At a certain point I feel like all this talk of contractual relationships is just bisexual erasure.. This closeted gay paying a straight woman seems so old-fashioned. Isn’t it more plausible that celebrities are all druggy sluts who accidentally end up falling briefly in love?

It was pretty good
There was a potentially much better film in there and they clearly spent a lot of money on it
Some of it was gorgeous too

It needed someone with some actual vision pulling it all together
I’d watch a sequel tho for sure

Agreed I generally really liked the show, but Tandy being an idiot was just too much at times. He even annoyed me more than Fred Armisen's character and I often dislike the characters he does.

Fun fact - my internet and cable were both out one night in a storm a few months ago, so I gave this show a try based on positive A.V. Club feedback, and it was really good. I still haven’t gone back for the old episodes, but I’ve been watching it regularly since. So, count me among the chorus who is glad it will get…

Considering that she probably has professional hair/makeup people, you probably looked *younger*. 

I didn’t say that anyone was smarter. I said that the teacher has intellectual advantages (theory vs. practice), and institutional advantages. I feel that a teacher should let a student flourish in their own way, especially a young student with limited real-world experience. If the student is allowed to live their…

This is the wrong take but it’s a predictable reaction. As a man I say this, us men need to grow the fuck up. It’s okay to just say, this is wrong. Without any qualifications that shift the direction of what we just said to something other than the wrongness and the change that needs to happen, without any buts.

Many organizations already have these policies, including the armed forces. In cases where relationships between non-direct reports are allowed, both parties usually are required to disclose such relationships and sign something which indicates that they’re in a consensual, non-coercivse relationship. And here’s the…

It’s important to remember that guilt and the resultant insecurity needs to be constructive, or else it just drowns out the much more real and useful fear that we could hurt someone in the future. I’ve heard just as many men express anxiety about past actions, but too often, we clench insecurity tight and use it to…

Yikes, must have been a rough work environment. And yeah, I’m completely with you on the solution to this — at least for us white men. That privilege you mention is exactly what enables us to call people out; especially since men often feel safe from that kind of criticism around other men. Of course, it’s much easier…

My understanding is that rich people tend towards aggressively stupid nicknames. But, that’s mostly from humorous portrayals in pop culture, so it’s sort of nice to learn that it definitely is a thing in real life.

You could almost smell when Grace lost interest in the show. But early on, he reminded me a lot of Dave Foley. Who I adore.

This thread needs some dissenting opinions to the dissenting opinions...

The high school teacher was wrong not only because there was an institutional power disparity, but also because there was an intellectual power disparity. It’s not up for interpretation. Also, you seem to imply that if people are married with kids…

I don’t think they’re saying “all men are evil”. The problem is enough men do bad shit so that ALL women are the victims of at least sexual harassment if not outright assault.

Guys that are creepy around girls often don’t 1) act creepy around their guy friends 2) act creepy around girls when they’re around their guy friends. We literally do not see that side of them.

It’s good to keep things particular, especially when one case or one issue is right in front of you, but this idea can be broadened out pretty easily to, Gotta get woke to your own privilege. And privilege comes in so many different areas that that seems like an impossible task lots of the time.

#Metoo won’t truly succeed until men stop being surprised. Men rarely “see” the side of other men that brings them to inflict sexual violence (except in frat houses and the occasional workplace) because our sexuality often operates at a totally different level than every other part of ourselves. It’s raw, it’s…

That kind of training and comfort with weapons also means he can film those long action takes, instead of relying upon an editor to cut a bunch of quick ones into a coherent sequence. Contributes an enormous amount of realism.

That’s what made him so effective in Training Day. He’s not some superhero who does impossible stuff, just a solid cop in good physical condition.

Ethan Hawk is a goddamn national treasure, and he’s not getting his due.