WTF does "poverty porn" even mean?  Or "black miserable-ism?"  I'm pretty sure neither of you will enjoy this movie so save your precious, life-saving money.

Is nobody watching the perimeter?  I like Susan Serandom as much as anybody, but apparently we're being attacked by shoe-arrows.

Is nobody watching the perimeter?  I like Susan Serandom as much as anybody, but apparently we're being attacked by shoe-arrows.

I was just sympathizing.  Your comment seems to imply that there's some shame out there for them, that they could recognize and react to. Don't see that coming.

I was just sympathizing.  Your comment seems to imply that there's some shame out there for them, that they could recognize and react to. Don't see that coming.

I don't think that we needed to be alerted to this.

I don't think that we needed to be alerted to this.

It was very bizarre to begin with.  Why did they want to claim a source in books?  They didn't have to.  They could have just continued claiming that there's nothing worthwhile in books.  Then they made an awful movie that lost a lot of money. Then its patron said they were done.  Then there's this.  A trailer for the…

It was very bizarre to begin with.  Why did they want to claim a source in books?  They didn't have to.  They could have just continued claiming that there's nothing worthwhile in books.  Then they made an awful movie that lost a lot of money. Then its patron said they were done.  Then there's this.  A trailer for the…

No, go to the Griffith Observatory.  The Alamo's pretty boring unless you're one of those battle site enthusiasts.

No, go to the Griffith Observatory.  The Alamo's pretty boring unless you're one of those battle site enthusiasts.

They could counter that it was largely the vision of a crack-pot robber capitalist and convicted attempted murderer of his wife by shooting her in the eye with a gun.  Someone they could relate to.  And that would be factual. But they would have to look stuff up.  Socialism works for me.

They could counter that it was largely the vision of a crack-pot robber capitalist and convicted attempted murderer of his wife by shooting her in the eye with a gun.  Someone they could relate to.  And that would be factual. But they would have to look stuff up.  Socialism works for me.

I've never read anything by J.D. Salinger that I didn't feel a fairly visceral reaction against.

I've never read anything by J.D. Salinger that I didn't feel a fairly visceral reaction against.

Thanks for many a great comment, And for treating me and others with respect, profdragen, Congratulations on your 10,000th.

Thanks for many a great comment, And for treating me and others with respect, profdragen, Congratulations on your 10,000th.

Probably just successful people should talk about their favorites.  But it also might be useful to discuss the favorites of failures.  I was big into the L'Engle series and Narnia, and that got me nowhere.

Probably just successful people should talk about their favorites.  But it also might be useful to discuss the favorites of failures.  I was big into the L'Engle series and Narnia, and that got me nowhere.

While you're correcting our papers, try looking up some idea of understanding vocabulary in the context of dialect, or understanding jokes.  But there's probably no Wiki for that last.