I agree completely about the overuse of "genius." Non-geniuses are capable of great things. It would be amazing if geniuses could get their shit together but not everybody has to be one.

I agree completely about the overuse of "genius." Non-geniuses are capable of great things. It would be amazing if geniuses could get their shit together but not everybody has to be one.

Kisses from a lady give me boners invariably.

Kisses from a lady give me boners invariably.

Stanhope is the guy who Stanhope says Tosh is.

Stanhope is the guy who Stanhope says Tosh is.

There's not much subversive about Tosh because he's just being a dick. He's not shocking with truth or even misguided but challenging ideas things (compare to someone like Stanhope). The only thing he's subverting is your expectation that a guy won't act like a dick.

There's not much subversive about Tosh because he's just being a dick. He's not shocking with truth or even misguided but challenging ideas things (compare to someone like Stanhope). The only thing he's subverting is your expectation that a guy won't act like a dick.

@avclub-ec6e411553d04950c3225c1fbdc8d116:disqus Well yeah, but the sexual world you live in is different than the standard in a lot of ways, Mr. Blicero.

@avclub-ec6e411553d04950c3225c1fbdc8d116:disqus Well yeah, but the sexual world you live in is different than the standard in a lot of ways, Mr. Blicero.

Gorilla kills everyone in the theater once, shame on the gorilla…

Gorilla kills everyone in the theater once, shame on the gorilla…

Are you saying that because a thing that a character does is fucked up, it can't be a funny or great episode?

Are you saying that because a thing that a character does is fucked up, it can't be a funny or great episode?

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus We're just differ way too much for this argument to go anywhere on this. My basic belief is that Sorkin's dialogue is one-dimensional and automatic to the point where its faults would be tough to recreate without a conscious effort, and that all that it does well is…

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus We're just differ way too much for this argument to go anywhere on this. My basic belief is that Sorkin's dialogue is one-dimensional and automatic to the point where its faults would be tough to recreate without a conscious effort, and that all that it does well is…

Is that a serious answer?

Is that a serious answer?

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus On what level? On a visceral level it's unnatural and aggravating, but I realize that's personal. More to the point, on a narrative level it barely functions at all as an expression of character, and it's very narrow in terms of what kind of exchanges and moments it can…

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus On what level? On a visceral level it's unnatural and aggravating, but I realize that's personal. More to the point, on a narrative level it barely functions at all as an expression of character, and it's very narrow in terms of what kind of exchanges and moments it can…