I mean - you know that any article like this is going to include the most salacious quotes. And we're drawn to them. I don't know if there is a way to present the story without a nice picture and "the tiniest shorts!" etc. but the internet/writers know us. And we're awful.

Or the type that gets edited down and shown on TBS/Comedy Central a million times.

The suspense is killing me! I suspect capawesome got sucked down a wormhole after googling "how is someone a daughter."

The whole Dale Bieberman character is an amazing combination of horrible writing and acting.

Yep, and also a real life.

Yes! I also love it, and showed it to a friend recently and they were appalled. Pretty funny to see Gwen say it "holds up well" because I think it is the perfect example of the exact opposite. It has become 100x more ridiculous over time. Sheedy and McCarthy are the only ones with characters who are at all…

Is that really rare? I guess maybe, because I'm not really coming up with many examples. But seems so close to the magical negro trope. What about The Visitor, or Coming to America, or the latest Tarzan? Or the TV show Aliens in America?

Exactly. If you're going to change a character's feature that is somewhat distinctive, don't just change it to something incredibly boring.

I get that. For me though, the pathos hit hard, and the combination of funny/emotion was powerful and pretty great.

Of course people should be outraged - and do everything they can. But when it devolves into a pissing contest over who can be the most outraged about it (witness Nichael here), I tune out. It quickly becomes meaningless.

Jolly Joes still the best

"One of those virtuous, devoted, unpopular-but-not-socially-inept everyboys that seem to exist only between the covers of teen-lit bestsellers"

Oof, well that was a fun read. But I'm probably the only commentator here that is disappointed to see that this is so bad. And that's because I have a wonderful 12 year old daughter who loves sappy romance, and this seem targeted directly toward her. I'd accuse Dowd of hating the movie just because he's not part of…

The gate. It's open.

We're not. This doesn't do that.

I will also remember this movie for that 10 minutes of wackiness in the middle of an otherwise dull movie. 12-year-old me thought that those scenes were the greatest.

Lost is the obvious comparison, a show with so much more emotional investment and more interesting stories within episodes, but a show that of course didn't come together at all — just a big fake in the end. This show, on the other hand, came together fantastically.

I cant tell you how many times this exchange has popped into my mind at work:

Strong hatesong!

i guess it evokes the mood … except for the goofy isn't-this-silly look on the Moore's face. Jenna Maroney would look more sincere and "disaffected."