Nah. Being offered a gold shitter when you asked for a Van Gogh is still shade, irrespective of whether or not you actually love gold shitters.

If one of the top executives at wherever you work was forced out in some sex scandal would you donate all your income to charity? I wouldn’t, and don’t expect writers-directors-actors-whoever to give up their livelihood.

I have no interest in eating caviar, but now that I know that there is such a thing as mother of pearl spoons I suddenly have a desire to own some.

The Babe.com story in no way requires a years-long retreat from public life. Most people in the #MeToo world agree with that. The sum total of allegations against Ansari is one shitty date where he was a pushy horny asshole. That is not sexual assault or workplace harassment. Men should be held to a higher standard…

Been a few months seen I saw it, but if I recall correctly, Kevin Hart actually gives a decent performance in The Upside. He doesn’t go full Kevin Hart (though gets close once or twice like with the shower scene). Kidman is Kidman and does an good but kinda dry performance. Cranston was good. Not as good as the…

Toast points, miniature mother of pearl spoon and maybe, just maybe a tiny bit of sour cream if you don’t feel confident about the very distinctive taste. Crackers, plastic spoons and even serving with paper napkins when you are paying that amount are an embarrassment and just not good form.

So the plastic spoon, while gauche, is technically forgivable

Schumer struck at the right time tho. Trainwreck was a hit and she wrote and produced that. Plus her sets up was getting recognized. It was a strike while the irons hot move. If she was getting a comedy special Now I don’t think she’d get the same offer.

My thoughts exactly. She’s focusing on the massive disparity between her $500k offer and the highly publicized mega-offers Netflix made to bigger stars (partially in order to convince them to “slum it” on a streaming service instead of something like HBO, which is still perceived as the more prestigious place to do a…

Wanda literally was like “Oh, I got something for that.” and moved on to a place were she was valued. Mo’Nique out here acting the mad cousin who can’t play Monopoly so she just flips the whole board over. 

Will I give up Netflix and boycott for Mo’nique?

I would take this more seriously if Mo’Nique was coming into this fresh off of a successful movie, show or non-televised comedy special. Then she would have the leveraging power to demand more money. But she’s not. Mo’Nique has pretty much been flying below the radar. Her career stalled a few years ago following her…

Man, I had that class in the late 80's/early 90's with mr Steven Covey himself. Thanks for the reminder. And, you are so right on the spot.

ive been forced at my job to learn and teach to others this thing called the 7 habits so its all in my brain so excuse this first part ..but one of the habits is “Begin with the end in mind” Basically before you start anything what is the purpose? what goal are you trying to reach? and thats the first thing I thought…

Now, I’d boycott over Wanda Sykes before I’d boycott over Mo’Nique: but Sykes just kept it moving when Netflix lowballed her - and took her talents to Epix.

I don’t support Tracee Ellis Ross or any other Black actress getting the shaft because of how they look. Most Black actresses get support from us common folk because they have openly advocated for us in the past and present. This only became a problem when it affected her. Her boycott seems self-serving.

Yeah, she’s really, really bad at taking something that is a legit criticism of the system...and then somehow turning it so that she looks bad/petty/nasty.

I’m not going to go as far as you, but I’m starting to believe all of these reports of her being “difficult” aren’t some kind of sexist attack. Maybe she’s just a really nasty person to deal with in real life. I can believe that. It comes through in her comedy.

So, Lee Daniels is super problematic...but maybe he is right about Mo’Nique? Like, maybe this isn’t how you deal with every bad deal?

This is a no for me. Mo’Nique and her PR team messed up here. Mo’Nique has none of the household name recognition as the three people she was comparing herself to. Before their deals with netflix, Rock and Chapelle’s earlier work were evergreen sources of chuckles for large swathes of pop culture (including the…