Meanwhile, Debra Messing is mocking dead Palestinian babies, Amy Schumer is calling Palestinians as rapists and that little shit from Stranger Things called all Palestinians terrorists without any blowback.

Wow, it’s amazing that Zaslav is so powerful that his one time decision made to take advantage of a tax loophole from a merger in 2022 could create the very concept of canceling a movie.

“So, what’s your beef? A bunch of identity stuff and the fact he didn’t come out and say he was a democrat, on a comedy show, where he needed to also interview republicans”

I presume John Oliver has a contract with HBO that prevents him from doing similar shows elsewhere.

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Period. Stewart took what was a joke show, brought in an insane cast who all went to have insane legacies, and elevated the show to a culturally relevant and informative one. 

“The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?”

I think The Daily Show’s political value was probably les about swaying the already political and more about making the apolitical more politically aware. That’s basically what happened to me; I started watching as a teenager looking for laughs.

All these years later most of those “eviscerees” are still ensconced in their positions of power

IMHO Roy Wood junior is charming and the best part of the Noah era show, I’d be happy to see him host the show, but I can’t say I’ve ever seen him in anything besides podcast appearances and the daily show, a one off BCS appearance, he definitely hasn’t had a big movie role.

“That haughty, white, urban, affluent, college educated, Northeastern, always acting like they’re above-it-all, “I’m basically a moderately liberal Democrat but I come from a generation that finds it uncool to profess affiliation to a political party, so I just say both sides are ridiculous” mentality”

I thought Jon was actually pretty modest about his show’s impact considering how much praise he got from others.

Mind you, the Jon Stewart of today will make for an interesting host because I think he’d also agree with you that in retrospect there’s a futility to what he did when all those people are still SOMEHOW around and in power. He feels like someone who has only gotten more frustrated with the world in the intervening…

The show (which is the blueprint for modern late night television) was built by Stewart. Trevor Noah did a good job but it just wasn’t the same.

Barbie is an adapted screenplay because it is based on a doll.

From what I understand, Gerwig made the decision to switch to the adapted category when she lost the original screenplay category at the Golden Globes. Either way, it’s tough competition for her. Barbie was adorable, but it was uneven in many places. 

I’d argue they’re only huge snubs if some other nominee didn’t deserve it. That’s one hell of a contest for best director and they have all earned a nomination. Alexander Payne also seems like a snub, but I can’t argue with any of the current choices.

I’m confused about how you so comprehensively misunderstood how that phrase was used here.

I really miss the AVclub’s “worst of the year” lists

two years ago they nominated Bruce Willis right before his diagnosis was made public (they eventually rescinded their nomination once it became known) and last year they nominated an 11 year old girl for Worst Actress which caused a big backlash and culminated in the organization declaring themselves the Worst, as…

Ezra Miller needs help, and it would be really irresponsible to kick him after he lost his career and probably at the lowest point in his life. I’m sure the razzies have a policy about punching down.