I’ve been pretty impressed with this season. The Reapers are, unless I’m mistaken, the first group of villains created for the show only and never featured in the comics. Pope as a big bad is already pretty terrifying because we know his power level is by default much higher than Negan, Alpha, or Beta, since the dude…

Dog, that shipping container is the entrance to the compound. Shipping containers open on BOTH ends.

Parts of Your World

And it all came together when Zombie Coral sang “Under The Sea!”

Wasn’t it dope when Negan did the Tango?

Willie’s alcoholism is a stereotype, for sure. The other two are actual parts of Scottish culture, so I’m not sure what your attempted point was with that. And yeah, I mistakenly attributed the 8 kids to Octo-Mom; I forgot how recent she was relative to the major multiple birth boom pre-millennia. “Eight Misbehaving”…

How is a real part of Hindu culture like arranged marriage a “stereotype?” Just because someone like you says so? Same with 8 kids. The 8 kids was a gag on Octo-Mom and multiple births. It had nothing to do with Apu’s race or religion. I guess people on your side don’t even get how your perception of Apu is actually…

Yeah, I actually agree with O’Neal’s take, here, and I think Apu is more nuanced than Kondabolu attests. But the fact remains that Apu fulfills just about every Indian stereotype there is and, as he’s basically the only Indian character on the show (his wife, brother, and kids are peripheral at best), that’s a lot of…

“That people don’t find him funny because he slyly commenting on American bigotry, they find him funny because he has a funny accent”

See, I’ve actually always wondered about the wisdom of this criticism. I was just a dumb white kid growing up in a pretty white state but I always felt like the best moments of the…

ARE South Asians marginalized? Or are they actually doing better than the average white person?

1) But the only outrage is self-generated. Kondabolu produced a (in my mind) thoughtful documentary in which he tackles minority representation in popular culture through the lens of The Simpsons. He repeatedly talks about how much he loves The Simpsons, how funny he finds Apu to be, and how conflicted he feels in…

Fear WHOSE wrath, and in what actual form would or COULD it take aside from verbal disagreement, you big baby? Sheesh.

I find myself not caring about this Hari Kondabolu fellow all that much, so I guess that makes me considerably evil. Outside of his documentary, which piggybacks on The Simpsons brand, nobody has ever heard of this fellow. My feeling is that members of the writing staff and the shows’ producers, might very well…

You never cared for Lisa Simpson, the most progressive and insightful character on the whole show? I mean, to each their own and all.

I just think Lisa has been the most admirable character on The Simpsons whenever you examine her. To have her rolling her eyes over legitimate concerns of racial stereotyping seems like…

We know, Ted, we know.

Can’t wait to see how civil the comments are going to be...

Lynne Ramsay, a woman that needs to be seen to a wider audience. Her films are unlike anyone that I have ever seen. The only person I can kind of compare her to in terms of the way she approaches music in film is Sofia Coppola. Both use music in ways that isn’t like anyone even though they’re both entirely different…

Her?

This came out a couple of weeks ago in the UK, it’s an experience. I don’t know if I would say I enjoyed watching it - I think I was bolt upright hands clenched for most of it - but it’s incredible.

“In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit.”

-A. A. Dowd, 2018