating site without seeing flamboyant men derided over and over again ("I AM MASCULINE LOOKING FOR SAME." "I AM LITERALLY ALLERGIC…

Did anyone else find it kind of disconcerting how after flubbing his line, Peter Cushing briefly mimes choking Carrie Fisher before adding a "Before I go home and stra—[tape cuts out]"

Pretty much. If you're a fan of anything, you have reason to hate the shit out of that thing's fandom. If you think "no, the people who enjoy this piece of pop culture are a cut above, with refined tastes and behavior," go to Tumblr, and search for that thing's tag. If you're not horrified, you're part of the crazies…

Do so in a way to get gay, gay-supportive and borderline-homophobic demographics on board (not to mention boatloads of awards) and suddenly the network may be very supportive of your agenda.

Gee willickers, good point; trying to spur a change in society? No writer ever aspires to achieve that with their craft.

I feel like this show's inclusion of Mitch and Cam functions like an attempt to sell middle America on gay marriage. "OK, we'll only use broad stereotypes to make sure they understand. Also the thought of gay people being sexual with each other freaks them out, so let's just leave that out. Also, they get weirded out…

Oliver won me over with his "Wait, We Can Just Ignore Her" segment on Sarah Palin's return to Fox News. Like, I liked him prior, of course, but that was my guilty-pleasure "I wouldn't mind if he kept this gig" revelation. The way he ran that show was head and shoulders above the "just run Fox News' most ignorant…

Your icon is what made this reaction perfect.

I'm always conflicted about these episodes where Leslie is spurned in her personal life and it spills into her job performance. Poehler can really milk them for laughs, but as someone who's come to really care about the character's career as a politician, I kind of can't suspend my disbelief to believe this sort of…

This was a less ambitious episode than the last two, but it felt like a less ambitious episode of a much better show.

@avclub-3a7e3251e8285102079d4561ae7ec771:disqus And few pilots ever are out of the gate. I've hated the pilots of some of my favorite shows (and in Parks & Rec's case, their entire abbreviated first season). I generally find that about halfway through the first season is a far better way to judge TV. (Does admittedly…

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus Well, yeah, if they knew what they were doing. There's enough tech-laymen and folks who make mistakes (as the jilted and passionately angry tend to do) to get the people who were made porn stars against their will justice.

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus …No, I think that's how our country's fucking justice system works.

Haven't seen this yet, but I'm also optimistic because I think South Park is best enjoyed in the moment. But there's also this pressure to weigh in on the biggest thing that's happened since the last episode, and I think that weight is going to have weighed on them hardest for this one given the recent 11-month…

Revenge porn is still an awful thing to do to a person. I dunno, saying "well, just don't fuck on camera" seems simple until you're in love with someone who finds it to be a huge turn-on. Is it dumb? Yeah. But the fault (and the malice!) is still solely on the uploader.

I feel there's a difference between the two.

@avclub-6997a8bd0e1042b70b60c5c879a1780e:disqus Yes. All of that. The other thing that really gets me is when people present said slam/snark/snub in the form of "this isn't just my opinion, this is actually consensus; everyone who matters feels this way." It just smacks of the offending party trying to condescend…

The ice-cream face-stuffing would have gotten a bigger laugh out of me if I wasn't genuinely kind of afraid what kind of fight this guy would would put up since he, yaknow, kinda killed a dude. I guess that's what the review was talking about when it mentioned tonal issues with the fact they are a homicide division.…

@sumogrip:disqus I've thought about that. Specifically, I've heard that the current Teen Wolf show does a good job of establishing that aspirational scenario. It takes place in high school, and no one there has the slightest problem with homosexuality. It's an intentional attempt by the (gay) showrunner to really kind…

I like Greg and Terry as well, but I can't quite give them that stereotype-bucking gold star either.