lilphantomravioli--disqus
lil phantom ravioli
lilphantomravioli--disqus

*In re: the jury's racial dynamics and how it affected the verdict: This was actually the one area that I wish the show had explored more. I mean, I know there were multiple episodes centered on the jury (the one about the voire dire selection process and the one about the members' extreme seclusion in their hotel),

*Although Cochran was certainly a ruthless egotist (also a philanderer with his own alleged history of domestic abuse IRL) obsessed with winning at all costs, I think the show takes the view that he genuinely felt that on a symbolic level, this case could be a real turning point for Black Americans. My personal

Ugh, I tried to post a reply yesterday but it got flagged as spam and hasn't been un-spammed yet. Not famil w AV Club/Disqus rules bc I never comment. Maybe the post is too long. Maybe they assumed my capitalization of "Black" denoted a brand name. WHO KNOWS. So, I'll try posting it in pieces.

MOTHERFUCKING THANK YOU! I don't take time out of my day to click on AV Club articles about super heroes, video games, Star Trek/Wars, Doctor Who, or Community— let alone write snide comments ridiculing said articles' mere existence— because IDCIDCIDC about those things. Presumably other people do, though, and that

Perhaps we simply differ in the degree to which we find reviewers bringing in their personal (i.e., based on their own subjective worldview, as opposed to drawn strictly from the events shown on screen) to be relevant/interesting. For me— especially though not exclusively— because Pilot is herself a Black woman, I

bye felicia.

me on a daily basis tbh.