I’m basically never sure a white male performer isn’t going to be a dick, but One? I would have been shocked if One had let me down.

Boy are you in for a treat. Go ahead and google the mermaid grandmas (haenyeo) of Jeju Island. The documentaries aren’t great but the subject is AMAZING. Jeju is like Korean Hawaii, and women for generations have been the breadwinners of the local population, as seafood divers. They free dive. They control the local…

If there is I haven’t seen it. :(

I liked Inside Out, but I def. had a twinge of what you’re talking about. It very much felt like “rich programmers at Pixar telling their sob story” to this poor midwestern kid who made that trip (albeit to the East Coast rather than the West Coast).

Ferrell reminds me of my absolute favorite episode of the O.C. (I know), in which Summer gets interested in a dude who’s sort of Discount Seth, and then Seth finds out Discount Seth likes Leno, which explains why Discount Seth is so unfunny.

Good idea?

Anyone know of good resources for hooking up your D&D playing kid with other kids who want to play? I’ve checked some of the online communities, but I’m having trouble finding age-appropriate groups. (My kid is 12.)

Right?

Your examples are all higher-status show, chosen over two decades. Which is fine! I love The Wire! But there’s really no comparison as far as a few exceptional shows in American media v. like half of everything on all channels, not just the fancy ones, in Korea.

That doesn’t surprise me... I’ve caught a few episodes of Elementary, and I thought they were better than average on those kinds of issues.

Those big jars of fried scallions at the Asian store were made for this.

You’re right, there are a few.

I mean, it’s weird when people act like class consciousness is a brand new media storyline. In much of the rest of the world, it’s not.

I was just talking about this. I’m all for making a Museum of the DAR or Museum of Racist Propaganda. Take all the statuary away from the population centers, find a nice remote spot, and set up all the evidence of shame.

You might find this interesting. Telling sexist jokes contributes to shitty behavior.

Wait what? Please tell me you’re joking. My former-18-year-old self would be heartbroken if true.

Enjoy. Bill Russel article from 1963.

I grew up with the Block family (the wackadoo Block is grandpa of my old stand partner, who now runs the Toledo Blade), and the whole family is completely embarrassed by him. He wrote some fucked-up editorial a few years back that got some bad press, and the whole family co-signed an editorial that was basically:

My greatest lifehack ever is always having kimchi on hand. 1) Takes 6 months to go bad and 2) there are like 10 ways to eat it that take about five minutes to make and 3) super healthy and delicious with very little extra seasoning needed.

Ditto the above.