I liked him when I was a teenager, but then I grew up and realized his writing is ridiculously immature and one-dimensional.

"I don't think Maggie is any better than Marty"

God, yes - Frank Miller. Of course! And with that spot-on comparison, I think you've just ruined True Detective for me :\

"Handing two actresses badges, a gun, and substantive dialogue in Season 2 won't jar audiences or threaten the excellent show's continuity (since the show is jarring by design); it will give writers a chance to create a story out of an entirely different palate...We're talking television frontier-type stuff."

Yep. I never answer work emails in the evening or over the weekend. Has not affected my career one iota, as far as I know.

Wait, is anyone seriously questioning whether these images have been heavily Photoshopped? Because DUH, it's FASHION. The video is right there. They have obviously whittled her down to look 20lbs lighter.

Yes, this. It's just not worth the lifetime of extra worry!

Only an idiot would think that.

Yeah, he claims he said 'fathead'... whatever. I don't think any of us can avoid picking up the prejudices of the time and the society we are brought up in, and some people find it impossible to police themselves when they're angry. I can believe he may very well have said 'faggot'; and if he did, I also can believe…

Maggot?

Not really. People are complex.

He's right about the media, though.

They don't just become farmers, they inherit the entire farm, no side-eye from anyone.

Think about it a bit.

Exactly.

You know, I get that people are irked by the nepotism thing, and the coming from a position of privilege - but you know what, we all have to use whatever connections we can to make it in this world, and if that person is talented, it doesn't bother me (I always think of Stella McCartney, for instance.) Because, if…

I can't even be arsed to copy and paste it.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Truly. Read my other post, since I can't be arsed to write it all out again.

Can we not do the tearing her apart thing again? All this talk about her being untalented is so much horse shit! I work in indie movies and you have NO idea how many truly awful scripts I read all the time - and many of them get made!* And then we get to the directing part, which is so incredibly difficult to get…

So true.