I love all those NY art-docs, including the ones about the city's culture in the '50s and '60s. I should put together a list sometime of how you can tell the city's cultural history through existing documentaries.

I love all those NY art-docs, including the ones about the city's culture in the '50s and '60s. I should put together a list sometime of how you can tell the city's cultural history through existing documentaries.

I hate that commercial, if only because why do you license "O Superman" and then talk over it all the way through.

I hate that commercial, if only because why do you license "O Superman" and then talk over it all the way through.

Don't disillusion me, Alien Jesus!

Don't disillusion me, Alien Jesus!

Excellent point, and one I meant to mention, after watching some commercial the other day where I guy gets hit by a ram out of the blue.

Excellent point, and one I meant to mention, after watching some commercial the other day where I guy gets hit by a ram out of the blue.

Love DR KATZ. A good one to keep in mind.

Love DR KATZ. A good one to keep in mind.

I enjoyed talking with Joel, but I disagree with many of his conclusions about what it takes to be manly and to be an adult.

I enjoyed talking with Joel, but I disagree with many of his conclusions about what it takes to be manly and to be an adult.

Yes, left out a line there by accident. Will fix.

Yes, left out a line there by accident. Will fix.

Gotcha. But I meant those as two different knocks on modern comedy: They don't have a strong visual style *and* they're not tightly scripted. And I cited Chaplin as a counter to the first point, not the second.

Gotcha. But I meant those as two different knocks on modern comedy: They don't have a strong visual style *and* they're not tightly scripted. And I cited Chaplin as a counter to the first point, not the second.

Just trying to come up with an extreme opposite, and one fairly well-known. CADDYSHACK and BRAZIL are being cited as general types: shaggy vs. visionary.

Just trying to come up with an extreme opposite, and one fairly well-known. CADDYSHACK and BRAZIL are being cited as general types: shaggy vs. visionary.

I like 21 JUMP STREET a lot too, and think it's more of a "movie" than WANDERLUST. But it also kind of loses some steam toward the end.

I like 21 JUMP STREET a lot too, and think it's more of a "movie" than WANDERLUST. But it also kind of loses some steam toward the end.