That’s true for some of the loudest people for sure, but immediately after it came out I heard from plenty of people with more measured critiques that did not come from a place of entitlement. Our asian female friend with a Rey sweatshirt (not exactly the Comic Book Guy stereotype) was ranting about how they treated…

The original show didn’t last long enough for a standard syndication package. Maybe it’s just not a big enough thing to be worth rebooting.

I liked Last Jedi a lot, saw it three times, got the Blu-Ray and a plush Porg. But I think it’s a bit simplistic to say all the negative reactions were just entitled whiners. There are legitimate critiques to be made of it. And Solo has invited a lot more obvious trepidation.

At the time The Daily Show disinvited him, the only significant allegation was that he had beaten Rhianna. Which is very serious of course, and worth the disinvitation, but arguably not even quite as bad as what Blaine is accused of, so why the inconsistency? I have a lot of possible theories in my mind (racism,…

I never had anything against him before last year, but I mean, rape allegations will certainly change your perception of a person.

This show did a bunch of bits that (rightfully) went after a bunch of alleged sexual predators, and Chris Brown was disinvited from the show because of the allegations against him.

Yet here we have David Blaine, accused rapist, laughing it up on a comedy show, and even The A.V. Club is apparently uninterested in…

Yeah, cause that’s definitely how rape accusations work. As long as the allegation is put out there and the cops “investigate” it the accused is always convicted. Yeah, sure.

Let’s be real: it’s impossible to know for 100% certain whether Blaine did this (that’s true of many if not most crimes, and rape is notoriously…

Yes and no; the ratings have fallen quite a bit, and given the inflated producer and voice actor salaries (though they were actually cut several years ago in exchange for keeping the show going) it’s almost a certainty that the show does not make a profit when it is actually on air. However, as writer/producer Mike…

It should be said though that the famous victim is not the ONLY victim. Several more came forward late last year with very similar stories, spanning decades. And they haven’t forgiven him.

I mean, you might be right about it being too difficult to make the legal case for, but it should probably be said that LOTR is obviously a way bigger hit than something like Double Jeopardy (which I haven’t seen or even heard of until now) and I think there’s still at least a strong theoretical argument to be made…

I feel like I’m seeing echoes of Miramax in A24 (which has made a bunch of movies I’ve loved) and I’ve started worrying about whether we’ll see a similar thing happen there. Although I don’t know if there’s as much a cult of personality around any specific figure there.

Although this is true, it’s not like Apu doesn’t have negative traits as well (selling expired meats, reveling in Marge’s jailing for shoplifting, his occasionally explosive temper). You could argue the outside/real-world context is different compared to other stereotypes on the show certainly, but he really is one of…

I haven’t watched in a decade, but yeah that was the prevailing shift in the late 90s and early 2000s episodes (seasons 10-12). From what I recall, for a few seasons after that they did sort of right the course with him somewhat, but he was never quite the same. I gave up around 2006 though.

Clickhole, and yeah I immediately thought of it too.

Meh, it was funnier when Clickhole did basically the same joke.

(Wouldn’t let me edit, but looking at his quote I see what you’re saying - he implies that only the “best” immigrated from India, which is implicitly a negative statement about those who stayed there. Yeah, that’s fucked up in its own right.)

In fairness I think he’s talking about immigrants (including second or third generation or whatever) specifically, Indian Americans basically, but I still take issue with his implicit stance that it’s inherently less worthy of respect for someone to be working as a store clerk or whatever. It seems like a lot of these…

Groening’s response is terrible but I can’t decide if Shankar’s classist response (yes, immigrants are only worthwhile of respect if they’re CEOs of capitalist leach tech companies, thanks bro) is even worse.

Real talk, the people playing respectability politics with Kathy Griffin’s photoshoot or whatever, and all the people doing the same now with Wolf, are showing their cards. No one can claim to be meaningfully “resisting” Trump when they think he of all people (or his staffers and collaborators) aren’t deserving of…

I’ve tried watching it. I can’t get past how annoying the kids are, particularly their voices and the constant yelling. To be honest, The Simpsons is the only one of these “dysfunctional family” shows I’ve ever liked, with the exception of a brief flirtation with Family Guy when I was younger (before I grew up a…