Delicious review! Good eye, good eye, entertaining style—-it would be impressive even if you got the screener a week in advance. Plus the dedication & love for the creative commitment of the show that caused you to watch the original GT in anticipation !! And all i can do to thank you LaToya Ferguson is to suggest…

The dream frame was a great device for allowing the characters to be reflections of Dre's real family in the trappings of a different mileu, just like Dorothy's neighbors permeated the ScareCrow, Tin Man, etc. I never realized it before, but part of the reason I loved John amos's portrayal of the Dad in Good Times was…

Guessing you did not grow up with Good Times as 'appointment television" aka before dvr?

yes, he did it so unconvincingly I thought it was a set-up for them getting to see Jamal standing up & singing his new song.

Guess I am the only person who saw SANC, crushed on Steve. with his curls instead of the shoes. Didn't watch it enough to realize until amy's sketch why the medicorcre Magnolia bakery was so popular. also realized that Steve may have appealed to me because I had a boyfriend who actually did punch a whole in the wall.…

Dual ethnic/cultural heritage. Her features conform to standard anglo beauty ideals, as do those of many folks who are blessed with relatively more melanin than the average Scandinavian. It mainly matters because until recently only the palest were considered for lead roles or really any role not explicitly labelled…

Ryan Vlastelica, your opening assessment seemed like a regrettable instance of labeling/expectations re describing women. Especially compared to Cameron Howe, who expresses rage and scorn nonverbally(sometimes with violence) but even just compared to the range of normal female behavior, Mackenzie Davis seems humble,…

So refreshing to read non-stock answers. Thoughtful and well-expressed. Clearer and more succinct than interviews I've read that say"edited for length and clarity."

The last cubicle guy had a passing resemblance to him.

So true. I always thought it was my fault & tried not to do/wear/be whatever was causing bosses to think I wanted to hear what made me so uncomfortable. Tried to use having a boyfriend & later husband as a shield against propositions, but never realized I had the right to friendly workplace related conversation…

And the subordinate who went to HR is never ostracized, left out of the loop, assigned busy work, or passed over for opportunities because he or she is not a "team player." It may be easier on the accused, but it's just as fraught for the assistant who wants/needs the job but doesn't consider intimacy with the boss a…

A.V. Club, please highlight this review now that Confirmation has aired! You buried it!

Thanks, Cameron.

Some procedurals have done , often as their signature, while still having plenty of time for the detective's sex lives, forensic scenes, and plenty of clue chasing and real-life chases.Criminal Intent & the dreaded/ful CSI Cyber come to mind. In this episode, that momentary flashback of the stay at home Mom…

Weird coincidence—I just saw a review in the LA Times about a documentary of a real life Canadian couple who went through this—the movie was showing at a theater in LA(every movie ever made shows somewhere in LA ). But they were a straight identifying man and a transgender woman. The reviewer highlighted that…

In this episode of "Fiffe Fijj Complains About Genevieve Valentine," Fifjj Fiji complains about thoughtful and nuanced reviews which take cultural considerations into account.

Agree that it's not a heavy-handed hateful stereotype in this plot, in part because the two mothers are not developed & their pathology is not explained, in part because the actress playing the stay at home mother projected kindness, weariness, cooperation, etc. rather than evil villain vibes, and especially because a…

I think they might be trying for a more male demographic on Sunday night instead of the Revenge/Good Wife female soap base that enjoyed Emily & Alicia's parade of hunky male partners. That oft-repeated poster-sized selfie of the beautiful young victim was another clue.

It was that they very much did not introduce a lesbian couple, but at the end wanted us to believe that the never even alluded to wife of the clearly guilty of something(at least arrogance) had committed the original murder & then gone on to be the sweet, motherly suburban parent we meet for the fime for 2 minutes…

Never watched her show, but even I know about so many other aspects of it that were cultural discussion topics. The writers here just picked the lowest hanging fruit: the most recognizable because they've been redone in the name of parody to death long ago. This bit could have played ten years ago without being…