It seems like there’s a lot of 1 for 1 character substitution, down to Zazu as Polonius and Timon and Pumbaa’s slightly more effectual Rosencrantz & Guildenstern.

That seems to be true. The most popular animated crush objects tend to be human, but women my age talk about that Robin Hood like he was Harrison Ford, only British.

And all this time I thought it was just Disney’s Animals Do Hamlet, like what they did with their foxy Robin Hood picture.

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I feel like there’s a whole underground network of ex-girlfriends of philosophy undergrads that has been condescendingly given this book as a primer/compatibility test, and would love nothing more than to see it fired into the sun.

A spouse should absolutely listen and provide support when faced with this kind of revelation. But based on his letter he didn’t confess or acknowledge his victimhood or even repent in a serious and thoughtful way. He shared as if it was a naughty little secret, and that’s a dealbreaker if there ever was one.

If we’re doing an alt-comedy Catch-22, then here goes:

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I’m sure there are very good legal and financial reasons for it, but I would think at some point someone would see all the money left on the table and try to “disrupt” the status quo, and make it a mission to bring interested parties to the table and figure something out. Especially once the domestic also-rans and…

I love the show so much, but there’s a tiny part of my brain that’s starting to worry the show might get too impressed with itself and become some sort of “Sophie’s World but a half hour comedy.”

Geolocks and arcane international broadcast rights are increasingly pissing me off. It’s an internet cliche by now, and it baffles me that media companies aren’t more invested in solving the problem.

The first story suffered from a ridiculousness that was exponentially increased by Dr. Dawson’s resemblance to Rob Huebel, and by the story’s resemblance to a Children’s Hospital episode were Huebel’s Dr. Owen Maestro temporarily kills himself so he can bang a ghost.

Derek Wilson’s performance on Future Man was one of the year’s best, and it’s a shame it’ll be overlooked for awards consideration and left off almost every year-end list. It’s so good it elevates the show from a clever execution of a basic premise to something genuinely impressive.

As you said, I think it’s pretty clear that names don’t actually draw, at least not anymore. What they do do is lend legitimacy to a project, which is why a tarnished image is ruinous to an actor.

I always knew the reason was sexism, but I assumed it was the traditional sexism to which women are subjected as they age—the old “trade’em in for a newer model” chestnut.

mother! has some problems--notably it’s brilliant-for-a-sophomore screenplay, but that last 20 minutes: Holy Shit. It’s astonishing even just on a purely technical level.

Part of me thinks I would love a Womp it Up/Teacher’s Lounge crossover, and part of me thinks it would be a trainwreck.

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