No "Thants" I don't think I was rude. Once again, I've combed these theads since I was in high school. I have been in plenty of discussions where anything I say leads to some kind of attack. One time, some idiot tried to lecture me that if a critic merely thinks a theme exists, then it exists. (Sorry, wrong. I was a…

Thank you for that clarification.

It's nice to know that there's always a combative troll to help me prove my point. I wasn't rude at all: I made my point with the level of esteem due to an Internet blogger. (Actually, I used a bit more.) You don't get to tell me I'm rude because of that. I made a comment, it led to a discussion, but I stand by my…

Oh, when I said "community" I meant "county" (my nephew is a ADHD/ODD with schizophrenic tendencies. Recently, he was dropped from health coverage and was refused psychiatrist visits, medication refills, referrals, and any other services until he was able to get another insurance. That's my county. If a parent doesn't…

I've been hanging around The Onion AV Club since high school. I've earned my right to characterize the assembled. I was merely explaining that there were going to be jackasses who would react negatively to my commentary (they always do.) I am sorry that you had a negative parental experience, and I know that anger…

I'm obnoxious? Why? Because my answer came with more questions? Because I have an opinion? Because I dare to get angry seeing so many people who refuse to believe that there isn't actually a "normal"? I'm being HONEST. I think that's the word you're looking for. (It's shorter.)

Thank you for your response. (Even if you did tell me to "calm down"—why should I have to calm down?) I realize it's a general waste of time to comment in this forum as they tend to be filled with sycophants and egomaniacs. I get that. I also "get" that most people have lived hundreds of years chalking up anyone who…

Wow Mr. VanDerWerff, I'm usually astounded by how ignorant you and your colleague, Mr. McFarland are in your reviews, but this really trumps all of the assumptive, shallow reviews I've seen. Aspergers Syndrome is part of Autism Spectrum Disorder, not mecessarily a "serious mental condition." It is a spectrum, with…

TV shows seem to get swapped around in bizarre syndication deals… And it's only getting worse with the streaming boom. (Fun fact: because syndication deals are usually built around 100 episodes, and most cable series are "limited run" some of them are lumped together by studios. Also, production studios and broadcast…

The program aired Sunday. The discussion was Monday. Today is Thursday. I believe the time has come for you to get the help that you desperately need: http://m.youtube.com/#/watc…

It's actually a certain type of woman. Alex Borstein is the major comedic voice of the writing, and there are elements to popular womanhood that are routine targets on the show.

No, we're hating this reviewer because he is emphatically bad at his job.

The visible pathos of Lois was the whole point: it hurts to be the "bigger person." If she wasn't supposed to be hurt, if you weren't supposed to pick up on that, it wouldn't have played like that.

I do take issue with the content of the review: misogyny is an over-used buzzword on this site and others. This cheapens the term, and when actual misogyny is present it will probably go unnoticed. Every form of popular media uses "cause-and-effect" or "initiation-and-response" to drive plot. A character suffering a…

I consider it a gift. Everyone could learn to be as gracious as I am…

1.) McFarland frequently misses cultural references in his vain attempts to be "deep" in the reviews. He is easily one the AVC's worst writers.
2.) When the plot has already been recapped, it is not necessary to constantly re-hash that information.
3.) Were @Blackfraiser my rhetoric teacher, I'd drop the class. (I…

Many reviewers, but AV Club most often, use misogyny as a blanket criticism for any work in which a male/female relationship is depicted. This type of "crying wolf" actually diminishes true criticism on the basis of misogyny. (For example, one of the most poisonous, misogynistic films of the past twenty years is "The…

@Smear-gel: Yes, thank you for that indelicate and obvious plot reiteration. You surely are a gift to the critical mind! I was unaware that in discussion of themes, one must be so literal… You are truly the greatest teacher of the art form. Now humbled by your brilliance, I yield to you the floor. (Translated for one…

I apologize for your extreme distress. My auto-correct constantly adds the apostrophe regardless of tense. As seen above, I was able to edit the word (it did take a moment because the editing field freezes.) I hope you and your blue pencil have an easy day on the comment boards!

I'm fascinated by the lack of literary analysis employed by nearly every AV Club reviewer. I wrote for my college paper, and in all of the talk about how "snarky" everyone planned to be or how "offensive" something was, only a couple of the writers ever wanted to look at something for its merits. Like many episodes of…