That’s it- it’s sleazy. There’s not even a hint of a redeemable character in it, and he dangles the killing over and over again, like it’s bait or something.

Star 80 seems like Bob Fosse having some kind of breakdown.  It’s just unbelievably creepy the way he handles the material. It’s like he’s rubbing your face in it.

Oh, they’ll trash him in a heartbeat if it suits their purposes. Time and time again you hear about how outside his die-hards no one actually likes him, they just put up with him partly because they’re frightened he’ll stir up h is base to sic primary challengers on them and partly because he’s actually doing…

Nah. Tiny Fey’s Hurt Feelings: The Episode is the only bad half hour of Kimmie Schmidt.

I also remember. I particularly remember that one of the Asian Americans says “I can’t breathe”, then thinks she may have offended herself and ... vanishes in a beam of light? Or something? Not sure what Fey was going for there except “fuck you if you’re upset about things.”

Fey’s had a long history of racism-related fuckery. I’m surprised it’s taken this long to bite her in the ass.

Remember how Fey was miffed at people for being put off by the one “Kimmy Schmidt” episode where a group of offended college students protest Titus’s yellowface routine, only to come around because he sang so beautifully in full geisha costume? And that people who called it out said stuff like “well he’s Black…

You have an extraneous “or” in the second half, there. If they’re a qualified Neo-Trump, they will do both, and without an ounce of self-awareness.

Completely agree. It’s absolutely a tough watch and just a bizarre (completely sleazy, imo) film. I suppose I can see how it fit into Fosse’s wheelhouse but it’s just so damn dark and tragic.

Who would have thought Justin Beiber of all people would have a mature response to something like this. I appreciate that he said “Every claim of sexual abuse should be taken very seriously”.  

I’m with you on Bogdanovich - the guy was a typical Hollywood predator who couldn’t keep his hands off his starlets.

I was not expecting to see someone go in so hard on Cybill Shepherd to day. Yowza. 

Heres a good question.  What political film has become the most dated because of recent politics?  I'm voting for Face in the Crowd.  In the movie the villain gets caught and his supporters turn on him.  That film was derided back in the day for being too cynical.  Now its an optimistic fantasy to believe supporters…

Being a bit hard on Cybill Shepherd there.  

As long as he also opened a tea shop and posed for the cover of cat magazines to balance it out, we’re still good.

Very interested to check out the podcast about Polly Platt. It’s really disgraceful how overlooked her contributions were to Last Picture Show. On a semi-related note, I recently watched They All Laughed, Star 80, and One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film. Watching those three films back…

I know, Watergate and Vietnam and all that, but if Nixon made Siamese Dream and Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, I’d vote for him.

I’m only going from the wiki page, but I don’t think ‘Onward’ had much if anything to do with Lasseter’s influence, so yeah, your assumption is probably about right. I’m curious as hell to see ‘Soul’, myself. I think Pete Docter has been one of the best minds they’ve had over there for a while, and to see what he…

I don’t think I’ll ever see this movie.

I would argue that Helen is the actual protagonist of the movie Incredibles 2, which would make it four female leads (along with Brave, Finding Dory, and Inside Out).

But the marketing still focused on the entire family, so I guess it’s kind of a wash. Still a sadly low number out of 22 movies.