I'm not sure I'd use Ted Sr./Janet as a compare/contrast either, but these are the relationships the show is presenting, so I'm working from what I'm seeing. And I agree that she said some regrettable things, but from a dramatic perspective I liked the shading it gave their relationship-as I said, it gave me an…

I think this hits at the thing that keeps me from the 'well, Ted Jr. isn't all bad' sentiment. In his scenes with Tawny he always seems to have this carefully rehearsed 'God's will' kind of service to her deep ties to religion, and yet he has no obvious use for it himself. My sense is that someone who shares a…

I have to agree about both Mondo and Sister Christian. I think Mondo deserved to win his original season but I think he's since worn out his welcome; I do like Christina Hendricks in Siriano's stuff, but I can't really think of anyone else who wears him particularly well. I like his work but I don't really love it.

Add 'matronly' and 'taste issues' to that!

It also seemed like the only time she suspected anything at all, and it was so fleeting. I thought for a second that maybe Linda was being devious in the same way Lester was, playing a type, and perhaps that Lester may have underestimated her..but nope.

I agree with everything here! I especially like your point about the idea that yes, you don't just get to pursue flights of fancy even if you have potential that has been unfortunately overlooked. I thought this was a great point that the show made. I was simply disappointed that it was the wife that expressed the…

Fair enough. I apologize, if that's allowed around here. This whole thing really got out of control.

Thanks for that, surely I'm a moron and don't know the difference.

Look, you're not on trial here, and you seem to be obsessed with having the last word, so this is all I'm going to say. It seemed to me that all of these attacks on Sonya would have been much less personal if the writer in question had been male. This happens all the time. I'm not going to go through every comment…

He thinks all women are 'angry' apparently.

I'm not looking through every post for a specific reaction, but I thought I saw one. And I think my point, and my agreement with the other poster still stands-it's NOT the casting, it's the writing.

Just chiming in to agree, especially since I see more than a few 'This is a great character because she's hot/sexy' comments that are not surprising but pretty annoying anyway.

This book is on my (sadly, very short) summer reading list, and this makes me look forward to reading it even more! I think Nyong'o is absolutely wonderful and I hope this project works out.

I think what stays with me is the profound un-translatibility (thanks for pointing out that this isn't a word, spell check!) of what the boys encounter. I love that it is in the conversation between Liebgott and one of the survivors, both of them at a loss for words for so many reasons. The disbelief on their faces.

They did really go to town with that discussion of Ginsberg, though-now that I think about your comment as a joke, I'm giggling!

Random dig at TLo? Their reviews are fantastic.

So did I. When I was a kid I really liked that property for whatever reason (I always imagined it would be pretty there since it had 'Gardens' in it, goofy kid logic) and would always buy it. I never thought it would come in handy for anything-not even trivia.

Haha, how did I miss that!? I wish I'd made that joke intentionally.

I'm glad you responded. I won't speak for you, but I know that if I have a lot invested in something I watch I also have a strong sense of 'how' that thing should be experienced. It can be frustrating or even annoying to me if someone is just not seeing the work the way I am, and I really do have to remind myself that…

FYI, Tom and Lorenzo do two reviews, a straight analysis and my favorite, 'Mad Style'. 'Mad Style' usually goes up on Wednesdays.