@avclub-1cdd3d1e53f96ae7894ff6d46f59f2e0:disqus Your argument is  basically invalidated by every gun control law in every other country ever.

C'mon, there's a whole joke in A Boy Named Charlie Brown where Lucy as his new publicity agent gives him a "new look" by pulling one his few hairs.

C'mon, there's a whole joke in A Boy Named Charlie Brown where Lucy as his new publicity agent gives him a "new look" by pulling one his few hairs.

Teti's anecdote is the best because it would fit right in on Louie. We're through the looking glass, people.

Teti's anecdote is the best because it would fit right in on Louie. We're through the looking glass, people.

I was 14, and one day I sat down to eat dinner with the family, and my mom asked me if I wanted to put on the "Making of Speed" (long since taped over with some Skinemax.) A very tense silence followed, and then out of sheer obstinance I said, "Fine!" and went to go get it, and my mom basically said, "Never mind" and…

I was 14, and one day I sat down to eat dinner with the family, and my mom asked me if I wanted to put on the "Making of Speed" (long since taped over with some Skinemax.) A very tense silence followed, and then out of sheer obstinance I said, "Fine!" and went to go get it, and my mom basically said, "Never mind" and…

This besmirching of Caddyshack shall not go unpunished. Pistols at dawn, sir.

This besmirching of Caddyshack shall not go unpunished. Pistols at dawn, sir.

Kind of like the talkies ruined all those actors with no ability to subtly emote with their words.

Kind of like the talkies ruined all those actors with no ability to subtly emote with their words.

I find Oliver Stone's refusal to use his characters real or fictional as little Punch and Judy puppets for moralizing to be really refreshing, actually. He seems as a whole pretty disinterested with good vs. evil, while also acknowledging that Hollywood needs that to sell the picture.

I find Oliver Stone's refusal to use his characters real or fictional as little Punch and Judy puppets for moralizing to be really refreshing, actually. He seems as a whole pretty disinterested with good vs. evil, while also acknowledging that Hollywood needs that to sell the picture.

I used to think Sky Captain was amazing. From an aesthetic sense, it still is. But it has no stakes whatsoever. It's all pulp and no heart.

I used to think Sky Captain was amazing. From an aesthetic sense, it still is. But it has no stakes whatsoever. It's all pulp and no heart.

Yeah, he appears with his wife on a 60 Minutes clone in season 5 a la the Jennifer Flowers thing.

Yeah, he appears with his wife on a 60 Minutes clone in season 5 a la the Jennifer Flowers thing.

Ironic, considering Mo Yan's work is steeped in Chinese-specific culture and symbolism and is generally considered a hyper-Sinophile writer espousing traditionalism and Communist principles  (in a good way) - so not exactly Albert Schweitzer, you know?

Ironic, considering Mo Yan's work is steeped in Chinese-specific culture and symbolism and is generally considered a hyper-Sinophile writer espousing traditionalism and Communist principles  (in a good way) - so not exactly Albert Schweitzer, you know?

Just wanted to point out that the Nobel Prize is given for an entire body of work, so it's wrong to say "I didn't think 1Q84 deserved the prize."