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Don’t you dare compare Kevin Smith to the garbage that was Garden State. At the worst Kevin Smiths message was never as harmful as “don’t take your medicine” or “give up on your dreams”.

I have a weird, Gen-X, reader-of-People-Magazine-in-the-eighties investment in Drew Barrymore’s success and happiness.  So this news disappoints me.

I used to read about Bjork’s shenanigans and think “wow, that’s cool.” Then I’d read about Gaga and think “ok...weird, but whatever.” Now I read about this and by the end of the article I’m not so much thinking anything, as I am realizing that my face is involuntarily doing this strange kind of Clint Eastwood thing.

The final scene doesn’t take place in Israel, but in Germany. The address is Alte Straße 537, and the girl says “Danke” to Charlie.

Charlie didn’t screw up at the Austrian border. She knew she couldn’t play it cool, so she leaned into her nerves, played them up, and bought the Slivovka so it could be found, which gives the border guards a reason for her nervousness and they stop looking for more serious contraband.

Is this where I sign up for the witch hunt? Do you know if they have pitchforks for rent or do I need to provide my own?

And when two female characters the same age meet, they’re positioned in opposition, and not as friends. Because there can be only girl, amirite? Eleven hating Max immediately really rubbed me the wrong way, especially because it’s implied she reacts to Max that way because she’s possessive of Mike. Aka bitches be

At what point does mere flirting (no matter how awkward) turn into harassment?

“At what point does mere flirting (no matter how awkward) turn into harassment?”

Pretty much... the exceptions being Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges, and the kid who plays Manny on Modern Family.