"In order to find their lead, to play young Loung Ung, the casting directors set up a game, rather disturbing in its realism: they put money on the table and asked the child to think of something she needed the money for, and then to snatch it away. The director would pretend to catch the child, and the child would…

hung by the neck until dead

that's my worry. do people forget about stephen king?

shit, cat

the joke is that they don't even pretend to care about their work or hiding that it's obnoxious clickbait because you still clicked on it

Listen, you little wiseacre: I'm smart, you're dumb; I'm big, you're little; I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it.

hahaha

yeah i'm sure fox news is the place where that story will break

No Country For 12 Angry Old Men While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

of course he did. it was a setup to endear him to the anti-free speech crowd. you think people who voted for the pussy guy care about some crass dude in a pinstripe suit being a shitheel?

couldn't you have a character give a rejoinder?

this is just good bedside manner.

"bezos" sounds like futuristic replacement testicles

Why Do David Foster Wallace's Characters Have Thigh Gaps

i just met 'er!

that's kinda how being a critic works

i'm becoming increasingly worried that the third act of this show is going to fail to tie anything up in any satisfying or meaningful way.

wilco the album then. i dunno, one of the ones where i checked out for lack of stakes and it sounded like a bunch of rich guys having an ok time

this record reminds me of sky blue sky-era wilco, in that it sounds like they have nothing to prove and nothing really pressing to talk about, but they really love touring and dancing around, you guys, so here's some noncommittal hipster disco to do that to.

tune-yards got that post-Fiya bump
hundred waters went from an 8 to an 8.3
holly herndon (even tho platform is stale af)