I agree with everything you said here. When I watched the scene you’re describing, I marveled at how quickly and thoroughly that man crushed Mack’s spirit. He talked her through a thought process where the conclusion was “acting—the craft I’ve devoted my life to—is worthless and pointless. I’ve wasted my life. I’m a…

When the police (or indeed the media) get involved in dissecting a cult or cult-like situation, they try to sort everybody into neat piles of “victim” and “abuser” (often based on who talks to the police/media first).

I watched all of The Vow on HBO, and there’s early footage in there of Mack meeting Raniere for the first time at one of his weird-ass late night volleyball sessions.

Wait.....he seriously tried to argue, in court, that Activision based the character on an obscure wrestling persona he briefly used in even more obscure independent wrestling promotions almost 30 years ago?

Its kind of funny to see a wrestler suing a video game company for stealing their gimmick when sooooo many wrestlers’ gimmicks have been heavily “influenced” by or straight up stolen from movies, comics, or even other wrestlers.

Here’s a better idea: Get the hell off of Tik-Tok and NEVER come back. Black creatives need to start thinking a lot bigger than “Going Viral” on some sketchy app that is a glorified Vine. Then again, creating intricate, highly skilled dances to mediocre pop rap shouldn’t be a goal either. I’d love to see these…

I’m SO tired of hearing about Critical Race Theory. Republicans are riding this horse into the ground so hard, they won’t be able to use it for the midterms.

I mean mumble rap is a thing. Cardi B turned showing her tits on Instagram into a megastar pop career.  There’s no explaining stupid people. They’re as natural as sunlight and the sky above.

I gave up the first time they killed a character because of fan dislike (it was Maggie Grace, I don’t remember the character’s name. That’s when I was like, they don’t know what they’re doing.

In principle I am not a big fan of getting rid of the filibuster.

The only reason the GOP has taken action in the recent past is because

Bill Bailey did the Moonwalk in 1955 at the Apollo. So I guess by your standard, Michael Jackson is a MAGA Nazi fascist mediocre colonizer, eh?

I, unlike most of the other replies to your comment, completely agree with you about Lost. I watched the finale with my then GF, who was way smarter than me, and after it ended, we looked at each other with the knowing recognition of “we both just wasted six years of TV for this?!?”

One is meant as a caricature and a derogatory representation the other is meant as a tribute. Slight difference. TikTok’s entire culture is one of appropriation, that’s how memes become viral. If these young girls had ill intent it’d be one thing. But they don’t. They like the dances, they want to do the dances, (the…

Totally not the same thing. One is the boy who cried wolf and one is a derogatory slur.  And for the record, yes I oppose blaming Asians for Covid.  It’s stupid racist bullshit and if somebody used that term in front of me I’d call them out on it.  Speaking of, don’t you think it’s funny how The Root and most major…

No sympathy for any of these slackers. They sound like toddlers arguing over a rattle.

The show itself really didn’t help things with that final shot of the plane debris on the island in total silence, which very much felt like it was saying everyone died.

I’m so tried of shows that offer more mysteries than answers, week after week. I’m also done with shows that end with many things unresolved because the writers gamble that they won’t be canceled. I wish more shows would learn to resolve the main plot points of a season while leaving a few new ones, or minor plots…

I remember seeing promos for this show and thinking "Why is NBC trying The Event again years later after no one REALLY doesn't care about LOST-style Mystery Box shows?"

The idea of emulating Lost or Fringe is a non-starter these days, particularly for network shows. It was always plain that Manifest would be killed early and end on a cliffhanger, and I’m certain that led to people choosing not to watch it.