Santa Sangre was the first Jodorowsky film I saw, and I learned of the movie from the lamest of sources: a 1994 Entertainment Weekly "Rent Check" item featuring Eddie Murphy, who said this about it: "It's about this guy who grows up in the circus. It's hysterical. But I'll tell you, if you watch the movie, it's a…

Some of the most transphobic people I know are gay/lesbian, so maybe GLAAD should tackle that problem.

Flavawheel: Almost all my friends are queer, and I suppose it doesn't hurt that I live near a college town where the health coverage through the university covers "gender reassignment" surgery, which is a rarity in the U.S.

The "It's a trap!" thing started out on 4chan, and from that, "trap" (or the whole phrase) has been used in a derogatory way against trans women.

Any trans person who wants surgery is required to go through intensive psychological evaluation before the surgery is approved. It's ignorant to think anyone would do such a thing just because they're going through some sort of "phase."

Let's not forget http://www.youtube.com/watc…

The parody ad is primarily upsetting because, like most anything SNL does, it's just lame and flat-out not funny. GLAAD's point is valid, though. There are no jokes; the entire thing is a repetition of the same sight gag, ridiculing the image of somebody with a dude's facial features contrasted with breasts and…

I wasn't aware of MikeMartz until now, sorry, and my "beside the point" remark was sarcastic.

You're a pig. A pig who speaks the truth.

Almost all my friends are women, and almost every time I talk to one female friend about another — about doing something social (and platonic) together, or even just speaking about said friend in a complimentary sense — it's assumed there's "something going on" between us. If I discuss Friend A to Friend B, the tone…

American teens be all, like, "Howdy, pardner. Do you like Mickey Mouse and Coca-Cola? Fuhgeddaboudit!"

'Ello, guv'nah! I just wanked off in the loo, and now I'm knackered. Pip, pip, cheerio!

If this is real, good for Craig Rowin, but he should have kept his fucking mouth shut about it.

I thought Gervais did a fine job hosting, but I agree with Jorge that he's best when there's some self-deprecation in his material. I found much of his most recent standup special off-putting because of all the lame, hateful fat jokes. In the special, he's lost a little weight and has a tan, but it still seems like…

Yesterday I was curious about something a commenter had mentioned about White's take on Winter's Bone (a film I more or less disliked), unfavorably comparing it to Precious, so I read that particular NY Press piece of White's, in which he raves about Jonah Hex and Grown Ups.

Law & Order: Ozarks. All that's missing is the CHUNG CHUNG sound effect between each home visit she makes.

Even going into it knowing it was structured like a perambulating noir mystery, I thought Winter's Bone was a big bore, with the exception of a couple terrific scenes. I'm not from the Ozarks, but the houses in the film were nicer than the one I grew up in, so I get the whole "this film reflects a world we don't…

I agree with ZMF. I think Winter's Bone may be the most overrated movie of the year, and Let Me In the most underrated.

I will fully admit that my own take on the New Yorker's cartoons as being lame is based primarily on what may now be a somewhat outworn reputation, but I don't think the magazine's sensibilities have changed that radically. I just pulled a random, recent copy from a pile next to my desk and flipped through it. Out…

Then she struts away and says, "That's how it's done, sweetheart."