I saw the play this film was based on when it ran at Studio Theater in Washington DC.

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I've never been able to take him as seriously after hearing the commentary and hearing the other actors mock him as seeming like he was drunk on set the whole time.

I've never been able to take him as seriously after hearing the commentary and hearing the other actors mock him as seeming like he was drunk on set the whole time.

I figured Nandi had to be older than Inara because the point of her story arc was that she'd had time to get jaded and disillusioned with the Companion lifestyle and leave it behind for the grittier, uglier but independent and "honest" world of being a straight-up prostitute. (Shades of Mal's similar disillusionment…

I figured Nandi had to be older than Inara because the point of her story arc was that she'd had time to get jaded and disillusioned with the Companion lifestyle and leave it behind for the grittier, uglier but independent and "honest" world of being a straight-up prostitute. (Shades of Mal's similar disillusionment…

It's a TV show, which means by definition we're looking at the one interesting and unique ship in this setting rather than the 999,999,999 typical ones. Of course people on this ship are going to happen to be unusually talented; Wash is also shown to be an unusually amazing pilot, Zoe and Jayne (and for that matter…

It's a TV show, which means by definition we're looking at the one interesting and unique ship in this setting rather than the 999,999,999 typical ones. Of course people on this ship are going to happen to be unusually talented; Wash is also shown to be an unusually amazing pilot, Zoe and Jayne (and for that matter…

@avclub-e9470886ecab9743fb7ea59420c245d2:disqus  @avclub-c156902f5b20b572848be18c11634dfb:disqus I've already spent too much time on this nonsense and need to go do productive things, but if I'm ever in the Pacific Northwest and/or things don't work out between me and my wife I will certainly keep you both in mind.

@avclub-e9470886ecab9743fb7ea59420c245d2:disqus  @avclub-c156902f5b20b572848be18c11634dfb:disqus I've already spent too much time on this nonsense and need to go do productive things, but if I'm ever in the Pacific Northwest and/or things don't work out between me and my wife I will certainly keep you both in mind.

The fact that men in our society are programmed to think of their ability to have sex with women as a meter of their basic worth is problematic.

The fact that men in our society are programmed to think of their ability to have sex with women as a meter of their basic worth is problematic.

By the way, fuck that comic book.

By the way, fuck that comic book.

It's made pretty clear that Kaylee is far more vulnerable and therefore prickly around Simon than she is anyone else because she actually is developing serious feelings for him.

It's made pretty clear that Kaylee is far more vulnerable and therefore prickly around Simon than she is anyone else because she actually is developing serious feelings for him.

They say if you pay more than $300, like Eliot Spitzer did, you're just wasting money.

They say if you pay more than $300, like Eliot Spitzer did, you're just wasting money.

Boss Higgins took the time to capture Jayne's partner, lock him in that box, still somehow keep him alive, well-fed and healthy, and carefully indoctrinate him with ongoing hatred for Jayne so that if he ever came back he'd be ready to start murderin'.