I think people are missing some of the nuance here. Obviously, no one expects a comedian to tell the 100% truth during their sets. We know there’s a level of deception. But there’s a big difference between telling a fake story for a laugh and telling a fake story that hurts real people.

He needs to make these situations real so that he’s not caught in a lie. It’s the only way.

nah The Root has no problem calling out BS.

A court of law declined to convict him of a crime once, which means that he’s innocent of all crimes in perpetuity.

And as long as they’re doing TV they can throw in the Mitchell & Webb take for good measure.

“My god Poirot! She’s doing the Evil Voice!”

Yea, there was once a time when AV Club would write this with a lot more nuance. Right now it’s almost like they’re enjoying how unhinged she seems. 

Yea, this is bad. She's obviously having some problems and has for some time.

I was actually okay with her comments about Masterson at first. Yeah, I think you can still remember your friend as your friend after they’ve done something horrible and recognize that human beings are multi-faceted. But then she lost me when she used the word “mistake.” It’s really not okay to describe his actions…

Isn’t she, uh, quite unwell? There was the whole... butthole licking/boat purchasing thing recently. I think she needs help, not mockery.

I said this yesterday in the comments for the post about the Louis C.K. doc, but, again, to me Dan Kois’s piece doesn’t read nearly as acidic towards Short as people have made it out to be. It needed a clearer thesis, an editor, and a much better title, but even as is it’s not a takedown piece by any means. It’s more…

The best part about the #1 entry is the cracking dialogue:

I loved the 2015 adaptation of And Then There Were None. It makes one change to the dark ending that makes it even better. It’s a perfectly vicious scene too.

Evil Under The Sun is probably more fun than Ustinov’s Death on the Nile, mostly due to this classic scene.

Yep thought the same

Does this church have a newsletter? Because I need a subscription.

Really, Suchet’s truly is an iconic performance - he literally did every single Poirot story. It’s a complete set of works. There’d be few characters with that level of association with a single actor.

Exactly: Suchet is the Poirot, just as Jeremy Brett is the Sherlock Holmes.

Obviously this is limited to movie adaptations, but I think the fact I’d rank most of David Suchet’s Poirot above all the films on this list I’ve seen is partially down to the fact that Christie’s works generally work best on the small screen. You can lavish up the production design, but fundamentally whodunnits are…

I think people are giving you a hard time for what is a very humane take. You probably should have prefaced it by saying that you think he’s a scumbag and deserves to go to jail.