That comment literally starts "[i]f this were an actual enforced FCC rule…" . I understand the joke but wanted to nip any suggestion of state coercion in the bud—otherwise it would become too polarizing.

You may be surprised at the number of white leads in Hindi movies—often sort of recruited from overseas, like athletes—despite virtually no local base of European Indians remaining in post-Raj India. While they're often fetishized and not fleshed out—itself a problem across the broader industry, even for Indian…

I think you're overlooking that countries like Canada, the US and the UK are melting pots. No one is slamming Japan's movie industry for not casting black people because they are demographically negligible in Japan outside of expats (Japan does have a racist immigration policy but that's a whole other debate).

Surely you can see the difference between Paris—a city whose English name has probably existed longer than modern English itself—and a country that the vast majority only truly first considered prior to the first Gulf War.

If France was a country that most Americans only really first learned about and heard of in the past 10-20 years in a hyper-globalized and tech-connected world where there's no real excuse for ignorance, then you might have a valid point. Otherwise mispronouncers appear deliberately obtuse.

Hear, hear. I grew up with those same representations too, and the Zack Morris impression from Saved By The Bell, followed shortly thereafter by Apu from The Simpsons got me thinking about this again. The Zack one is obviously offensive and wouldn't fly today, unless perhaps the character was a douchebag or was doing…

Nah, no mandates. Just asking conscientious creative types to stop paying lip service to diversity and instead voluntarily back up their apparent beliefs with something a little more concrete.

I'm Indian myself, and while it might be an impracticable proposal to fully execute, I've had this idea for a couple of years:

Indian here too, and the racism to Indians in the West is indeed minimized and under-reported, even among ourselves. Terms in the ether like 'race card' are themselves subtle mallets against speaking-up—go along to get along…. But the parents had it even worse, so it was truly heartening to finally see a form of pop…

I am second generation Indian as well, like Aziz Ansari, and this show just plain speaks to me—especially when I think back to my experience growing up.

This video was terrible, and not anywhere near close to so-bad-it's-good territory.

Wait, so Seacrest isn't in permanent indentured servitude to Rupert Murdoch? I'm waaay out of the loop.

I'm available.

THE FIX IS IN.

Republic of China. DVDs from the People's Republic of China just copy the original box-art.

I finally watched the Community finale. I had been putting season six off because the show is an all-time favorite of mine, up there with Seinfeld and Arrested Development. So why not watch it before, 'live'? Because… then it's truly gone… I think some of you guys, out of all people, might understand that impulse… And…

'I'm too busy' sounds like the entertainment industry equivalent of the political 'I'm-stepping-down-to-spend-more-time-with-my-family' card.

As a show-only watcher, I now understand the readers imploring GRRM for the next book. He left it at this? And apparently book readers had to wait something ridiculous like 11 years to see what happened to Tyrion after killing Tywin? You poor bastards.

This makes a lot of sense. And actually when you think about it, an extended hiatus from the Wall makes narrative sense too. The next thing we need to see from a story perspective of the White Walkers and Night's Watch is the moment the army of the undead crosses the wall.

That was such a cool moment. At first, before they started rising, I thought he was just taunting Jon—"that's what's up! See you in a few days."