Look up the definition of a ‘failed state’.
I think the U.S. now fits the definition.
We’re being subjected to the whims of a deranged tyrant and one ruling political party is a willing accomplice to his lawless treasonous activities. You know things have got very bad indeed when Trump being exposed as an accomplice…

“...is more action-packed than philosophical”. Sigh. 

Happy delayed tax day everyone! If you put off doing your taxes in April then entirely forgot about it you’re just hours away from being screwed.

I think we didn’t get more of Mr. Chase back then because he was a walking dumpster fire to a degree that even drug-crazed ‘80s Hollywood became frightened by. At this time John Belushi’s death was two years away. ‘Caution’ signs warning of the consequences of self-destructive excess hadn’t gone up yet.

How badly have things gotten? Today Trump is ordering hospitals to not report data to the CDC but to a separate group that he controls. The reason? In order to corrupt the numbers to hide that fact that the nation is going up in flames.

The show’s joke title for the past ten years is ‘Dancing with the Disgraced Republicans’ from the sheer volume of Spicers and Palins and Carlsons and DeLays who show up to get their battered public images buffed and polished.

There’s a difference between ‘inclusive’ and ‘exploitative’. 3/4 of the female gay characters I’ve seen on TV and in the movies were put in there for the male gaze.

The GOP’s 40 year attempt to overturn the results of the Civil War has finally met with a backlash. Not only are symbols of the confederacy being toppled across the country but even incidental items like old sitcoms and baseball teams are taking action to cap institutional racism. People are just plain fed up. It…

I had joked that people would still be voting for 30 Rock to get Emmys if they could, despite the fact that its been off the air since 2013. And despite the series not being particularly funny since 2010.

Is it possible to even do the Emmys anymore? Platforms have multiplied and most decent series are behind pay walls. 50 years ago they judged the ‘big three’ networks for the awards. Now it’s impossible for even the most die-hard viewer to watch everything, or even a fraction. I’m still confused about how British shows…

AV Club mentioned a book just the other day that skewered ‘performative feminism’. Now we’re talking about ‘performative grief’. Its not enough that you are grieving for your lost friend, you are now compelled to be SEEN grieving so the unwashed massed can get their ‘bread and circuses’.

I find it a bit humorous that the sight of a bare butt is worth commenting on but not slashing people to death with knives. An old joke of mine is the film board is okay with a woman being chopped in half but heaven forbid her blouse comes undone in the process.

This reminds me of how we almost got a series named ‘Star Wars Detours’, a cracked cartoon look at that franchise. Lucas was ready to release it when they abruptly shifted gears and instead went all super-serious films instead. A young Rachel Bloom was one of the writers.

Another series I’m never going to see. I’d complain about the show being behind a pay wall, but frankly I wouldn’t watch it even if it were on broadcast. I stopped watching Law & Orders after I found myself unable to distinguish between new content and old reruns.

Imagine working on a project for a few months 19 years ago and suddenly people are in your face wanting you to go back and revise it. What project did YOU work on 19 years ago? Me, I recall I did some book illustrations. If the public starts clamoring for me to revise the illustrations my first question is “Whose…

I watch a lot of Asian TV and there’s a surprising number of scenes of people purchasing hot dogs of various sizes and shapes and levels of quality, but I have not seen anyone put their hot dog into a bun.

Let’s not forget ‘Itaewon Class’ (Netflix)

Do y’all remember those Trumptard fringe righties threatening to boycott the comedy ‘Big Bang Theory’ over some perceived slight, and those Youtube videos of toothless goobers destroying their own coffee machines? The difference between Trumptards boycotting stuff and normal people boycotting stuff is there’s a lot…

I recall ‘Hunt for Red October’ seemed like a throw-back, an old-school Hollywood film patterned after the 1958 ‘Run Silent Run Deep’. Another thing that made it old-school was it was already an anachronism. The book on which it was based had been published 6 long years earlier and the fall of the Berlin wall was just…

It seems a lot of startups like this put all their (their investors) money into ‘stuff’ to make them look like a big business ‘player’. Office space in prestigious areas, corporate CEO-scale salaries, huge staffs. Then comes the struggle to get their incoming revenue to cover their inflated overhead. You know, like…