Ah, yes, thank you! This is exactly what I meant. I should have been more clear about the distinction between his music and his attitude or pose.

I'm kind of astounded that El-P isn't considered more of a god. "Dear Sirs" from "I'll Sleep When You're Dead" came on in my car the other day and I almost had to pull over. It's dense and deep.

I was walking in downtown San Francisco last summer and a guy on a Harley drove through BLASTING "The Fat Boys Are Back." He was proud and his face was hard. It was amazing.

One thing to know about Americans: If you say something that seems even mildly critical of even the most manifestly obvious American problems, some American will try to shout you down by taking credit for WWII.

Someone has to counteract the dumb American president lecturing Europeans in Europe about how dumb he thinks they are, I guess.

One could argue that liberal echo-chamber comedy is partly a response to the fact that extreme partisanship has rendered honorable public outrage moot. If we can't even agree on basic facts anymore, then deploring a negative situation gets you nowhere. It's nigh impossible to persuade people when they don't even allow…

Well, Oliver's opening bit is a recap of headlines, which tend to be Trumpy, but then his longer pieces are often about other topics. Recently, he's done: the dialysis industry, net neutrality, the French election, gerrymandering, cannabis, the budget, healthcare…

Putting roody-poo in italics was priceless. I nearly spit out my coffee. Well done.

Hong Kong and Japanese movies have plenty of guns and basically no gun violence. Movies aren't to blame. America is just a violent, stupid place.

And call me naive, but if he changes what's possible by being both indifferent to hip-hop and successful, then maybe hip-hop will evolve in interesting ways when someone smarter comes along. I'm not an expert, but I was excited when I realized some years ago that hip-hop was mature enough to have both mainstream and…

I haven't heard his music—I read the article because I recognized him from that meme about not knowing what a cello was, and I also think his name is annoyingly funny, like a Tim & Eric parody—but I find myself charmed by his total lack of respect for hip-hop history.

I agree with those who say Netflix would be better served beefing up its back catalogue that adding all these new shows. I'd also dump Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards (I can't stand either). Give us more 70s and 80s movies.

Also, as I recall, the SNL monologue hinged on Chappelle's request for mutual respect. His willingness to give Trump a chance was conditional, or even secondary to his obvious concern about the people made vulnerable by Trump's victory. Given the anger and racial animus radiating out from Trump's rallies and speeches…

Don't worry, I was just doing a joke.

Ha! This is my kind of zinger. With your permission, I'd like to use this one some time.

That's why France fell to the Nazis. Millions might have joined the Resistance! They showed up with berets cocked at a rebellious angle and self-rolled cigarettes clamped in their resolute teeth… but then they heard the elite Camus and Sartre types bagging on dummies and decided they were fine with the Nazis.

And if it weren't for that remark swaying millions of voters, we might have a totally different president. Chappelle is the Comey of comedy!

Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.

You might say the secret ingredient that we're missing from genre pictures is Dan O'Bannon.

I haven't seen the Red Owl since I left the U.P. of Michigan back in the 90s…