Andy Murray was a sort of tortured genius, without the ‘genius’ - at least as far as we usually understand the term. i’ve never really cared for his game, the grinding, running, back-boarding consistency type. the type of game that Novak Djokovic has perfected to the detriment of a discernible ‘style’. the type that…

Or corrected a reporter that Sam Querrey was the first American to make the Wimbledon semifinals since sometime in the 2000s.  “American male.”

There was also the time a talking head told him he was the first person to win two Olympic gold medals in singles. Andy responded along the lines of “Er, no, I think you’ll find Venus & Serena got there first.”

Great episode, but I am EXTREMELY eager for some shift to occur that gets Eleanor into something other than that awful hot pink sweatshirt.

let’s also not forget the childhood trauma he overcame, not only being present at the Dunblane school shooting massacre but also knowing the murderer who carried it out (his youth group leader). And, unlike the English golden boy, Tim Henmann, Murray did not come from a life or privilege and had to overcome that, in…

This is great but no discussion of Murray is complete without noting what he did for women’s tennis. Constantly (and before it became “cool”) he campaigned for equal pay, for women to get equal time on the big courts at Wimbledon, called out fellow-players and reporters to the point of making things confrontational…

Thank you so much for writing this. It sums up just perfectly why I love this crabby motherfucker to bits.

This is very well done, Giri. I almost feel guilty that I get to read it for free.

So, Chidi was right worrying about using almond milk in his coffee all along, nice twist.

Musicians have had a long history with statutory rape. The Daily Beast wrote about it after David Bowie’s death. https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-bowie-and-rock-n-rolls-statutory-rape-problem

It goes back to Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis (Lewis married his 13-year old cousin). Ted Nugent became the legal guardian…

Not to mention...some of the kids he’s talking about literally did get shot?? I was at the March for Our Lives in DC when one of the survivors who’d been shot threw up halfway through her speech, as she was describing and probably re-experiencing the trauma in detail. She acknowledged the moment with laughter and…

I really liked CK and bent over backwards to believe he wasn’t a creep. Tig Notaro calling him out was a real wakeup call for me, not just for CK, but for the whole #metoo movement. I'm pretty ashamed it took me so long.

He also assumes that these kids were bullies and to him that is why there are school shootings. While he ignores that some of these shooters have a past of being creepy/abusive to women. But I guess he would ignore THAT with his history.

Yup. So disgusting. I also feel like he’s doing a “fine, I’ll take my ball and go home then!” The “my life is ruined” line tells me this is 100% a conscious fuck you to the people who loved his comedy before. He’s throwing a tantrum, and using survivors of a school shooting as a vehicle for it. 

None of this was funny. It wasn’t because it was offensive either. You can take on taboo subjects and still be funny. This just wasn’t funny. Bill Maher does this. Says something that’s off color, offensive or makes a poor attempt at gallows humor then when the audience groans instead of laughs he yells “lighten up!”…

You’re not interesting because you jerked off in front of women for decades. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? Why does that make you interesting. You didn’t get your career ruined by a vindictive creep. You spent 20 years harassing your colleagues and threatening them with retaliation and now I gotta…

Nope. Never. If he wants to talk shit about gun fanatics, that’s fine but not the victims. 

Louis Szekely here doesn’t get to make fun of people with preferred names.

It’s not even funny. And it’s not even that offensive... it’s just supremely stupid. The header of this article puts it well: The words are that of a cranky old man, just with the TONE of a joke, inciting the audience to laugh.

Nope. You’re not asking the right questions.