Apollo 13?

The Drunk History comparison is perfect; I don’t know how I missed it, it’s exactly that: Watching an actor try to breathe realism into stream of conscious nonsense is the bit. I like Drunk History, but I don’t find Cooper’s act that compelling. It’s good, but I don’t need to see more of it than the twenty seconds…

If you think art requires a “message,” you are a philistine.

We need Sarah Cooper and Ilana Glazer to team up for comedy that’s mandatory to like. 

“the African tourism board (apparently the entire continent shares one in this sketch’s conceit)“

This is what every family does. No one is worshipping the Puritans. People gather with their families and eat a communal meal on Thanksgiving for the same reason we do it on Christmas, Easter, Passover, the Fourth of July, birthdays, graduations and Labor Day: It’s what humans like to do.

This is insanity. The earth’s axial tilt is not racist. 

Yes, it was a joke. 

“insightful laughs.”

“and didn’t start working in entertainment until she was in her 20s,”

Roe v. Wade didn’t uphold a law, it struck it down, and all others like it. 

I don’t mean to single Brie out as the bad guy. To film this show you must get all the actors to be available on the same dates, that means paying them to forgo other opportunities during a specific period, and she (and others) are in demand.

My guess is this is a very difficult cast to keep available indefinitely. It’s likely Netflix would have renewed it but the cost of paying Alison Brie to “remain available” while the unknowable post-pandemic schedule got worked out was prohibitively expensive. That’s just my guess.

I’m not doing that, and you’re not the discussion police. I’m participating in the discussion. Not sure what you’re doing. Do you have any thoughts on The Boys?

I never said the discussion shouldn’t be occurring. What are you talking about? I’m participating in the discussion. I’m literally disagreeing with the comment I’m replying to. 

I distinguish Mad Men from “television about very privileged people,” of which I have watched plenty.

What is it you want the show to say to you? 

It’s not really “wading into politics” anymore than House of Cards was. It’s telling a tale. Politics are part of its story, but not really part of its message, because there isn’t one.

When Stormfront attacked the car, the resulting crash was presented so intensely I assumed it was meant to convey the death or catastrophic injury of every non-supe inside. Then they are all fine. They aren’t even dizzy.

What do you mean by “helpful?” What do you think the purpose of this TV show is?