I think the point has been missed here
… I don't get a clear read that Ebert meant that no "sad" art can be good. It seems more likely that depressing meant disappointing to the extent that it makes you sad in some way in this context. This was a semantic argument, but a thoughtful one.
I thing y'all covered it,…

So, here I go again

For anyone that watched What Happens Next did you continually regret it as much as I did, finding that watching the insufferable Andy Cohen attempt to"charm" his audience a price too high to pay to linger in the afterglow of the finale.
An open letter to the Bravo people: I watch this show despite and not because it…

@The Quirk, my point was more along the lines of this: Brittany Spears getting the Glee treatment = kitschy fun. RHPS getting the Glee treatment = suddenly everyone notices that this show is musical fluff. It was just harmlessly vapid as any other Glee episode, except now the same heavy/goofyhanded treatement was…

Oh, bullshit.
This episisode did not get an F because Glee didn't neatly wrap up all the plot lines. Or because because characters did not seem three-dimensional. Or because Glee did not live up to its normal David Simon standards for writing and story construction.
This episode got an F on the basis that it took a…

I will have to disagree about Yo Gabba Gabba
It is bright and peppy visual and aural torture. I like that they appeal to the indie music consumers that have kids, but that only helps a little. Like being punched in the face by someone you really admire.
My daughter loves The Backyardigans - while it may not keep an…

Bravo broke the fourth wall
… this season, like the Kool-Aid man. I feel thoroughly jerked around - Kevin, prior to winning the whole damn thing, won one (1) challenge and zero quickfires. The rest of the time, he was explaining why his food was bad in front of the judges - he had more low results than Ed an Angelo…

This show and season was a mess…
…for too many reasons to enumerate. It would be pointless, but something I find irresistible to comment on was the increasingly desperate use of music to prod scenes along to some emotional conclusion, against a headwind of horrible dialogue ("Come.. walk with me. This is my favorite…

Evidently the show is about money.
Saying that money animates the characters in this show is a charitable way of saying that it is the deus ex machina that is used most often. It's obviously a big part of the genesis, and something they can't rightly leave out, but nobody seems to really give a shit about it until…

To answer the question..
..I would be stretching the definition to say that I enjoy this show. But as others have pointed out, it is Summer and TV standards are lower. I need something to distract me while folding laundry on Sunday night. I choose to be distracted by this particular show, however that might…

Wait. I think we are all missing the point here. What did you think of the cinematography of the recaps? Did the music in the recaps continue to impress?

Aw, man..
Angelo is going to be "setting the presidents". I am not sure what would be worse: saying "setting presidents" in all honesty or making some DC-based joke. That asshole is going the distance, isn't he? I think that asshole is.
I would also like to welcome Padma back, the milk-engorged parts of her,…

I won't rule out the possibility of a head-fake..
Without a doubt, this episode is the culmination of a season's development - here we see Creighton basically getting to the brink and deciding what to do about abyss into which he has been staring. The writers seem to subtly, but forcefully push the viewer in the…

Aphrodite: the goddess of ejaculate on toast
Susan was a lot of fun to watch this episode. I felt as though I was participating in food-based sex therapy. I am sad to see her go.
Marcus continues to annoy. He is either talking about being an orphan, his native land, or his worldly travails, whichever presents the…

Blah…
Nearly everything about this episode was off. First, it was bad TV. I think producers of reality TV have a fine line to walk between creating suspense and jerking the audience around - tonight's episode jumped the median swerving toward the latter. "What the fuck?" I literally asked my TV when the top…

My take on it - Sonny is territorial, or at least has proven that he is defensive about a few things (his piano skills in the last episode). The bouncer protected Annie when Sonny was flailing around on the ground - in short, he tends to get all butt-hurt about things, and in this case I think he felt threatened by…

Cut! Cut!
OK - Take five everyone. I need a few minutes with the twins.

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I took your advice and checked out Dancing With the Stars and Glee. I'll confess that you were right. Those are in fact better than this episode of Breaking Bad.

A simpler explanation for S F-ing T
She now has grounds for divorce that does not involve a confession of Walt's sins: adultery. I am sure there is some morsel of satisfaction in it for her, but I think this was a strategic play.

No mas plane crash plot line, por favor y gracias
I was reminded how much of a shaggy dog story that was in the opening sequence. Yet more shit floating in the pool, hooray for me the viewer. I am sure the writers would have me believe it was a metaphor for something and my best guess would be that particular plot…