Cool, my favorite line in Othello: "Here is my butt."

Cool, my favorite line in Othello: "Here is my butt."

For the hell of it I'll add that I actually like King's work, what I've read of it, and I don't remember being troubled by his other depictions of women. I'm not calling King a misogynist—but this whole stupid fucking plot point in It was an incredible misstep.

For the hell of it I'll add that I actually like King's work, what I've read of it, and I don't remember being troubled by his other depictions of women. I'm not calling King a misogynist—but this whole stupid fucking plot point in It was an incredible misstep.

I guess @avclub-ad45e11f2e88b8963920c79cd1d8755e:disqus was talking to me this time, but either way it's an incredible misreading.  Nobody's slut-shaming.  I said nothing about Beverly's morality nor that I thought King intended her as a role model; I offered my reaction as an adolescent girl to this depiction of an…

I guess @avclub-ad45e11f2e88b8963920c79cd1d8755e:disqus was talking to me this time, but either way it's an incredible misreading.  Nobody's slut-shaming.  I said nothing about Beverly's morality nor that I thought King intended her as a role model; I offered my reaction as an adolescent girl to this depiction of an…

I remember that interview.  I'm positive she was joking.

I remember that interview.  I'm positive she was joking.

I read IT as a thirteen-year-old girl, and that scene damn near ruined the entire book for me. Maybe it did totally ruin it; it's been 20 years, and while I remember parts of it fondly, I can't think about that scene without getting annoyed.  I don't think I could even fully articulate it back then; I just knew that…

I read IT as a thirteen-year-old girl, and that scene damn near ruined the entire book for me. Maybe it did totally ruin it; it's been 20 years, and while I remember parts of it fondly, I can't think about that scene without getting annoyed.  I don't think I could even fully articulate it back then; I just knew that…

I still have Scary Stories too!  I also have the Daniel Cohen book Zack Handlen mentions, as well as Reader's Digest's Mysteries of the Unexplained—a big, beloved book that a great-aunt gave me when I was really little; it's a compendium of the kind of "true" horrifying stories Phil Dyess-Nugent is talking about.  I…

I still have Scary Stories too!  I also have the Daniel Cohen book Zack Handlen mentions, as well as Reader's Digest's Mysteries of the Unexplained—a big, beloved book that a great-aunt gave me when I was really little; it's a compendium of the kind of "true" horrifying stories Phil Dyess-Nugent is talking about.  I…

@avclub-726a8f9293825a7379239933be48fe39:disqus So they figured he'd be more likely to make a move if he merely suspected Carrie was on to him, but he'd "go to ground" if he knew it for a fact?  That sort of makes sense on the one hand, but on the other … eh, I still don't really get it.  Because he didn't know it for…

@avclub-726a8f9293825a7379239933be48fe39:disqus So they figured he'd be more likely to make a move if he merely suspected Carrie was on to him, but he'd "go to ground" if he knew it for a fact?  That sort of makes sense on the one hand, but on the other … eh, I still don't really get it.  Because he didn't know it for…

@eric827:disqus I figured it was a conscious acting choice as well, but that somehow makes it worse for me—because I think it's a bad choice.  Obviously it doesn't bother too many other people, but I find it distracting and irksome whether she's trying to mimic a manic state or not.

@eric827:disqus I figured it was a conscious acting choice as well, but that somehow makes it worse for me—because I think it's a bad choice.  Obviously it doesn't bother too many other people, but I find it distracting and irksome whether she's trying to mimic a manic state or not.

I didn't either.  I think it would make more sense if, in fact, Carrie didn't think Brody had made her but simply wanted an excuse to arrest him right away (as a few others have argued).  She was visibly angry not only because someone was bringing up a painful episode in her life, but because somehow he had been made…

I didn't either.  I think it would make more sense if, in fact, Carrie didn't think Brody had made her but simply wanted an excuse to arrest him right away (as a few others have argued).  She was visibly angry not only because someone was bringing up a painful episode in her life, but because somehow he had been made…

So … then why did Carrie want to pull the plug when she thought he'd "made" her? If the goal was to get him thinking she was on to him, mission accomplished.  Yet Carrie freaked out, saying that the operation would "go to ground" unless they arrested him now.  (I may have missed something.)

So … then why did Carrie want to pull the plug when she thought he'd "made" her? If the goal was to get him thinking she was on to him, mission accomplished.  Yet Carrie freaked out, saying that the operation would "go to ground" unless they arrested him now.  (I may have missed something.)