Except that improvising material doesn't necessarily equal improvising comedy (as noted above, one of the most famous exchanges from Empire was improvised, and it's not comedic), and the article doesn't state they were trying to turn it into an "improv-heavy comedy." From the article: "But the source close to Lord and…

Sorry to make another comment on this, but despite not getting an onscreen credit due to Writer's Guild rules, the film's producer confirmed that Patty Jenkins (and Geoff Johns) did a lot of the writing that made it to the screen. So it really wasn't written just by men:

Those three may have received the credit on a screenplay that had a lot of hands involved, thanks to WGA rules, but Jenkins herself says she and Geoff Johns were the ones who worked most directly on what ended up on screen:

Do you have a source for that? Jenkins just did an AMA on Reddit tonight, when asked about Snyder and Geoff Johns' influence, she makes it sound like she and Johns worked on the script (though she later credits Allan Heinberg as well):

Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed reading the coverage this year, since the format seems to indicate the AV Club is either trying to phase it out or minimize it by dumping all the posts in a single page and making the comments hard to access. I hope that's not the case, as the posts have been great reads as…

It's worth noting that the film's failure is at least partly the result of the behind-the-scenes distribution issues. Relativity bought it at Sundance, then went bankrupt. The release date was pushed several times, and Sony finally bought it, and gave it a wide release without seeming to advertise much. (I remember…

Huh. I'd never heard of this, but it was interesting to see on Wikipedia that Kate Hudson and Kerry Washington were originally cast in this, with the director of "Belle" and "A United Kingdom" signed to direct. (Although I don't know why she'd want to be associated with material like this—just to get a Hollywood job?…

In October 2015, when the official word was that Messina was just making a movie and taking time off, someone posted a comment on a Vulture article that he had filed a sexual harassment complaint against Kaling and was actually on his way out: http://www.vulture.com/2015…
A lot of other commenters called that person a…

One correction for the article: Assuming you're talking about the Oscars, two songs weren't nominated for Original Song—three were. "Belle" was nominated as well.

Susan Harris said last month they've been approached repeatedly for a redo, and her response has always been no.

Agreed. Was so happy to see it mentioned, since it seems like it never is on lists like this.

So, do we think Howerton was serious about maybe not returning next season, or just trying to maintain the cliffhanger? Because I don't see the show working without him (or any of the gang), and can't believe any of the creators would think so.

Howerton says he might not be back next season :o

They don't really need to bother. Vulture has the spoiler: http://www.vulture.com/2017… Sounds like absolutely nothing, so the theater is throwing a fit over exactly that: Nothing.

A million times this. I still regularly rewatch Don't Trust the B every couple of months (at least) and every time I wonder why she hasn't worked more in the past four years since the show ended. June is one of my favorite "good" characters ever, the rare ostensibly straight character who's allowed to be legitimately…

Charlie Day makes it sound like they're not taking it back, and specifically did it because they took it back before:
http://uproxx.com/tv/charli…

or David Duchovny's ass and balls, which was the main draw for little gay me.

Love this. Love him. And I still have fond memories of Jack's Place. I really liked that show as a kid, and there's one episode in particular that has stuck in my mind 25 years (geez) later.

Yep, that's where my mind went first too!

This is a really thoughtful and well-written review, one of Zack's best (and there have been a lot of great ones). Nice job of grappling with the episode's various themes. I'm glad he's still reviewing here.