I came here just to say the same thing!  I was hoping that Kevin would make a comment about his dad climbing Everest!

Lots of reasons. Off the top of my head here’s my defense strategy for Mesa Verde:

Sure. But we’re not getting tales of Marie the klepto. I’m positive these characters were picked for thematic reasons. The mission of Breaking Bad was to watch a “good” person who chose to turn to the bad, through many bad choices. Walt revealed his inner badness.

This was a great, thrilling episode but, as a lawyer I need to say - holy crap Rich and Kim could have slayed Jimmy in defense on all counts. This ends badly for Jimmy - the copyright claim is flawed for tons of reasons, Jimmy is violating tons of ethics rules (notably regarding attorney advertising, duty to his…

I see your point, but I think it depends on what you think the show is.  I would say that Homeland is first and foremost an examination of the American spy state (and to a lesser degree, the global one).  And on that level, choosing to end on a peace deal in Afghanistan is incredibly sharp.  In location, theme, and…

So, are we at the point in culture where we equate a female black entrepreneur engaging in capitalism with a founder of the KKK or modern fascism?  Cuz, wow.  

It wasn’t available when I commented.  I will try it out soon.  My point remains that the review didn’t go to the merits of the film.  It may also suck, we’ll see.

Given the subject, this review is an odd criticism. I feel like Monique wanted them to make a movie about some Marxist contemporary of Walker instead.

Nailed it. If she chose to make a paragraph about her misgivings about capitalism, fine. It might have read well. As is, she hijacked the review and made it worse.  

I don’t have highground . Pick your poison. She let something she feels get in the way of responding fairly to the work. Sub in a person who hates sports watching Ben affleck’s new movie.

What a terribly useless review. If you hate the free market full stop, you’re never going to appreciate a story like this. AVClub, are you gonna have homophobes and transphobia review stories about the LGBTQ community too?  The issue isn’t the reviewer’s (very vague and poorly articulated) political or economic…

THIS^^^^ I’m in my late 30s and yet not a millennial for this reason; and because I remember the Cold War well.

I’m a Xennial, y’all.  We’re Gen X’s Gen X.

It just sounds like it was well researched.You use the last letter when you’re done.  I’m sure China has some new letters for the future.

Technically, these fools are Gen Z.

What if I love feminist critiques but also love Ewoks?  

Can’t read about this without thinking of this:

Brockmire... if only you were on another streaming service.  I just can’t with Hulu.  I’m capped out with Prime, Netflix, Disney, and Apple+.  Hulu seems just not quite at the quality level to justify joining on.  Though Handmaid’s Tale and Brockmire sound terrific.  

So, I understand this. There are a lot of boring centrists. But, I find myself alienated by my Bernie loving friends because they can’t account for me. I want everything they’re after. I’m hard left in my values. I have some serious questions about Bernie’s abilities (I think Warren was the sharper person with the…

Sorry, I’m not hip to the political lingo of youth. I also don’t listen to Trapo at all. I tried and found the tone annoying. So, I didn’t pick up what you were putting down.  All that said, I think there’s a worrisome overlap in the rhetoric and vocabulary of the progressive left and MAGA, which may account for…