I love Wagner, even though he hated Jews so much he wrote a book about it. Many of the great authors of the 20th century were terrible people to those whom they knew. Norman Mailer stabbed his wife, for crying out loud.

His sentence would probably not have been 'ridiculously short,' as the judge in question was planning to throw the book at Polanski, hence his flight.

I grew up Catholic, and the Church has done a lot of bad shit too. Hope I'm not held to account on it.

This is absolutely fascinating.

Next you're going to be saying they should have their own schools!

—-white males

The Bechdel test is like BMI — there are exceptions where it doesn't work, but overall it's a useful barometer of character depth

Yeah, because wizard-based movies can be faulted for realism

You guys just gave a B to Day for night

I think that pedophiles who act on it should be arrested, but they shouldn't get the book thrown at them. They should end up in psychiatric hospitals. Unless they produce the porn, in which case that's prison. But overall, I feel sorry for pedophiles, to be that tempted by something that is clearly wrong and violently…

But there's a way of humanizing them, like they did so well for many characters on the Wire. And Molina's mugging, while amusing, is a little OTT

Except Most Violent Year was turgid dishwater compared to this

Like the show so far, but there are some flaws. I know Simon is a polemicist at heart, but aesthetically speaking Alfred Molina's character wouldn't be out of place in a Marvel movie as the villain. Also, why is Catherine Keener in an old lady wig? Are there no old lady actresses available to play that part?

Idiot control now?

I vaguely remember an essay or thinkpiece that argued that powerful people can afford to degrade themselves precisely because they're so powerful

gunfire erupts

If you live in Florida to begin with, you don't get to complain (about anything).

This is my favorite:

Dangerous Vagina

I slipped through your mom's crack last night