Hooray! Sia’s ableist movie lost.

It’s been a surprisingly good year for film, one of the few upsides (that it should go without saying are not worth the horrific tragedy) of COVID has been the increased focus on smaller, generally more  interesting films. It’s the Globes being a joke of an award ceremony that is the problem here.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend made this exact same joke, in a better way, 5 years ago:

Wanted is awful. Of his three initial creator-owned series, Chosen is by far the best. Unfunnies and Wanted are both profoundly off-putting and full of the rampant shock value Millar was really into at the time.

Agreed. I am not open hostile to either, in fact I love a lot of Bruce’s work, and certainly do appreciate Obama’s views and person.

Hey, can Ted Cruz come too?

Can’t wait to hear Shearer’s terrible, irrelevant take on this news.

Much like Aubrey, I went into that Dr. Oz episode thinking “well, I already know how bad this is - it’ll still be cathartic of course, but yeah.” Nope! Didn’t know it all! It was much worse than I thought!

Maintenance Phase is just so, so good as a podcast. I love singing its praises to anyone who will listen because…

That’s immediately what I thought too. Maybe 2-3 years ago, and mostly Youtube videos? 

Kind of, but if it’s a choice of subject for a Sia/Ziegler dance movie that’s appropriation. If it’s a movie that must be about autism and they chose to star Ziegler that’s more about representation (perhaps with a side of appropriation as well, depending.)

Yeah but the question is, did she want to make a dance movie starring Maddie (who seems to be her recurring muse/thinly veiled stand-in for some aspect of herself) or did she want to tell a story about autism? I’m putting all of my money on the former. Ziegler was almost certainly going to be the star of Sia’s first…

Would Sia have ever cast anyone but Ziegler? I have to think the movie was written with her in mind from the beginning and no one else would be considered. I also have to wonder if she really wanted to tell a story about autism or just saw it as a way to quickly define the character and get to the dance.

I’m starting to think that Tim Burton thinks “black people” means “goths”

If it's Tim Burton it's guaranteed to be full of white people

Christopher McDonald is a national treasure.

I’m glad to hear lung cancer has won its battle with Rush Limbaugh.

I know this is just a lazy joke but Peele isn't directing Candyman.

I think Michael B. Jordan probably edges him out a bit, but Plemons’s stardom is definitely surprising, especially when compared to the more conventional looks and talents of his co-stars. Adrianne Palicki and Taylor Kitsch have popped up in things but haven’t had roles that showcase a tenth of the talents they showed…

Those of us who mask properly might see some benefit, but in my opinion this recommendation is like a restaurant posting a sign that says “all employees must wash hands twice after using the restroom” - the employees that already wash are going to find it mildly helpful if redundant, and the employees who wipe their…