I don't disagree necessarily. I just think increasing the diversity of people behind the camera is ultimately the more workable solution than forcing existing white male directors to branch out more. Of course we can do both, but the latter is just less realistic and does at a certain point become a bit dictorial of…

It's not just whether you know how, though. Most artists I would say derive their work at least in part from their own lived experiences; with that in mind, obviously male writers and directors are generally gonna skew male in their stories, even if they make good faith efforts to write more diverse roles. How many of…

I don't think criticizing either liberals or conservatives automatically makes anyone a "centrist." I love dunking on mainstream/centrist liberals and don't consider myself a liberal (anymore) in the way that we usually think of one, but that's not because I'm more "in the middle" than they are; I'm actually way to…

Oh definitely. I marched against Bush and signed I don't even know how many petitions to impeach him, but even I grew embarrassed at all the people calling him "Shrub" or whatever. For god's sake, at least treat politics as being important enough to have an actual adult conversation about it.

I think it would have when he was first running (and had the media actually done its job and not just handed him hundreds of millions in free media coverage, it is very possible we would not be living in this nightmare right now). At this point, though, no….he'll still be the most powerful person on planet Earth, and…

The show itself is inviting this criticism on themselves, though. I like Broad City, but it's entirely their choice to make their silly dope-fueled sitcom have a political statement. And, while I appreciate the statement insofar as I probably hate Trump just as much as they do, the quality of the statement in this…

Yes, if we ignore the president of the United States, he might go away

Thanks to the world created by baby boomers and late capitalism, I no longer fear death enough to stop

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Yeah I'm pretty anti-religion in general, but I agree. Maher singles out Muslims in gross ways and has advocated for specific policies that no "progressive" person should ever agree with. Like suggesting at one point just a few years ago that Muslims shouldn't be allowed to vote, or shortly after 9/11 openly saying…

They didn't say the n-word. The did use the gay slur but they also issued a formal apology later on. It actually does matter when people change. Their shittier behavior didn't occur when they were 60 and had been saying gross shit on TV for decades.

I mean he did get fired from the New York Times for buying child porn tho

Ours actually travels well. She even clings to us when going through airport security (they make you take pets out of carriers to inspect the carrier). I'm never flying with an animal again if i can avoid to for various reasons, but the last time I did she was a calming presence.

As a New Yorker, I can attest that I want all children to die

I don't doubt Aykroyd's numbers are a little off (not that I trust Sony Pictures either, but there's no way they would authorize 40 million dollars in reshoots), but wasn't the core of this true basically? The film did pretty well in total gross relative to other comedies, but it still bombed simply because it cost…

The funny thing is, Freaks and Geeks (which was really a dramedy) was pretty heavily scripted if I'm not mistaken. I think at that point, Apatow/Feig had not yet gotten into their formula of just setting up a camera in front of the actors and having them riff on each other. But I agree, that formula has grown tiring…

The Post and the New York Times helped lie us into the Iraq war. Actively.

Yeah there was. Granted after Trump that plot seems a little less ridiculous….but it was still pretty silly. I never missed an episode of Stewart's show for years, but people watch these shows because they already agree with them, and the people making them know that. There are few fantasies more childish than…

I actually really liked Wilmore but this show is also pretty funny.

There were a few different Kubrick references, but most notably 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining. It was a mashup of them.