That was some great work by Allison Williams. She's never really gotten her due as a comic actress, which ironically testifies to her success, as I'd argue it's because Marnie is so fully, believably annoying and pretentious that viewers tend to read her as Williams herself rather than as an artistic creation.

Absolutely, we all prioritize different values, although I do not believe that it is necessarily based on our race. At the time, while I believed that OJ was guilty, I argued to friends that I would have voted to acquit because Barry Scheck—and Mark Fuhrman—convinced me (rightly or not) that the police tampered with…

This indifference strikes me as the best attitude an adapter could ask for. It frees the adapter from the need to please or to worry how one's own vision harmonizes or conflicts with the original creator's. It gives adapters carte blanche to keep, twist, ignore, toss out, revitalize, etc.—in short, to make completely…

I agree on both points (the snarking and the quality of the review)! This review showed me aspects of the show I had missed when I watched it, so I am grateful, and it reminds me to watch with more attention next time.

I'd guess for the same reason Tom Hagen follows Sonny in The Godfather. They formed a bond when young, Dodd did something to help Hanzee, and now Hanzee is Dodd's man, no matter what.

I remember thinking at the time that it was a shame the show felt forced to find Ellen a steady girlfriend; I thought it would have been funnier had they in fact treated Ellen's character like Seinfeld's and had her run through a series of dates who would turn out to be unsuitable for one reason or another and who…

I think the cruel nickname Marty McKee mentions is the point here. Bateman happily tells his wife that the nickname has stuck with no regret or embarrassment; it's another revelation of his lack of empathy.

It's interesting, because I'd agree that the writers never quite managed to write for them as a couple—but the two actors looked at each other with such relish and appreciation that I still found them completely convincing.

Actually, NPH's acting chops get a lot of the blame for my dissatisfaction with the finale. He did too good a job of acting as if Barney found Robin the most captivating person who ever lived, thus making the divorce story fairly implausible.

Loy has great chemistry with both Powell and Clark Gable in Manhattan Melodrama. In her autobiography, Being and Becoming, she goes into a fascinating analysis about different ways she reacted to two performers so different in style. I don't have the book with me, so I can't quote it, but the gist is that with Gable…