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Seems true, but it still doesn't take away the fact that quite a few of the bits fall flat and John Oliver should not sell jokes

♫ I got TWO… LEGS
One for the stage and one for your face ♫

I grew up with A Different World and it resonated more with seeing young black educated college kids than the Greek societies.

I'm loving both the "wokeness" of Atlanta and Insecure. As a black dude, the advice I'd give is not to think too deep into appropriation if your heart is truly in it. That said, both of those shows displayed a few white people with genuinely good intentions for black people but still cross the line of seeing them…

Ask any smart black American that has worked around white people. Most of us has dealt with this on several occasions. A few look at it as a lot worse than it is, while some are happy to be interviewed. But most view it as just annoying. The thing about minorities is that we're all assumed to be ambassadors for entire…

There are lots of "woke" black works that have been showing this, including Insecure. I've personally known several a well-meaning white liberal that wants to "get" me or relate. But that well-meaning niceness can come across as annoying and oblivious when there's just a bunch non-personal racial questions thrown out.…

I really would like a great season of 24 again, but then I look back and wonder which season was "great". At best, a couple of seasons were super entertaining with some eye-rolling moments, but several seasons either had over-the-top stupid or slow-burn stupid that made me stop at around hour 15

Add Mariah in there as well. I'd be happy with a Misty vs Mariah spinoff

My Lethal Weapon 4 memory is the callback to Riggs being a batshit crazy badass that headbutts Jet Li repeatedly until his own head bleeds while having a dislocated shoulder

At least it's not Eddie Brock lame. But holy hell is it lame

1. A handful of actors is enough to make this comparison?
2. Are we really making this comparison?
3. A lot of The Wire actors ended up on The Walking Dead, so I guess the shows are apt for comparing.
4. Are we REALLY making this comparison?

Oddly enough and quite pertinent, Lethal Weapon 4 showed the absolutely worst of this, with Chris Rock just doing standup bits in the middle of the movie. Far cry from… well, any buddy cop movie really. From the 80s and even now.

But they are. freaking. everywhere. Mr Robot used the poster trope for promotions in a ridiculously hacky way (pun intended). Daredevil S2 used the "BWAANNG" trope for Punisher in such a distracting manner that my eyes started rolling. Those are two shows that I immensely like.

To be fair, when it works, it works. 48 Hours showed that. But then "funny" buddy cop movies ended up being very profitable by moving away from R-rated grittiness and into PG-13 hijinks. It would be great to shake up the formula again.

I agree. The first two Lethal Weapon movies worked great because the comedy element wasn't front & center all the time. And even when it was, Murtaugh was the straight man while Riggs was the funny-yet-still-disturbingly-wounded guy

I have four personal favorites that I like over Big Les.

I'd rather CCH Pounder or Alfre Woodard

That poster along with the Han Zimmer's Inception "BWAANNG" have really made what should be iconic posters or musical choices into "meh, seen/heard it before". And that's kinda sad

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