Had the exact same thought regarding Manic Pixie Dream Guy. I agree he seems a little too good to be true. Somewhat expect he may turn out to be bad news down the road.

I don't see how it's nihilistic to take fools on both sides of a debate to task for their shortcomings. It seems to me that Ebert was reflexively reacting to his side being the target of satire. And no, TA didn't take the left to task for "tak[ing] the current world situation seriously," it took the left to task for…