Tim Roth has not aged well...

I was just about to say the same thing.

Thank you. And I now realize that SO many jurisdictions are ‘guilty’ of this, although it’s not even a criminal offense in some places. Ferguson, MO comes to mind.

I have to disagree. I think that during that ‘place and time’ date rape was just more acceptable—even predictable—but no less horrible. And there are PLENTY of stories and tropes that bear that out. But, I, too, am glad we can now call it out.

Funny (not really) that the Mae West version leaves out the worst of the lyrics, as they come in later verses (‘How could you do this to me’?!?!). So, while the older version is obviously played, here, as ‘willing woman fighting societal norms’, the lyrics do not support that, at all. So, play it the way you want, but…

Agreed. I recently did this, in preparation for VII. However, since I had some time, I also did 5.5 seasons of SW: THE CLONE WARS animated series. It vastly improved by experience of I-III, in that it really explores Anakin’s transition to Vader.

Also, after reading the theory that Jar-Jar may originally have been…

Or worse, history lessons from yesterday. :(

Good ol’ Alan—the wingman with wings.

Well, ol’ Chuck (Williams, the founder) kicked a few days ago. I wonder if the catalog tone will change next year.

I love TAL, but can take it only in small doses. Not because of any kind of ‘twee’ factor, but because most of the time I’ve listened, the stories have been gutting. TAL stories can be every bit as horrifying as what comes out of 24-hour news outlets, but TAL gets to the center of those stories. Bluster I can easily…

It’s a shame that you would do that. I, however, accuse someone of hyperbole when s/he makes hyperbolic statements. That’s where you and I seem to part company.

I do not care, one way or the other, about Baker and his character. And, I was following your threads, and appreciating your stance of ‘innocent until proven guilty’. Also, Baker is not being tried on Gawker, and will have his day in court, with, I’m sure, good representation. But when you pull out a lynching…

“...but has already started tying the ropes up the tree...”
You’re gonna go with this analogy? For Ernest Baker in a domestic dispute? When things actually close to this analogy—and worse—are happening right now?

I’m sorry, but your absurd use of hyperbole is not serving you well, here, counselor.

I’m just glad there won’t be another totally shitty ‘book’ for me to ignore. I haven’t made it through Snooki’s opuses yet.

In New York City, this problem led to two things: (1) Greenwich Village—the northern summer getaway village where the rich fled to avoid the annual cholera outbreak from a large, open cesspool that became... (2) Canal Street. Aaron Burr won the bid to turn the cesspool into a canal that would flush the waste into one…

Probably should have said ‘popular’ movie?

Crowe wrote, but didn’t make, FAST TIMES. Amy Heckerling did.

Looks like an old Anthropologie catalog for that very reason.

Yes. Here is a lovely, playful book that you can use to teach the alphabet.

Well, these days, if we consider the shitty drivel that usually seeps out of Hollywood’s pipeline, and compare it to the best of what’s on television (subscription, mostly), Tarantino may have been accidentally paying SELMA a compliment. The movie industry is much drier, creatively, than TV. (and this from a lifelong…