Reposting a comment I made below:

Here's the killer question, meaning the question that closes the discussion and leaves people saying, "OK it wasn't a dream sequence. Let's move on."

If you want to get published in Salon, though, you have to write stuff like that.

So when is Ben & Jerry's going to release its Breaking Bad line of ice cream products? 
—Cold Motherfucker Marshmallow
— Neo-Nazi Nougat Cherry
— Opie Deadeyed Piece of Shit Chunks in Chamomile Cream, Sweetened With Stevia
— Crawlspace Caramel Crunch
—To'hajiilee Taffy with Dark Chocolate Barrels filled with Pistachio

Let's see: 
1. Another Side of Bob Dylan — his best acoustic album by far, far more personal; bookended by "All I Really Want to Do" and "It Ain't Me Babe" and also featuring the brilliant "To Ramona," "My Back Pages" and "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)." 
2. Bringing it All Back Home — Obvious
3.…

I didn't hate "Self Portrait" at all, so "universally loathed" is wrong  And now that "Another Self Portrait" is out, you ought to review it because … Half the reason the people who hated the original hated it was that Dylan provided almost no new Dylan material on this record.  The only new songs for which he claimed…

Gig Young couldn't have been a leading man because he was such a transparent pill. He was best at playing some kind of pill — like in "Desk Set" and "That Touch of Mink." In TSHDT, he is an extraordinarily loathesome pill.

Sorkin is a terrible storyteller.  When he's preaching to the choir, he's an effective rabble-rouser, and that's the secret to his having any audience at all.  But unless you're so insecure that you need to see all your beloved characters affirming your political beliefs, Sorkin's got nothing for you — no stories, no…

actually, Carmela and Abby are the opposite.  Carmela knew when to dummy up and not ask questions, but Abby can't do that.

Richard and Linda Thompson:  "Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair." 

agreed.  many say that with the pending demise of Mad Men and Breaking Bad, the golden age of TV is over.  It might be, but at the same time, we're not going to forget the standard that shows like that, The Wire, Six Feet Under and the Sopranos set when we are watching shows like this season's Dexter and have to…

So, it's not shyness a la J.D. Salinger.  It's a form of performance art. Does that make it better?