I've never heard of a pop star caring about image and persona. Tell me more.

TVD is still covered. But it wasn't on last week so I'm guessing there was a little copy and paste action going on here.

Mad about the Jackee dig. I'm admitting it. I'm mad.

I understand. But I do seem to recall Nick Swardson's Pretend Time ads being even more aggressive (and brightly colored) a few years ago and the AV Club still trashed it.
Also, there's that whole issue of grades being subjective to the show itself. C+ True Detective is not automatically worse than a B Suits. That's…

If you look, there are 3 seasons of weekly reviews for this show on the site, so it is not one without history here. It is also a season premiere, which puts it as a logical top placement over regular episodes of things like Elementary, Community, & Reign. Unless there are "event" episodes of shows tonight I am…

I look forward to the Patrick scenes because there's some safety in them. I don't need this show to reflect my gay experience to enjoy it, but the other two characters are so far removed from me that Patrick inevitably feels comfortable. Him being the audience surrogate makes sense, but there's pressure to find…

Oh I was with you!

I love that at the AV Club, "Paget Brewster>Martin Short" makes sense.

He was pretty brutal telling people they picked countries that weren't Communist earlier this week. They were awful guesses, but their faces showed that they knew that without the extra shame step. Alex IS Jeopardy, but that doesn't mean I can't yell "Screw you, Trebek" every time her overdoes a foreign accent or acts…

Casey is one of the worst TV characters I've ever had to witness. Can't stand looking at any of those Workaholics.
The NAFTA line saved the episode from the waste bin with Mindy Lahiri is a Racist, at least.

That's simply a case of your worldview not accepting bisexuals as part of our experience as individuals outside of the heteronormative. That's where the basis of the new use of queer comes from - a blanket inclusive term to unite these people and challenge a sexual binary. It's no wonder you're having trouble grasping…

I'm not so glib to ignore the history of the word - but there is an understanding in communities where this word is relevant of its reclamation. As I said above, context matters and I would be careful in certain circumstances that it not be taken the wrong way. I don't view the word as inappropriate, but I could see…

I honestly believe I could refer to myself as that at work and it not be an issue. My own mother didn't seem confused by it the first time I used it after coming out - context matters!
Also, I upvoted one of my replies up above on accident and I'm very embarrassed.

I'll give it a chance, but I think some of the other aspects (Bobby Moynihan screaming at me on those Spotify ads) might make me bail before I can get there.

Interesting about Mykki Blanco. I can't figure out the intention of steering the character gay from the ads - whether it's satirizing SOMETHING or just there for butt sex jokes. And considering it's a huge part of the marketing, I don't think we can do the "It's 2014, can't there just be a character who happens to be…

The show - my hope would be that there would be someone of the gay experience in the writer's room so the majority of "gay" content isn't just a pastiche of TV and movie representation thus far.

I don't think I was ever suggesting I drop the phrase willy-nilly and out of context at my office job? I was saying that there are people who use the word as something inclusive to those outside of the heteronormative and who don't view the word as an attack in ALL circumstances. Obviously the word is up for debate,…

Being morose is a requirement for TV comedy writers!

Above you informed us all that using it is not going to fly in any setting outside of academia, where I can assure you that has not been the case in my personal life.

I'm curious: Does anyone know if there are any gays on the writing staff?