we’re just going to have to live with it

She won n Oscar in 2016. Wether you think she deserved it or not, that’s an intense level of scrutiny.

I would actually push back on the idea that “theme park ride” movies are the antithesis to what Scorsese makes or likes. As someone upthread just reminded me, Scorsese made Hugo, which is totally a theme-park-ride-movie, it’s all chase scenes and visual effects.

Maybe different examples would suit your argument better, because Mondrian’s political convictions and philosophy came about before his famous works. He was a fairly ordinary representational painter until after the outbreak of WWI, which was a radicalizing moment for him that led him first to theosophy, and then to…

... Does it? Nobody I know has actually subscribed to Apple TV past their free month.

Both Mondrian and Pollock would tell you their work was explicitly political - Mondrian was a utopian who thought purified aesthetics could purify social ills, Pollock’s work was part of an attempt to remove historical content from art leading to - as Harold Rosenberg put it - “liberation from value.” Of course this…

Six Feet Under had a great, totally casual abortion storyline. The trauma is entirely from finding out that she’s pregnant from her ex, and the abortion is a relief.

When people try to say things like “not all art is political” it indicates they don’t really understand what the word “politics” means. It’s impossible to make anything within a society that doesn’t reflect some aspect of that society’s structure - who is in the work? Who isn’t? What is it made from? What were the…

Actors these days often have contractual obligations to promote their work on social media. For example, Wu, signed on to Crazy Rich Asians 2 years ago, before any of this, and her contract from then may have stipulations about her promoting the film online.

The national average isn’t particularly relevant in an area with extremely high cost of living. He can’t get that $200 a day and then drive six hours to somewhere he can afford rent.

The reflective hanging things definitely do something to flies, because I have a crystal chandelier, and when they get in the house they end up circling around it for hours, ignoring the bins or the kitty litter or the catfood. Even in the day when the lights are off. It makes sense that they could be disoriented - it…

What? Lots of people have quietly left Scientology. If you don’t badmouth them or try to get your money back, they’ll usually leave you alone.

children getting raped and impregnated is a normal fact of life

I’ve had digestion issues several times after eating at fancy vegan restaurants, which is surprising because I’ve usually got an iron stomach. I do wonder if there’s some particular combination of unusual fats/fibres/proteins that the more processed vegan foods contain that some people are sensitive to. I’ve never had…

Her family were definitely not big fans of the adult man who was dating their daughter, but because they were in Germany and he was going back to America soon they figured it wasn’t going to go anywhere. And then Elvis went back to America, and they kept up a long-distance relationship until she essentially ran away…

There’s actually a fair bit of research on this - men often have fewer and dimmer memories of childhood because they’re not encouraged to write diaries or talk in detail about their day. When we talk to little girls, we ask them “What did you do today?” When we talk to little boys, we’re more likely to ask “What do…

He has four projects in post or pre-production right now, as of IMDB. I’d say he’s doing just fine.

Playing along sounds like it would be fun, but look up Isaac Kappy. The short version of the story is that he was a small time actor and conspiracy theorist with a few celebrity friends, and when he was telling said celebrities QAnon conspiracy theories they thought it was hilarious and told him it was all true. His…

I’d say The Staircase is more complicated than most True Crime trash, because it’s largely about questionable police conduct and the trial system. Those are things that need to be examined and critiqued, and there’s not many fruitful ways to do that without examining real life cases.

That’s just going to be true in any time-shifted model