Society gets to decide whether you're "the Queen of Halloween," not you.

I think to a certain degree whether or not your like LD is a taste thing. She clearly finds a significant (not huge) audience, and enough critical attention to make a cultural splash in a crowded media marketplace. I'm sorry, but there are bajillions of privileged kids, sons of celebs, etc, with more access, power and…

That was a Kroll show sketch

It's called a nudity rider (or lack thereof). I'm with you, though — not willing to get naked, don't do the sex scenes at all. Pretend sex throws me out of the show.

Different times

I listen to a white noise generator.

they all look the same, etc

Looking forward to see her Simpsons-style boobs

Stop being such a shrill harpy!!

Jenni Konner is in her 40s

Ha ha! Fox News is lame!

Yeah, a definite instance of a father suddenly inverting to a needy, childlike state

I thought that too.

Neither of those things were cliche moments of exposition.

The worst is growing up in Somalia, starving while being pursued by fundamentalist warlords.

You talk about 'growing up' like it's a willful act. At their age, I "tried" to grow up several times, and each time failed worse than the last. Sometimes, you need years of failure.

Unclear how she was ceding control to anyone. In fact, it's her inability to cede control that's the problem in those workshops. You give yourself over to the strangers critiquing your work, and ignore emotional reaction — especially for instance the little voices that say "that person is just tearing into your work…

Drive-by comment! I think I know what you mean.

Interestingly, I've heard from a lot of German-speakers that her line delivery in German was "amateurish."

Hating and loving things feels so pointless. It's much more interesting to understand.