Rabin: from now on, when you overexplain jokes, could you do it in Cookie Monster syntax? It's more fun that way.

Rabin: from now on, when you overexplain jokes, could you do it in Cookie Monster syntax? It's more fun that way.

Okay, so the critic's "job is to show us layman (sic) what we can learn about real life by exploring the possible meaning of said narrative." You lecture him - hilariously (really, he's "looking you in the eye under professional circumstances"?) about the real-world implications of his critique of a 55-year-old movie,…

Okay, so the critic's "job is to show us layman (sic) what we can learn about real life by exploring the possible meaning of said narrative." You lecture him - hilariously (really, he's "looking you in the eye under professional circumstances"?) about the real-world implications of his critique of a 55-year-old movie,…

Big fan of D'Angelo. I think the central premise of this article is one of the most ridiculous things he's ever written—-"Might the kid in '12 Angry Men' have been guilty?" is, from my limited memory of the film, right up there with "Might the family in 'The Godfather' have been in some way affiliated with organized…

Big fan of D'Angelo. I think the central premise of this article is one of the most ridiculous things he's ever written—-"Might the kid in '12 Angry Men' have been guilty?" is, from my limited memory of the film, right up there with "Might the family in 'The Godfather' have been in some way affiliated with organized…

Oh, Arthur. You gradually wooed me over to your side all day - and I even fundamentally agree with you that Mike not getting that, yes, sometimes people shout things in anger, reflects, perhaps, a narrowness of his general worldview, and then you lost me here:
"(The thing about the "How often do *you* scream 'I'm gonna…

Oh, Arthur. You gradually wooed me over to your side all day - and I even fundamentally agree with you that Mike not getting that, yes, sometimes people shout things in anger, reflects, perhaps, a narrowness of his general worldview, and then you lost me here:
"(The thing about the "How often do *you* scream 'I'm gonna…

"Your job is to show us layman what we can learn about real life by exploring the possible meaning of said narrative."

"Your job is to show us layman what we can learn about real life by exploring the possible meaning of said narrative."

Mister Evil, the only explanation I can see for your level of rage here is that you were wrongfully convicted of your father's murder. My condolences.

Mister Evil, the only explanation I can see for your level of rage here is that you were wrongfully convicted of your father's murder. My condolences.

Why? D'Angelo is my favourite film critic in the universe, and in my perfect world, would live in a gold house with a rocket car. Sometimes he hits it out of the park, sometimes he misses badly (in the spirit of feeding the trolls, go find his circa-'96 review of Fargo—-it might be the most embarrassing thing I've…

Why? D'Angelo is my favourite film critic in the universe, and in my perfect world, would live in a gold house with a rocket car. Sometimes he hits it out of the park, sometimes he misses badly (in the spirit of feeding the trolls, go find his circa-'96 review of Fargo—-it might be the most embarrassing thing I've…

It's like the assholes who right after 9/11 went around going "I wish those hijackers had tried something on MY flight!" or whatever.

It's like the assholes who right after 9/11 went around going "I wish those hijackers had tried something on MY flight!" or whatever.

Yeah, I agree that calling it a "billion-to-one" coincidence is hyperbolic. But, Occam's Razor, what's likelier: kid who says he's going to kill his father kills his father? Or numerous unlikely coincidences conspiring to make it look like the kid killed his father? We're jumping back and forth between two issues—-the…

Yeah, I agree that calling it a "billion-to-one" coincidence is hyperbolic. But, Occam's Razor, what's likelier: kid who says he's going to kill his father kills his father? Or numerous unlikely coincidences conspiring to make it look like the kid killed his father? We're jumping back and forth between two issues—-the…

Oh, I agree with you about the systemic biases - I'm just not sure Juror 8 does. I think if the shoe were on the other foot here - let's say George Zimmerman on trial, as if that will ever happen - Juror 8 is the guy saying, "How can you be sure he knew the gun was loaded? How can you be sure he knew Martin was a…

Oh, I agree with you about the systemic biases - I'm just not sure Juror 8 does. I think if the shoe were on the other foot here - let's say George Zimmerman on trial, as if that will ever happen - Juror 8 is the guy saying, "How can you be sure he knew the gun was loaded? How can you be sure he knew Martin was a…