I agree. I also rather like her purry hotmess sad-sack persona, but I haven't listened to the rest of the album yet because I can't listen to more than one torch songy-song in a row without becoming incredibly depressed.

If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk foreeeeverrrr….

I havve and agree. It is also a trip to sing "These Boots Are Made For Walking" in the style of Cripsin Hellion Glover at karaoke. A trip for me, but probably not my fellow patrons.

I didn't mean it can't be about addiction- actually, the fact that the word addiction isn't used at all is a point in the movie's favor, in my opinion. I  meant that arguing over whether or not sexual addiction is a "real" addiction seems beside the point in the context of this movie, precisely because of that…

"Mythology upon mythology then a sudden "the mysteries don't matter."

Prayer and a gluten-free diet.

I have actually seen Shame and I went into it ready to engage with it seriously. However, I still found it laughable. Whether or not I think sexual addiction is "real" doesn't have any bearing on that- the word doesn't come up in the movie and no one can really deny the existence of compulsive sexual behavior. I just…

I never gave the show a chance when it was on Adult Swim, as I just resented having to fast forward through it when I had taped the entire line-up. Also- that GOD DAMN Barenaked Ladies theme song which gets stuck in my head like nothing else. It's in there now, actually. Thanks a lot.

I LOVED Superbook as a kid, when I used to borrow them my from megachurch's tape library. I think it's profound weirdness made my parents very uncomfortable, and it just confused me as to why I could watch that and not the Wizard of Oz.

AAAHHH, zing. I guess I have to retire from feminisms now.

Haha- I've actually had that song stuck in my head ever since I posted that comment.

I'm of two minds about the exclusion of Ariel Scharg. On the one hand, I think she was an important figure in the development of autobiographical comics and queer comics. On the other hand, I don't really like her work.

Thanks, AV Club! I saw this movie on TV as a kid, loved it, didn't know what it was called and eventually forgot about it. I can't believe Zemeckis directed this and that it so completely forgotten by one and all.

She's played by Carla Gugino, which I think is all you need to know.

Basically, yes, which is exactly what is so offensive about the whole enterprise. They essentially use their "pact" and some ridiculous nostalgia to avoid dealing with the consequences of their own actions. And if that sounds like it could be interesting, it most certainly is not, because the filmmakers are not…

Further spoiling- part of McKay's guilt is that his boyfriend was killed in the drunk driving accident. This is revealed in a hilariously overwrought threesome scene with him, Sasha Grey, and some dude.

No, I think Superstar is much less stupid then its concept. I found it weirdly poignant.

That book is partially reponsible for turning me into a real pretentious shit at age 12- running around calling myself a dadaist and so forth.

I usually love Culture Gabfest's pretentious, upper-middle-class gobbly gook talk, but CHRIST ALMIGHTY, that interior design segment was without a doubt that most insufferable thing I've ever heard on that show.

What an awful movie. If I hadn't read about this movie beforehand, I would have no idea it was supposed to be about sexual addiction. The only reason you know that his entirely prosaic sexual encounters are supposed to be sad is that the score will not let you forget it. You don't get any sense of how harrowing this…