I had to read it several times and was baffled by it every time. (Disclaimer: I actually do work as a copyeditor, so at first I was wondering if I was being overly pedantic before I realized nope it was either incomprehensible or wrong.) I think you’re likely right he hasn’t seen the show. That or that is just an…

Get a copyeditor or a fact checker, Barsanti. Joe Exotic hired a hitman to kill Carole, not her already missing former husband.

I had the same reaction to his dad being the photographer.

Agreed on all counts! It made me realize I’d been unfair to write him off completely. It also made me really curious to see a short play from him because that's what it reminds me of.

Yes, that’s a fair point, though what I find overly indulgent with Tarantino is usually what also comes across as written by a gleeful 12 year old, and it just strikes me as a really weird juxtaposition with the quality of other aspects of his movies. I’m just learning to accept that as part of the aesthetic.

I feel like someone to rein in Tarantino a bit on all his movies would be a plus. I’ve never been a Tarantino fan but revisiting his work now. (Calling it a Quarantino binge.) And I will admit that I am enjoying his work more than I did and more than I expected to. He is undeniably talented. But I still have the…

I went to Amazon to see which self-publisher he used and was shocked to see this is from Simon and Schuster. I used to work for a small local publisher. Taking over the publishing industry they were not, but the graphic designers I worked with would have been embarrassed to put out something that lame looking. Did…

Yes, that’s so true. I also think Diana Gabaldon helps fan some of the batshit lunacy too whereas I think other writers/content creators are less likely to do that.

Ccrazy Outlander fans are the most batshit crazy people I’ve ever encountered on the internet. I have friends IRL who are fans and are perfectly lovely people—I tried both the first book and the first season of the show and didn’t enjoy either one enough to continue—but the toxic side of the fandom gives everyone…

That would make sense!

That whole interview made me so curious about Saff’s background and family--they seem like super chill people! And I think at some point in the series or somewhere, he mentioned being from Hawaii or California. So, I was always like, “How did you end up in Oklahoma!?” 

He talks a little more about his family here:

I live in an area with a lot of meth use, so I see my fair share of meth addicts on the regular, and I believe them. Josh Dial doesn’t have the sunken-in meth head face, and even though Erik has some dental issues, he doesn’t seem to have meth mouth to me. He does seem to have some residual issues from alcoholism.

FWIW Saff has said in interviews his family was always supportive of him. I really think he is just a very loyal person who loved the animals. Saff never struck me as an addict and seemed to have his shit together more than the others. To me, his defense of Joe seems to come more from a position of “fairness” in that…

He was the most weirdly quotable person in both the show and the talking-head interviews. 

When I was a kid before watching the Terminator movies, I had many elaborate theories for why the Terminator had an Austrian accent, including but not limited to his robot overlords were Austrian. I asked my stepmom which one of my theories were right, and she told me I’d put more thought into it than anyone making…

I just watched Water for Elephants—and admittedly I was only watching it to watch Waltz be his trademark charmingly sinister Austrian self—and was astounded at how bad the chemistry is between Witherspoon and Pattinson, both of whom I consider talented performers as a general rule. As awful as Waltz’s character was as…

Oh God I’m still traumatized by Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West. It didn’t help that he bore an eerie resemblance to my grandpa. 

I’m about halfway through and them and the guy who looks like Kurt Cobain’s long-lost twin brother are the only ones I like.

When I’m down, I read Ebert's really angry reviews. They are a work of art.