The Daily Show was absolutely a sacred cow at the time in the sense that it was pretty much universally critically lauded and no one left-of-center wanted to criticize it. It was winning Emmys as basically an annual ritual at that point. That’s why Fey mock whispers in that part of the interview; she knows she’s…

I wasn’t arguing that (though I think you could theoretically argue that a show like The Simpsons which pervasively uses stereotypes in a satiric or parodic context - which young children simply aren’t equipped to understand - is perhaps different from something that only passively reinforces stereotypes, sure). I…

I mean, I still like Chinatown, and Manhattan, and Thriller. To a certain degree you do have to separate the art from the artist.

Stallone has been accused of rape, including of a teenager.

I think you’re getting way too defensive over a specific show you were a fan of (and I was too, although I don’t think the “clapter” term is necessarily an unfair characterization of a lot of the show’s material even at its height. Rob Corddry even voiced frustrations about it while he was still there). Yes, she…

Well again, I think you are taking those comedians’ comments in the wrong context. When Tina Fey spoke about it in some interview she was well on to 30 Rock and speaking to that experience as well, not just SNL. Again, I don’t like SNL, but it’s a common term used by people who have nothing to do with SNL and the use…

Separating it out from previous presidents, as if there’s no precedent for it or things would otherwise be okay without Trump being there, is VASTLY more dangerous. Honestly, if there is a silver lining to his presidency, it’s that a lot of centrist libs are finally waking up to the fact that bad things that were…

“The “norms” I’m referring to go beyond campaign rhetoric. We simply haven’t had a President like this before who cares so little for the institutional norms and functionality of our system of government”

You’ve seen how the GOP in general is, right? You remember Bush? No, these things are not actually new. Some of…

I’m being purposefully somewhat simplistic for effect, but that is partly what I’m talking about. “Norms” were never as good as you think they were and they never mattered as much as you think they did or do. As someone who ABHORS Trump, I really could not give two shits about him mocking John McCain or calling Rubio…

Eh, as far as this particular level of cartoonish exaggeration maybe, but people who act like this is wholly unprecedented have a pretty short memory considering George W. Bush was still president only a decade ago. And even then, what we’re ultimately talking about now is the guy being excessively mean on Twitter.…

I might be mistaken but I think the article headline is (intentionally or otherwise) misleading about the films being released on the same day. The last Jumanji was released a week or two after Last Jedi, so technically was released in December and “opposite” weeks where TLJ was still going strong in theaters. That…

Not to belittle the issue, but I genuinely wonder how much better the whole thing would be if America had just accepted from the beginning that The Simpsons (despite being animated) was NOT a kids’ show. So many of the stories we hear are about kids being shitty and bullying other kids with Apu. Well, why were they…

“So, if you’re reading this, Rick And Morty writer Jessica Gao, Tyrion Lannister and the Game Of Thrones showrunners salute you.”

I probably shouldn’t expect better at this point but for whatever reason it persistently bothers me that people writing for a site like the A.V. Club don’t understand that shows like this…

I mean, this is largely true, but it’s also so broadly true of any fictional universe with a narcissistic sociopath at its center that I’m not sure it’s really a useful observation or worth holding against the actual work. For reference, see how a certain section of the audience reacted to characters like Archie…

I don’t disagree about Myers (who I am not a fan of) or the superiority of TCR and TDS to SNL at the time which is why I quit SNL ages ago actually, but in the context Myers used it in it was supposed to be a warning to HIMSELF to avoid that trap as much as possible. That’s the thing I was trying to illustrate;…

Or, to put it another way, movie studios will continue to release films in months that Star Wars movies come out. As they always have.

Christ, even with Star Wars out it’s not like movies aren’t going to come out in the biggest non-summer blockbuster period of the year. Come on.

I mean, Kanye was always like this well before Trump was president. So was Scott Adams. For that matter, Trump’s height as a celebrity was probably in the 80s and early 90s and he wasn’t really different then from how he is now. Probably the biggest difference is that Hollywood liberals are no longer sucking up to him…

Yeah, it would slot in so well in between movies where the character is played by a totally different actor of the same age.

The hallmark of The Simpsons is basically intensely stereotypical or archetypal characters, who when developed reveal unexpected depths beyond their immediate characterization. Even the family falls into this - they’re a parody of the family units of 50s sitcoms and to some extent 80s sitcoms The Simpsons was…

That’s all just a way of saying that they believe all the same things Trump does but wish he wasn’t so rude on Twitter. It’s meaningless. National Review publishes race science bullshit, it’s never been enlightened.