It was a hyperbolically stated opinion about a niche artist who trafficks in a particular kind of intellectual engagement that will always bring out aggressively defensive fans. Viewed generously, I appreciate their passion and wasn’t really surprised by the pushback.

I’m aware. I talk about it elsewhere in the comments.

Nah. You know why. You even said it yourself. Go drown in a billabong.

I think the fun people have with Funny Games depends on how enamored they are with metatext and heavy-handed cultural critique. I do think it’s *interesting* to create a home invasion narrative where the villains are so overwhelming they actually affect the fabric of reality. And I have friends who like the movie’s…

Totally fair. Not that stars should mean a thing but I starred a bunch of your responses. And shouldn’t have told you to not engage. As many of us shouting the fucking whataboutist turd down as possible is a good thing.

Yeah, you *would* be skeptical of intersectionality.

I think you’re giving this asshole way more of your time and courtesy than they deserve. Their whole shtick here is using class warfare to distract from a gender disparity discussion. It’s fucking nonsense.

Cool. That’s not this article. If you want to read that article, write that article.

HEY LOOK OVER HERE AT THE CAPITALISM!

I don’t inherently hard disagree, but also? Shut the fuck up. I’ll take a thousand self-flagellating dudes over every egomaniacal unapologetically misogynist piece of shit any day.

I don’t know that I want to hear about representation from someone with your screen name.

What are you fucking talking about? Do you suppose there are tons of eager single ladies and POC in the comments desperately searching for an ally to fuck and/or fawn over? Like sure, the preamble is unnecessary but fuck this questioning of earnestness. It’s just cheap dismissal.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+hyperbole

That’s fair. Honestly, I think he maybe got lucky with Easy A. I liked Friends with Benefits but only because I have an enduring pathetic crush on Mila Kunis. The movie itself is pretty meh. Annie is a serviceable remake. Peter Rabbit... okay? His TV work is similarly sort of shrug-worthy. He’s successful, he’s just…

Robinson has a tendency to A) let sketches go on past the point of funny/put a hat on a hat on a fucking hat and B) fucking scream. I absolutely LOATHE screaming in sketch comedy. The worst improv and sketch comedy that I have ever endured involves people screaming because... fuck, I dunno, I guess they think…

Really? Both are horror satires about the responsibility that the “viewer” bears for the bad things that happen to the protagonists of horror movies. Both are attempting to make a thematic argument about the ritualistic participation of horror audiences. Both use genre “twists” to undermine tropes. The biggest…

Ah, we’ve run into the “person commenting on article is told to not pay attention to subject of article because they are critical” portion of the responses. A thing I have done myself, so don’t think I absolve myself of that particular bit of internet meh. Even so.... meh.

I think it’s genuinely a shame that romcoms, especially earnest romcoms (cuz we’re all irony all the time now), have taken such a cultural beating in the last couple of decades. I’m sad that AV Club no longer features Caroline Siede’s excellent When Romance Met Comedy articles.

Sort of interesting, Anyone But You is directed and co-written by Will Gluck, known for one of Emma Stone’s early breakout hits Easy A.