It's become a tremendous mystery to me how the jobs which seems to require the most experience and expertise in their particular field are now being won by people running on a platform that is basically, explicitly, "Pick me! I have no experience in this field!"

I don't have to met them, no.

Way to taunt Deathapalooza 2016 in that last line.

Well, thanks, I wasn't freaked out by clowns…

Very funny.

I'll alert the media.

*snark mode deactivated*

Callie Khouri only wrote Thelma & Louise; Ridley Scott directed it.

Because by trying to get out in front of any particular blowback, the producers/directors/cast/etc. came off as basically saying "Yeah, we're making a movie, and it's got LADIES in it! And if you've got a problem with this movie's existence, that must mean you're not comfortable with LADIES, you JERK!" Which led to…

Didn't the first Hunger Games movie (or possibly Silver Linings Playbook) come out after the first movie, while she was under contract? Or at least after the first movie was made? I always figured her increased (unnecessary) presence in the X-Movies was just a cynical attempt to shoehorn her into as much of the movie…

I don't know if it was a test to see how many comments it would take before someone mentioned it or not, but…Michael Keaton didn't win the Oscar; that was the year of the Redmayne. (Birdman did win Best Picture, but not Actor.)

Okay, but: Evan Rachel Wood's version of If I Fell was probably the one number from the soundtrack that legitimately made the whole endeavor worthwhile.

FYI, in May 2016, this comment is unintentionally hilarious. Ah, the good old days.

Thank you. :) Your…humanity (cat-ity?) is one of the best things about this place, and I mean it. You're a wonderful person.

Ha, I know that feeling well. We haven't started closing down colleges here yet, though I think it's only a matter of time. I do have a long history of online teaching, so I feel a little safe there—like you mentioned, that's where education seems to be heading in general, so I'm lucky to have gotten in early there,…

Hey, everybody. It's been a while since I've posted, for a couple of reasons—functionally, because I haven't seen this season of Community yet (which I guess doesn't make me all that unique), but also because life's gotten super busy lately. I finished my PhD last year, and then my wife and I (mostly my wife) had a…

Like that's ever stopped anyone here, or in the history of the internet.

"Her eyes aren't crossed any more!"

All right, BUT: if, as you mentioned below, Superman had actually said "my mom" instead of "Martha", the "regular dude" vibe would have worked and made sense—he didn't, though, he used her name, which I'm guessing 90% or more of children wouldn't use to refer to their mother, highlighting his alienness, and lack of…

This is stretching (all right, obliterating) the guidelines, but eh. Two musicals, from the world of the stage: The Book of Mormon has some great songs, but good golly, the book is awful; and (come at me), I really don't get the adulation for Hamilton (I mean, part of me thinks I do, but that makes me really…