No sir.  This ain't how rap is supposed to be.

Yeah.  Honestly, I don't know.  I based my snark mainly on the experiences of a friend of mine, who sporadically does rap production/engineering.  He says these days you tend to get a larger cut of the money, but there's a lot less money unless you are at the absolute top.  (I guess, he's not an "artist" but behind…

Yeah.  Honestly, I don't know.  I based my snark mainly on the experiences of a friend of mine, who sporadically does rap production/engineering.  He says these days you tend to get a larger cut of the money, but there's a lot less money unless you are at the absolute top.  (I guess, he's not an "artist" but behind…

It's very quaint to think that only a few years ago, the music industry was still in such a state that a middling rapper could amass enough income in six years to owe $700k to the IRS.  Probably a ton of that was even album sales!  It's like reading about the financial downfall of a whaling magnate from the 1800s.

It's very quaint to think that only a few years ago, the music industry was still in such a state that a middling rapper could amass enough income in six years to owe $700k to the IRS.  Probably a ton of that was even album sales!  It's like reading about the financial downfall of a whaling magnate from the 1800s.

I found the original very creepy.  Maybe not for in-story reasons, but for meta-reasons, e.g. "wow, Aldrich really likes to linger on scenes of women binding women, and women kicking the shit out of other women."  *squick*

I found the original very creepy.  Maybe not for in-story reasons, but for meta-reasons, e.g. "wow, Aldrich really likes to linger on scenes of women binding women, and women kicking the shit out of other women."  *squick*

How about Kathleen Turner in the Bette Davis role, with Goldie Hawn (or someone similar from that era—- e.g. Suzanne Somers or even Bo Derek) in the Joan Crawford role?  I think it's a mistake to put too good of an actress in the wheelchair.

How about Kathleen Turner in the Bette Davis role, with Goldie Hawn (or someone similar from that era—- e.g. Suzanne Somers or even Bo Derek) in the Joan Crawford role?  I think it's a mistake to put too good of an actress in the wheelchair.

I basically agree with your point—- there is an ugly racial dimension to the difference in media treatment of Chris Brown (and Chris Brown types) and Charlie Sheen (and Charlies Sheen types).  And because the media doesn't (maybe can't) really serve as a forum for intelligent discussion of racism, it's a huge elephant…

I basically agree with your point—- there is an ugly racial dimension to the difference in media treatment of Chris Brown (and Chris Brown types) and Charlie Sheen (and Charlies Sheen types).  And because the media doesn't (maybe can't) really serve as a forum for intelligent discussion of racism, it's a huge elephant…

Here is an abbreviated anecdote from his book, to whet your appetite (or the appetites of others, if you read this one):

Here is an abbreviated anecdote from his book, to whet your appetite (or the appetites of others, if you read this one):

Just posting to remind everybody that Max von Sydow was in the 1995 Judge Dredd movie.  So the official way to refer to him in movie reviews, in case you have forgotten, is

Just posting to remind everybody that Max von Sydow was in the 1995 Judge Dredd movie.  So the official way to refer to him in movie reviews, in case you have forgotten, is

… more like his "fulminating, city-quaking beat."  I don't think Lex Luger has made more than one of them.  (Prove me wrong, Lex.  Prove me wrong.)

… more like his "fulminating, city-quaking beat."  I don't think Lex Luger has made more than one of them.  (Prove me wrong, Lex.  Prove me wrong.)

Yeah—- ouch.  (This comparison is also a bit unfair to the Biz, who essentially represents the exact opposite of the kind of self-important "seriousness" that Tupac imitators strive for.)

Yeah—- ouch.  (This comparison is also a bit unfair to the Biz, who essentially represents the exact opposite of the kind of self-important "seriousness" that Tupac imitators strive for.)

Things I just realized while watching these videos: