Yeah, I mean obviously there was a bit of an exploitative aspect to that doc, but it least it tried to provide a little context for the family and their way of life, and gave some time to locals who reasonably explained the problems that the Whites caused for the community and its image.

Surely a themed night where Leah and her twins drop by this show, and the cast of this show turns up on Teen Mom 2, is already in the works.

Surely a themed night where Leah and her twins drop by this show, and the cast of this show turns up on Teen Mom 2, is already in the works.

This podcasting thing has really convinced these guys that every aspect of their lives is worthy of public examination, hasn't it?  Thanks, Marc Maron.

This podcasting thing has really convinced these guys that every aspect of their lives is worthy of public examination, hasn't it?  Thanks, Marc Maron.

"Yo Drake, I'm thinking of starting a rap career. Let me bust out a smokin' rhyme for you, bro … 'My name is Guy/ and I'm here to say/ I love money eatz/ in a major way/ some might say/ I'm the grillin' Gotti/ but that's not right/ cuz my name's pronounced Fi-etti/' … off the hook, right baby?"

"Yo Drake, I'm thinking of starting a rap career. Let me bust out a smokin' rhyme for you, bro … 'My name is Guy/ and I'm here to say/ I love money eatz/ in a major way/ some might say/ I'm the grillin' Gotti/ but that's not right/ cuz my name's pronounced Fi-etti/' … off the hook, right baby?"

Not even necessarily a defense of these tracks, I just think that popular=bland is a pretty lazy observation for an entertainment writer, and it's particularly perplexing given the reaction to some of these tracks on this site, as well as the prevailing sentiment by many others that the fun and gotye tracks are…

Not even necessarily a defense of these tracks, I just think that popular=bland is a pretty lazy observation for an entertainment writer, and it's particularly perplexing given the reaction to some of these tracks on this site, as well as the prevailing sentiment by many others that the fun and gotye tracks are…

This is really the sort of pointlessly snarky newsblurbing that should be the sole province of Pitchfork.  Your fellow staff members were hardly citing the blandness of some of these tracks earlier in the year, unless Genevieve meant "bland" when she called that fun track's chorus "fucking epic" or Steven meant the…

This is really the sort of pointlessly snarky newsblurbing that should be the sole province of Pitchfork.  Your fellow staff members were hardly citing the blandness of some of these tracks earlier in the year, unless Genevieve meant "bland" when she called that fun track's chorus "fucking epic" or Steven meant the…

"See, James, the problem with your assessment of 'Girls' is that you are watching it with what TV critic Todd VanDerWerff referred to as 'masculine expectations.'  Come on, at least *try* to keep a straight face."

"See, James, the problem with your assessment of 'Girls' is that you are watching it with what TV critic Todd VanDerWerff referred to as 'masculine expectations.'  Come on, at least *try* to keep a straight face."

"You're two martinis into a three martini lunch. But no, your judgment isn't clouded, I really am this handsome. Can we move on?"

"You're two martinis into a three martini lunch. But no, your judgment isn't clouded, I really am this handsome. Can we move on?"

"Well, since you asked, yes, you do breathe rather heavily, particularly when you've been drinking."

"Well, since you asked, yes, you do breathe rather heavily, particularly when you've been drinking."

OK, so this should be enough time for them to work in some distinguishing physical characteristics among the male characters other than Powers Boothe.  They all look incredibly similar; I spent a good 15 minutes during the pilot wondering why Connie Britton's band leader was also running for mayor.

OK, so this should be enough time for them to work in some distinguishing physical characteristics among the male characters other than Powers Boothe.  They all look incredibly similar; I spent a good 15 minutes during the pilot wondering why Connie Britton's band leader was also running for mayor.

Stone came to speak at my college in the late 90s, and drew a crowd of maybe 2000. He got wasted before the speech, obviously had nothing prepared, and rambled so incoherently (and, worse, boringly) that maybe 1/3 of the audience was still there at the end.  Then he went out to dinner with the film & theater faculty,…