Sure, and how the US Archbishops remain far to the right of overall US Catholics is also a huge Issue (the one currently going after the Girl Scouts for including trans kids, for example). But premise is not quality. Premise is just premise. A movie about child abuse or the holocaust or poor people doesn't magically…

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I have nothing particular against Spotlight, but it was just so Oscars. Bunch of heroic (but educated, middle class) white people work in old media, serve as the underdog against corrupt, entrenched power and slowly beat the odds. It's pure Oscarism, no matter how well it might have done. Prestige in its bones.

What if you pulled it out of your ear? That would give the kids something to be entertained by.

I just hope they get right onto the make-up awards for the people that got shafted by him getting his make-up award. You don't want those things to linger too long.

The rest of that dog's litter were apparently a large percentage of this show's last episode's viewership.

Your honkers must be visible from space by now.

Much better film than TGSOE is a pretty big party. Maybe even a political party.

What about that one where you inject your own concentrated blood into your boobs. Batter make sure that didn't get left out!

At the risk, of, oh fuck it… white people issue movie about heroic old-media white people wins old white people big award. Yay.

Like "ha ha" at life in general, or some specific target?

We're all minorities because no one is like me.

The important thing is that the thing everyone was resigned to happenning because they know how the world works happened.

I'm amazed women can walk in those dresses that are dragging so much fabric on the carpet. But maybe it's something you can practice at?

The Power Comic is one of the most powerful things in the Marvel Universe.

Stilt-Man? Stilt-Man!

But… you could be someone's sexy neighbor! Yowza!

Yay, low-hanging fruit, woohoo. Yeah. I get that picking on truly terrible stuff by confused wannbee-artists might come across as mean, and maybe there's a point in bringing to focus that we still make cynical, big-budget schlock. But the staggering lack of effort on display in these awards themselves just feels…

I'd think second-episode ratings increases would be very rare. Usually you lose some people who were curious but decided they weren't that curious, and if it's a show that builds viewers over time it usually takes a few weeks for the word to get out that it's better than it sounds.

Is syndication really the cash-cow it was? Sure, the top shows run forever on cable networks, but just because your show hits 100 episodes doesn't suddenly mean it's appointment TV, or even just background TV. Why bother with reruns of Rules of Engagement when TBBT or Seinfeld or Law & Order is always on? Like DVDs,…