Given the new stuff coming out about Majors, this doesn’t seem like a good moment to pursue the topic further. I’ll just say I think the broader issue of domestic violence in society needs to be looked at systemically. It’s not a matter of “blaming” someone’s actions on one particular external circumstance, it’s about…

And that choice is a mistake whether the person thinks it is or not. The semantics there don’t seem very relevant. Lots of people make choices, even habitual choices, they regret. There’s a broad spectrum of desire and capacity for change. It’s different for everyone. It’s great you don’t think you have the capacity…

It’s objectively a mistake regardless of what Majors thinks. If you mean it could be a chronic thing he has no intention of changing, yes, of course that’s extremely possible.

Yeah, about two thirds of American women and three fourths of American men don’t experience that at all, lucky ducks, depending on how you measure. That means the amount of people who do experience some form of domestic violence is absolutely staggering and represents a systemic issue that needs to be evaluated in…

Obviously. People make mistakes. That we acknowledge people who make them are also human beings with their own problems doesn’t make them not mistakes.  

You know, there is some possibility that relationships, even dysfunctional ones or ones that have really dark moments, are complicated and don’t fit into the narratives of outside observers who don’t know what’s going on.  

There are people in my life who I like, empathize with and in many ways respect who have political views with which I strongly disagree. Also, I regularly bludgeon puppies to death.

That movie is like cringe comedy without the funny.  

And DeNiro’s funniest performance in general.

Or Jason Takes Various Locations in British Columbia. 

“Problematic” of course just means scrutiny, which in theory means accountability, so the view is characteristically backward. On the other hand, if Tarantino knows he probably shouldn’t go there given who he is, good on him for leaving it alone.

But it’s not remotely erotic.  

Nosferatu meets the first part of Jason Takes Manhattan.

I don’t know what’s going on, but the internet was a mistake.  

I’m glad you appreciate Leaving New York. I find it good, not fantastic. Of course you’re right that Around the Sun is overall bereft of energy. It seems to have the elements of a good album but it just can’t take flight so it sinks into a bland, creamy mush.  It’s really Up that starts that whole phase. But the thing…

Manuel seems to like the show at this point less than I do overall. Is this C+ for Ted Lasso, or C+ for, you know, television? Because this does not feel like C+ television to me even if it clearly isn’t a highlight Lasso episiode. That said, yes, the bullying thing could have gone somewhere much more interesting than…

Thoughts:

I actually do think artists appreciate being told their work is meaningful so long as you’re not weird about it. My favorite semi-celeb meeting with Matt Gourley and Mark McConville involved a brief chat about LA eating spots and me briefly expressing my enjoyment of their work. It was nice and I’m relatively sure I…