Yeah, I was thrown by that, too. And this was written by a woman. What the fuck?

It was quite generous. The white girls greatly appreciate your largesse.

You mean like Curb Your Enthusiasm?

A bit late here, but this is the author's mistake (now corrected, it looks like). He meant, "So as not to risk the Boston Herald running with it first." The film addresses the fact that the Phoenix had looked into the situation a lot more, and wrote an in-depth article about it, in the first twenty minutes. Although…

Yeah, it was pretty disturbing. On the other hand, look what he did to her. He married her, knowing he was gay, and then waited to come out until after it was way too late for her to move on and find someone else. He really fucked her. So, I can see why she's angry.

It's probably his class ring. Or maybe just a nifty statement piece he picked up at a mid-range jeweler at the mall.

Why are you so obsessed with when decades very technically begin and end? The 1960's, like any decade in the 20th century, really, are a cultural construct, not a ten-year marker of time. Ending Mad Men in 1969 would have been totally unnecessary.

Yep. A lot of shit came after Nirvana, but this is hardly Nirvana's fault.

I just watched Daughter from Denang. It was incredibly hard to watch. Basically, this woman goes to Vietnam to meet her birth parents, is touched to meet them, sees what desperate poverty they live in, decides there's no way she could live in this herself, and then refuses all pleas for money, after the first one.…

Hatred is a completely natural response to Ethan Hawke. I remember watching Training Day and thinking at one point, "oh YES they are going to off Ethan Hawke!" (spoiler: they did not).

Yeah, I would say that's the crux of the argument.

He's disappointed that someone could look at a wig like that and automatically think "afro." Small minds :D

Yeah, I feel the same way. Melissa McCarthy is funny as shit in her comedic roles, but I could do without all the pratfalls/getting hit or the "I'm basically a man" punchlines. They bring me down.

I also don't get it. She's a flawed, often mean, character. Like everyone else on this show. So why the shit-storm of hate for her, specifically?

Isn't acting essentially just finding what works and doing it? I feel like you're penalizing her acting skills because she makes it look easy.

Truly. How many people have actually read it? Five? There are probably large swathes of blank pages in there. I'll never know, because there's no way I'm attempting it.

Hard movie to watch, but worthwhile, I think.