I was thinking about this, and it feels like their messages were very similar in some ways. They both embraced imperfection at a time when perfectionism was rising.

Say what you will about how diet and fitness have evolved over time, but Richard Simmons was the rare gem that actually gave a crap about actually helping folks get healthy and happy. Sweatin to the Oldies and all his videos/ specials were filled with real people who were there to get active in whatever way they could…

Pauly Shore is beyond an asshole for basically stalking a guy who clearly relished his privacy and who was taking substantial effort to keep out of the public eye. I’m glad Simmons was able to ensure some level of protection from people prying despite this; he was a hell of a character and performer, and by most…

Seriously. “We know you did it, man” would far more likely result in a dismissal without prejudice so that he could be retried.

“You make an interesting point. Should a guy who gets drunk and hits and kills a child be let go free because other drunks didn’t run over and kill children?”

No, it means that it cannot be refiled. I hope my sharing of knowledge helped.

He wasn’t expecting the gun to fire, but had taken no measures to ensure that it was incapable of firing.

He had no reason to believe the gun wouldn’t fire. It wasn’t supposed to be loaded with live ammunition, period. The responsibility for ensuring there was no live ammo on set and in the device designed as a lethal weapon that was in perfect mechanical condition fell to the AD and the armorer, not Baldwin. SAG-AFTRA…

Yeah, it almost felt vindictive and personal. I didn’t think his actions rose to the level of criminality though I can see him being held accountable civilly.

I’m not a sexual assault apologist, [I spent four minutes looking for a gif of Rachel Dratch yelling “I’m huuuuumannnnn!!!!” and couldn’t find it :( ]

Yeah, even “Fame Monster” era Gaga, you could tell she had a real fascination of/desire for fame, but it was truly inquisitive, and there was a sense she was truly trying to explore the relationships between fame and sexuality and the female body.

I also assume it made him available for B99, so again, the right choice.

If he never left, we would never get Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, so he made the right choice

Katy Perry has this unique power of radiating utter blandness no matter how “outrageous”, “quirky” or “risqué” her team tries to portray her.

She also seems like the kind of woman who would say, “Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m a feminist...”

Her brand of pop-feminism and girl power (TM) always felt fake. Maybe it isn’t fair to compare her popcrap with actual feminist artists and bands (e.g., Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Bratmobile, Sleater-Kinney, Team Dresch, Djunah, Skinny Girl Diet, Mary Bell, etc.), but yeah, she seems to adopt some of the most…

I’m happy to be corrected if there are Perry fans around who can set me straight but it sure does *seem* to me like she enjoys a certain degree of pop “girl power” appeal that is in actuality mostly lip service. She *seems* like the kind of person who uses sex positivity as a cloak for indulging exactly the kind of…

Besides the obvious roles, her part as Steve Martin’s friend Roxanne always sticks in my head as a bit of trivia. At the time, I only knew her from Popeye, which I actually did love as a preteen, so it was cool to see her in something else.

I recently rewatched The Shining and it’s so strange the discourse around her in it because her performance not only isn’t bad, it’s uniquely good. It’s honestly one of the most brutally realistic depictions of a woman in an abusive relationship. It’s interesting too because throughout the movie she’s legitimately…

“a refreshingly progressive show that explored the dysphoria of adoption”