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The thing is, everyone thinks they’re Dilbert. But in order for Dilbert (the strip) to be even remotely funny or relatable, someone out there reading has to be Wally and someone else has to be the ineffectual, corporatespeak boss.

Maybe your paper will stop publishing Dilbert. Even if the editor in chief is the most racist, awful human being imaginable, Scott Adams may stop producing Dilbert strips if enough newspapers drop him. What money would there be in producing a strip that is only published in the Yee Haw Times and the KKK’s monthly…

It really depends on the show. The cops on Dragnet or Castle would never plant evidence. But the cop who wonders whether it’s okay to plant evidence or to beat a confession out of a suspect when they’re sure he did it is a cliche at this point. Plenty of the cops on The Shield planted evidence. And even shows like the…

I agree and I’m not even 80 years old.

After pretty much every Elsbeth episode on The Good Wife, the AVC Good Wife recap comments were full of of people calling for an Elsbeth spin-off.

I think the backlash against Manson really worked in his favor, too. After you heard all those Tipper Gore-types going on about how his music caused the Columbine shootings, how could you take anyone seriously if they said anything more disparaging about him than “That guy’s music sucks?”

I rewatched the old Night Court recently and while it should be obvious given his Emmys, geez was John Larroquette good. In part, he was primed to be the show’s breakout star because of the character he plays. As the show’s resident jerk, Dan Fielding courts the most comeuppance in the form of pratfalls and punches.…

FYI, the series is currently available in full on FreeVee.

I don’t think that characterization is entirely false. Night Court (the original) was a fantastic show, but it isn’t famous the way that Seinfeld or Friends or Cheers are. It hasn’t seen wild viewership numbers on the streaming services. Night Court is one of the more underrated comedies that I can think of.

Crushing is absolutely amazing. I needed that album badly when it came out.

Theron obviously could have handled the situation a bit more tactfully, but a woman is more likely to feel physically threatened by a muscley, screaming man getting in her face than he would be by her getting in his face.

It sounds like Theron thought the male producer on set had decided that he was going to bro down with Hardy by appeasing him in every way possible and letting Theron fend for herself. Theron thought that a woman would be more likely to take action against Hardy if need be (and to realize that a female star might feel…

Music lost a singular talent with Lanegan’s passing. His voice was certainly distinctive, and like Leonard Cohen’s, got more expressive as time passed. However, Lanegan’s biggest talent may have been his talent for collaboration. In addition to his work with Screaming Trees and some of his more visible work, he…

On one hand, yes. On the other hand, Lanegan (and his body) went thorough a lot. It’s amazing that he lived to the ripe old age of 57 and was as musically prolific as he was and kept his talent in tact to boot.

If you ask me, course evals are good for one thing only: to draw attention to serious problems with a professor. If multiple students are reporting that the professor never shows up to class or that they try to sell MLM products to students, there is probably serious malfeasance happening and the allegations should be…

Yeah, I’m glad that Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard so that creepy guy who allowed all of his female employees to be harassed can be replaced.

There are studies that confirm this sort of bias in teacher evaluations.

No one ever said that Whedon was Weinstein-level bad, and thank goodness. Hollywood needs to toss out the Weinsteins, yes, but it also needs to toss out several people who don’t clear that incredibly high bar for assholery. Any boss who engages in the abuse of power for sex or the purposeful humiliation of employees…

Two points worth making: