That Spielberg actually pushed to make a movie like The Color Purple 32 years ago is what you should be focusing on.

Spielberg's work is often male-centric, and I'm glad she apologized, but it isn't a minor flub. I mean, The Color Purple isn't just a movie about women, it's a movie about black lesbians he got made in Hollywood over 30 years ago. Sorry, but that's more radical than Pitch Perfect 2.

It's a frequent criticism because a lot of viewers for some reason view OINTB as a realistic show, and the stylized dialogue throws them off. In their defense, it's sometimes unclear whether the writers are trying to be naturalistic.

I was a little let down by the movie, mainly because I was too hyped for it, and thought it would be the antidote to years of Marvel formula. I still liked it overall, though, and it's pretty good in my memory, but I don't think it's wholly revelatory as some seem to feel.

That felt like the kind of line an actor demands be in a script, "Ok, can I say that I'm above-average here, too?" "Sure, Chris, nobody will think you're overcompensating and being petty." "Great. Thanks!"

I don't expect it to be a softball interview, and I usually sympathize with the argument of just letting opposing views speak, and then we'll sort out the wreckage. What people who try to shut down speech are actually afraid of is that others will hear it and agree with it. But at the same time I understand the…

I might disagree a little here. The element of the film's hero not being fetishized (she's sexy and strong, but the camera doesn't lust over her) is probably something you wouldn't get (at least with this delicacy) with most straight male directors. That said, Jenkins is being overrated as an action director. She's…

That's just it. Film critics - at least those who are educated in their profession - have read their Laura Mulvey, and knew what the "male gaze" was long before bloggers took them to task for not knowing. I don't know much about Edelstein or his background, and frankly, didn't like his review. But anyone who is a…

The problem is that most people actually crave consensus, no matter how much they claim to want to hear other voices - they actually just want to be on the side everyone agrees with. So movies generally are interpreted only one way, as far as the public has the time and mental space to notice.

I liked Wonder Woman more than he did, but Armond White is into the spiritual element of pop imagery, and often focuses on male eroticism. What's wrong with that?

There does need to be more diversity of voice in film criticism, however, I'm not sure that's really what you're asking for. Anybody can review movies as an inclusivity-checklist (it can become a very easy and thoughtless way of engaging an artwork if you're not careful, though some writers do it with…

I find the embrace of Harry Potter kind of strange, actually, since he's able to ascend due to his genetic birthright. I guess this stuff wasn't on peoples' minds reading these books as kids so much.

Everyone would be way more chill if they minded their own business, but then the internet would be over.

It's also much different when something is said within the context of an artwork than on a talk show.

I don't really agree. Maher is no intellectual heavyweight, but he tows the party line a lot less than the other people you mentioned, whose unwillingness to risk not getting applause-lines IS anti-intellectual.

I think CK actually falls in the category Cube mentions of white people who get too close to black people (he was one of Chris Rock's head writers) and think that gives them permission. It's never ok for white people to say it.

Also, a lot of the left was IN LOOOOVE with CK a few years ago, and thought he could do no wrong.

It's a different time. If Louis CK said it on a platform as big as Maher's, he'd hear about it. He certainly couldn't direct a movie with as much racist content as Pootie Tang without comment today.

Can you pay attention to zero?

I somehow like Perry more now that everyone else has turned against her. "I Kissed a Girl" seemed opportunistic and fake right out of the gate, and "Fireworks" is one of the worst pop hits ever. I never understood what seemingly intelligent people liked about her, but at this point in pop music, she seems like a…