And the reflective yellow stripes painted on their coffins. Hmmph.

I assume you mean that if the person wanting to jerk off in front of you didn't in any way hold any power whatsoever over you or your career then, yeah, maybe it's not such a big deal. But as we all know so well, men are still by far the dominant force in the entertainment industry, and if a women is labeled as…

Fox News?!

I really hope they're not using a wooden bat. The echoey ping of aluminum makes it the obvious choice for comic and/or melodramatic effect. And aluminum bats are so much easier to clean up afterwards, and are more hygienic, which busy mothers will appreciate.

I miss Sean O'Neal…

The hormonal and adrenaline release from sexual activities can, in fact, become addictive to certain personality types. Different areas of the brain are being stimulated than those of drug addicts, so of course the scans will not appear similar. And there's more to sex addiction than the activity of brain chemicals. A…

She has that severe, angular look, kinda like Hilary Swank, which catches my eye and taunts my libido. Most curious, indeed…

My bunk?!… Oh, their bunk. Well, my bunk is bunkier. Hmmph.

Natasha Lyon is a rare and special treat, both as an actress and as an actual, real, intermittently functioning human. Love her.

Oh OK, now I understand. You're saying that you appreciate and celebrate the film's idiosyncratic, perhaps neurotic quality for it's own sake, that you're a fan of it's off putting demeanor, and that you embrace the intentionally anachronistic, backward facing spirit of the film.

But in the book we are made aware, if we're paying attention, that the seemingly perfect Atticus is more so a creation of Scout's imagination, that his seamless excellence is obviously an expression of Scout's youthful naivete and of her adoration for her father. Atticus is largely a creation of Scout's imagination,…

I meant that IF you choose to read this new (older) book as a sequel than it very, very drastically undermines so much for what TKaM's fans so desperately adore that book. This book actually reveals the truth of how badly Atticus has been misunderstood by ardent fans, that he wasn't at all the brilliant, gleaming…

I'm not talking about slavery, I'm talking about paid employees who worked for many, many years for one family and often developed emotional attachments, even if they were criminally underpaid. Also, I'm speaking specifically about this condition as it exists in TKaM where Calpurnia is portrayed as seemingly…

Fair enough. My point is that if you view this new book on it's own terms independent of TKaM then what you say is perfectly appropriate. But if you view it from the perspective of TKaM where Calpurnia expressed such seemingly deep and genuine affection for Scout, well then this drastic realization by Scout that…

But it's also very manipulative, because Black nannies or house maids so very often did, in fact, form intensely strong bonds with the families for whom they worked, especially the children. Having Scout believe that Calpurnia cared very little for her is a bit melodramatic. There's more (or less?!) to it than meets…

Ah yes, I entirely concur with your statement that the film attempted to deliver an experience which contemporary audiences just don't respond to anymore. My complaint is that the experience which you're celebrating is perhaps not in and of itself so worthy of celebration as you would have me believe.

Of course I am. Only a racist would deny it. Hmmph.

Oh yes, I completely understand what you're saying. We're actually expressing two distinct, separate ideas here that are not at all mutually exclusive. It's just my reluctance to indulge people's delusions about Atticus that makes it difficult for me to tolerate the notion that Lee in any way would feel obliged to…

It just seems to be me that if Lee is or was as perceptive and clever as her book suggests she must be (and Capote would have us believe) then she could only have been at least a little troubled by all the extreme misunderstanding of who exactly Atticus was. Perhaps she's recognized the drastic transformations in…

Clap?! I thought he died of Leukemia.