As a deeply reserved person—like, cork lined room levels of austere—if I have to choose between “rowdy bookclub at the next table on a wine train” and “rowdy bookclub humiliated and thrown off the train into the waiting arms of the cops” I will pick the former every time. I can tune out loud laughter. I can’t tune out…

“hoot and holler”

You’re a racist asshole. Rethink your life choices.

Oy, she is not a victim of slavery. She is a victim of a patriarchal arrangement; she is a victim of capitalism, which values ownership and propriety over labor. She is not anyone’s legal property, to be bought and sold, in the same manner as slaves. She receives remuneration for her labor, and was given the right to…

Maybe she was a water delivery person

I prefer to think of it more as Beyoncé covering Dolly Parton, who wrote it in 1973 and recorded it first.

Let’s stipulate that Uzo Aduba would have killed as Nina Simone. Can we have a moment of sympathy for Zoe Saldana?

This. It’s Full House rebooted- if you had high expectations of it, your disappointment is purely your own fault. PG entertainment (and entertainment doesn’t mean that it’s high quality) with a lot of nostalgia and maybe a fleeting glimpse of the innocence you once had when DJ got her first kiss.

From what I’ve read (not much) it seems like this is what they were going for... like it is supposed to feel EXACTLY like the original in every cringe-worthy detail, and take you back. YMMV?

As TERRIBLE as it is-it’s weirdly watchable? Like I watched 4 episodes in a row last night, and I couldn’t figure out WHY I kept watching but I didn’t turn it off (until my husband came home and I quickly turned it off out of shame like a 12 year caught watching porn).

I totally agree. So many people are like “agh this show is awful!” and it’s like “yeah... it’s always been awful. what did you expect?” It’s not like it was some sophisticated art or something. It was a corny family sitcom. Why are we so shocked that the reboot is another corny family sitcom? What were we hoping for?

Full House was always corny. Fuller House is the same corniness with jokes appropriate for modern time.

I have two episodes left to watch and really, I don’t find it all that bad. That moment where Stephanie tells DJ she “can’t” have kids brought me nearly to tears. I remember being 15 (!!!!!) and being told by a doctor that getting pregnant would be very risky for me and that I better not have any. I do have to say…

Without comment as to the actual substance of the story: this is so bizarre:

Is it bad that I almost feel bad for Saldana? I mean I know she’s wrong for the part and that she seems to be kind of an asshole, but I can’t imagine the humiliation and horror of being regularly and publicly called out by the estate of the person I’m set to play in a movie. I squirm in contact embarrassment every…

Apologies concerning the failed descriptor. I hope never to make that mistake again; certainly not with you.

I made that comment in relation to Zoe Saldana, who is Afro-Latino

A lot of AA black men are raised to think that too (and/or end up thinking it after watching too much BET - they just don’t say it out loud.

It’s ridiculously hard to get into politics as a grassroots campaign because of the big money involved here. That’s why it’s cool when Deray launched his campaign to be mayor of Baltimore like this but it helped so much that he has a recognizable name and the blue vest helps a lot. I remember an upstart Dem trying to…

I think it’s awesome that you are voting against your own interests and don’t even care!