That first scene of Ellie jogging in the gym was VERY Jodie Foster in the opening titles of Silence of the Lambs.

I think a reader has a right to confront the text as intended by the author, not some reputational whitewashing that may hide the author’s true beliefs from the very targets of their hate. In the case of H.P. Lovecraft, the racism is as important to him as his flights of fancy. We shouldn’t put creative works on life…

“I just can’t comprehend someone who can’t read offensive words.” If they were directed toward you and everyone you loved, maybe you’d feel differently. I understand why people are perfectly happy bypassing these literary works in favor of the many others who can entertain or engage without devolving into derogatory…

I understand why these IP owners want to keep these books on cultural life support by hiding (some) of the authors’ sins ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$) but it feels anti-historical to do so. The books of both of these men were written for specific people and implicitly not for others. Let today’s kids and other readers find other,…

Mort Walker chuckling from heaven...

You come for Mulgrew, you better not miss! 

Zaslav is the Xerox of cost-cutting streaming bosses. He’s not the only one, but he’s the one everyone knows.

Making money without working? What is she, a CEO? Seriously, though, if these people were buying up all the clothes people literally need to protect their bodies from the elements, the concern would make sense, but impractical fashiony items going for elevated prices aren’t going to hurt anyone materially. Question:…

South Side brought Always Sunny-level energy to everything it did. Truly going to miss it. There have been a lot of shows set in Chicago but few actually have felt genuine. (I loved Good Fight/Wife, but c’mon, Long Island City cannot stand in for Chi Town, and don’t get me started on the weird claustrophobic “Chicago”…

Never got our Gene Parmesan spinoff. 

This show will be something to behold whenever it burns off the plot it has to cater to from the games. I wish the creators felt free to break out of the bounds of the game beyond backstory flourishes. 

If there’s no Robert Wuhl, I walk. 

Iannucci has had a lot of trouble connecting outside the world of politics — I think maybe Alan Partridge works so well because Coogan’s character is super lived-in (a really specific performance).

I think any artist who did a sober-minded profit/loss analysis of the Halftime Show would find that the paltry money generated by streaming bumps or extra album sales aren’t worth any extra outlays beyond what a sponsor covers. As many have discovered, social media followers and .0000008 cents (or whatever) per stream…

In the same way Adam McKay keeps running from comedy, Iannucci clearly wants to be more than the “politics guy.” But neither has consistently thrived outside their wheelhouse. What makes Death of Stalin, The Thick of It and Veep so effective was the chasm between the gravity of the characters’ roles in society and…

Along with Hacks, this was one of the only shows that successfully made something interesting out of the clash of old-school and contemporary comedy mores. (I refuse to use the “w” word.) Plus, Johnny Knoxville was a sweet presence on the show. 

TL;DR: I demand to see Penn’s butt.

Anti white racism is serious! It’s the reason we only have 81 percent of CEO chairs and have only had all of the presidencies except two terms. That’s a major issue that should be brought up every time transphobia is mentioned because in the end it’s ALL ABOUT US. 

I had to look up the gasoline thing since Last Man on Earth (easily my favorite post-apocalyptic show by leaps and bounds) posited a world in which most gasoline was corrupted within about 2 years.

Calling Yellowstone “Succession but outside” is solid.