I don't think the fan theory is completely ridiculous— after all, the entire premise of the show is built from playing around with the idea of multiple universes and the consequences of having multiple Ricks running around simultaneously.

Fellow gay guy here. I do think a lot of young gays just do it to join the bandwagon, almost part of "being in the know" (and I agree, the cultural appropriation aspect does make me queasy). By now she's pretty comfortably in the pantheon of gay icons— basically the new generation following Streisand, Liza, and Cher.

Maybe I misread the intent of the trailer, but this just seems like intentional over-the-top cheesiness to me. I mean I'm into it— but The Ring and The Grudge separately had this incredibly spooky atmosphere, whereas splicing them together seems like it'll be more of a 'party' movie if that makes sense.

Dude, Tituss is like the essence of flamboyance (and I love it, don't get me wrong). That's why they're so good together- they complement each other very nicely.

Wait until you hear what happened to the radio star!

This whole thing reminds me of the Rachel Dolezal fiasco. As a brown person myself, my first reaction wasn't outrage or offense— honestly who has time for that anyway?—- it was just pity, that racial discussions in America are so fraught that Rachel felt more comfortable being 'transracial' rather than owning who she…

As one of the original viewers I definitely think it was because the pacing was all wrong for week-to-week. "Muddy" is a great way to describe it. Also, I had rewatched S1 concurrently, and there's no doubt about it, S1 was the much stronger season.

Now that's shade. I love it when the Times bares its New York sass every so often.

Lord knows I love judging people and things (I know I know, The A.V. Club) but there's a recent, annoying trend on youtube to have an entire industry and online presence based just on snappy critiques of media with fast cuts. Also Cinema Sins loves to take individual scenes out of context (like many other commenters…

No, it's to get the teenaged boy to look at their palms in company, thereby causing much mirth at the family gathering because it's an admission that boy is masturbating. Because teenaged boys get embarrassed by everything.

The problem is that there are a lot of people like my uncle, and it's not just that they're stupid but that they're not exposed to a lot of the "variety of life". Oh, and they vote. That's why I don't let Hollywood completely off the hook with the whole "we are just giving the customers what they want" line.

I concede your technical point, but I did say "plus-sized in comparison to other actresses". I wasn't talking about a specific clothing size, just a more colloquial use of the term. Anyway, I agree about Hollywood standards being skewed in case there was any misunderstanding.

To be fair, she is both average (or maybe even below average by now in the US) and has a few extra pounds. She would also be considered plus-sized in comparison to other actresses, which, make of that what you will. It's not really a contradiction in terms.

At some point you do have to wonder though— what is the divide between "Hollywood is merely giving people what they want" and "popular media influences public opinion"? I'd say it's a self-reinforcing cycle.

I'm onboard just to see which issue they pick to drag out for an entire season.

So I watched this series.

Lol don't worry mom, I've "educated myself". Some objections have more of a leg to stand on than others, but from seeing your other posts you're pretty set in your ways, so I'm not gonna engage. Bye!

And they chose to leave in the rape, for the same reason they chose to leave in the violence. It builds the fictional world.

How so? There are historical elements and then there are added fictional elements. What's the contradiction?

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