Oh, quite easily.

Well, that's because defending the work is different to defending the artist's non-artistic actions in his personal life. It's hardly bullshit. In fact, it isn't bullshit at all.

People are allowed to be concerned about whatever the hell they want. Sometimes, this gives them joy. And joy is okay.

In a moral world, being a self-righteous twit should be indefensible as well.

Beyonce is a souless, empty, overrated music artist with little to no depth. Though it is been taught by a lecturer of gender studies, so it's not a big surprise.

Gee, you're the worst sort of person.

Nope.

Your father is wrong.

Lol. 'Pure evil'. Jesus Christ, the complexity of politics, nations, history, people, etc all thrown aside with a flippant load of bullshit. A prime example of why the AV Club is not the place to come for nuanced or deep understanding of politics or history.

It's a good year because they're both fine directors and made fine movies.

Boy. I'm glad I don't let my personal politics inform my consumption of art. I'd miss out on so many great films, books, music, paintings, etc.

I pretty much think of the following quote from Godot multiple times per week:

I wonder if they'll attempt to make the film a good film on it's own merits?

I was thinking end of The Sopranos. But I forgot The Wire finished in 2008, so 2008 is fair enough. But now I feel dirty at the sheer idea that Flight of the Concords could be considered a classic by anyone *shudder*

Lol, if Dunham and the other writers are trying to 'troll' those who don't like the show, she/they should probably stop before embarrassing themselves. The show isn't smart or clever enough to be able to pull it off, they don't really have any clue on what they're trying to satire/'troll'(what a dumb word in this…

I dunno. King is a mediocre author and there are hundreds upon hundreds of far better writers out there.

Didn't get a chance to do too much over the weekend, pop-culture wise…my blu-ray player decided to violate itself just as I decided to watch On the Waterfront, which was quite annoying, so all my blu-rays will have to wait for a bit.

I can sometimes convince myself to watch awards show just for kicks (even though they're irrelevant), but with Fey and Poehler hosting, there's just no way I'm dealing with their unfunny nonsense for that long.

What a shallow way to look at tv and art in general. How often something appears has no baring on it's quality, or it's originality in presentation. Any story/idea, no matter how used can be outstanding depending on what the creative hands do with it. Hell, pretty much every story/theme/idea has been around for…

A movie 'deserves to exist' if someone made the movie. That's it. That's the only justification for 'deserving' or whatever inane bullshit point you're trying to make. Someone made the effort to make the film, therefore it deserves to exist. That has no relevance to whether or not it's any good, but you aren't an…