Well, unfortunately there were several derogatory depictions of African Americans that were acceptable to white people. But I was talking about the concept of a national celebrity in the age of film and radio - someone whose image, voice, and talents could be recognized by sight or sound alone. There would have been…

Well, jazz was popular for years before Louis made his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. And while he might not have been the biggest selling jazz artist of the 20's - I think that distinction went to Paul ..ahem..Whiteman - he was the first genuine African American celebrity. He opened the doors for other black…

Well, we lost Dave Navarro a long time ago. Now Farrell. Here's hoping Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins are still cool.

I saw him as Richard III two years ago. Holy shit - his performance was amazing! It was so intense and physically demanding I have no idea how he did a three month run. I wish this article had taken into account his stage performances as well as his films. Spacey has "lost" nothing and is truly one of the greats.

I saw Moore at a pretty small performance space a year or two ago. He actually looks pretty good - like, maybe 40.

I guess I was pretty naive to think the old man giving her money was her dad.

I think now it's a catch all, though a few years ago it seemed to have a pretty specific member of the community in mind (see the "look at this fucking hipster" tumblr). I remember when I first moved to Brooklyn seeing a college age girl dressed in a tutu, tiara, cowboy boots, and some fucked up Miss Havisham top…

I never read any of the assigned books in high school. I was a voracious reader in my spare time, but had zero interest in my red state approved high school reading list. Except "Julius Caesar." That kicked ass.

The galaxy minus Williamsburg.

Ugh, I hate this. I get that Perry and Swift appeal to tweens and pretty much everyone on a really long drive. But I've noticed more and more people in their late 20's and older taking this junior high prom themed music fairly seriously. For the record, I think Dunham is talented, but how the hell can you justify a…

Same here!!

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Maybe it was photos. It was definitely a girl and a horse. And maybe it was not plural but the same photo/video viewed over and over again. Either way, it soured me on net culture till about 2000.

When I started college in '94, my dorm mate was the first person I knew to get an internet connection. Almost every day when I came home, he and the biggest losers you could imagine would be looking at videos of a woman fucking a horse or automobile accident photos. Here I am barely able to type a word document, and…

Do you not recall NYPD punching and pepper spraying female OWS protesters? I think what's going on in Russia is horrible, but as an American, I can't point my finger across the sea and say, "How could they let this happen?"

True, but she's still very inactive. She didn't push Joffrey over the ledge when he showed her Ned's head, she didn't leave with the hound after Blackwater, she wants Ser Loras to marry her, she assumes the identity Littlefinger gives her and stays with him. Sure, she serves as a plot point, but to me that's about…

Well, the character before was happier, and certainly she has a more realistic view of the world. But both are pretty passive, and where we see pretty much every other character take chances, sometimes with horrible outcomes, Sansa sits around and gets told what to do, bottling her feelings up as much as possible. To…

As a friend of mine (a woman, for what it's worth) put it, "Sansa is my least favorite character because she never learns anything. All this shit happens and she never grows. She just stays the same doe eyed idealist waiting for someone else to take care of her." I don't see her as that different now than how she…

The plot where

You and I are very different people, Colonel Green.