I think the Asian-American references were an attempt to strike a balance between acknowledging the character's background and not making too big a deal out of it. A couple struck me as bit awkward, but they may have shoehorned in later in the writing process. It has been admitted that the original idea was to go…

Everett wrote to Lincoln afterwards and said, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes."

I don't agree about Raj. I think the writers didn't think through the problems Raj would have once he was in a relationship and only touched on it in the last episode. The two main story lines I can think of in the season ("Emily or Cinnamon" and the one where he is manipulating his parents for money) weren't very…

What Seinfeld did that was so brilliant was that not only did the characters stay single, but there was no expectation that they would get into a lasting relationship because they were so dysfunctional. I've only watch it a handful of times since it ended, but I still remember an episode when Elaine broke up with a…

You're right. I got a glimpse through the portal and saw the trailer for Daredevil IV with Ben Affleck. Not a pretty sight.

Thank you for the insight. I was not aware of Ms. Mitchell's comments. However, you generally don't write a thousand page character study. I would submit that any book that covers the events and time span of Gone With the Wind is by definition an epic and should be judged by that standard even if the author did not…

Whenever I read stories like this, I want to renew my search for the portal to the alternate universe where Frank Miller retired from comics in 1988 and became a chef. And where Brad Bird got to do the Spirit movie, and where they stopped after the second Aliens movie and also where the second Terminator movie was…

As you say, the books had different objectives and ambitions and therefore should be judged accordingly. Stowe set out to give the slave a human face for a white audience. It was not a nuanced portrait. It was even a rather simplistic portrait, but it was an incredibly effective one at the time. Of course, the work…

Would a sophisticated novel that treated African-Americans as fully rounded and intelligent characters have been published, let alone read? To condemn Harriet Beecher Stowe for writing a sentimental novel in the Age of Dickens is little like criticizing her for not getting in her car and driving down South every…

I would not place Uncle Tom's Cabin in the same category as Gone With the Wind. Stowe's novel was written to point out the evil of slavery. If anything, Mitchell's novel was done to make people nostalgic for those halcyon days.

I remember when the Dark Knight Strikes Again came out. My friend asked me what I thought of it. I told him, "Godfather III was better." His attitude was, "Come on, it couldn't be that bad." But it was.

The most disturbing difference I remember (as is pointed out in the article) is that they explain why Rhett Butler is in jail when Scarlett comes to visit him. He shot a black man for being impertinent to a white woman. There was nothing in the text to indicate that the author condemned his actions. Of course, this…

It has also been a long time since I saw the movie or read the book. To me, it is not as much as how the individual black characters are portrayed as the world view it presents. It only shows blacks as being productive and useful in the roles of servants or slaves. During Reconstruction, they are shown as either…

"Do not have men in underwear in scenes with women, and no nude men at all." Is this why they call them private dicks?

When I saw the opening scene, I thought it was a set up for a future episode where Finch will finally have to shoot someone himself instead of the letting other people do it. I also wonder if the Machine wanted Khan saved or if it was using the situation to make the team aware of the workings of Samaritan so they can…

We're using the Emmy awards as criteria as to who is worthy and who isn't? They couldn't even figure out if Jon Cryer was a supporting actor or lead actor.

I more than agree with you. The phrase "that's upfront information, ladies" strikes me as not only being smug but as condescending and more than a little arrogant. He doesn't explain if he asked Stephanie why she didn't tell him about her prior relationship with Charlie Sheen. She may have given reasons that he may…

If Jon Cryer needs cash after all his paychecks on Two and a Half Men, he has no business giving anyone advice on financial planning.

Instead of spending 25 minutes giving her financial advice, the time might have been better spent if the prostitute had given Jon Cryer advice on ethics and maintaining a sense of personal dignity. I'm sure most prostitutes (particularly the ones he can afford) have more class than Jon Cryer is showing right now.

If people want to see a live version of Beauty and the Beast, why don't they rent or buy Jean Cocteau's 1946 version of the story? Sorry. I forgot about those pesky subtitles. (Seriously, it is a beautiful movie.)