I think you’re mistaking deeply cynical pragmatism for ignorance. They can see market collapses coming, there’s just no incentive for them not to try to make as much money as possible before they cash out and stick everyone else with the consequences. It’s no coincidence that they ended up with more wealth and power…

That was how I felt, then I noticed just how agitated Wall Street has been about her. The big donors ruled her out already and this is just her spinning that, but the underlying dynamic suggests to me that they see a genuine threat. Anyone that puts that fear in them is worth a second look

It reminds me of Johnny from Lost and the Damned being reduced to an emaciated addict that Trevor executes on a whim in GTA V just to show how edgy he is. They might have been a bland character, but they were the POV so it’s easy to get familiar and it’s jarring when the next writing team (who are writers and may have…

He’s a rich guy who only talks to other rich guys, and they exclusively speak in hushed reverent tones about how important it is to give rich guys everything they want or everyone else will suffer, and condescend to anyone that doesn’t accept their premise, and really condescend to anyone who does but disagrees with…

What if you were trying to recruit in-demand white collar workers? You can go live in the sticks if you want, but good luck getting people to come visit so you can show them what that extra $350 buys you

I’m just waiting for the inevitable “I mean, can we really expect him to know they were slaves?” take when the “locker room hanky-panky” narrative doesn’t take

What if they report stuff regardless of how it affects the outcome they’d individually or collectively like to see, and their readers get to decide if it matters to them or not before they vote?!?!

Their faces are great! It’s the pre-dawn butthole in my face that I find fucked up

The motivation the police have offered is about as plausible as the “random attack” story was. As it stands the official story is: Gay black man making $125,000/episode+a music career decides to enlist a friend and their relative to stage a hate crime, that he paid in advance for via check, rehearsed, and purchased…

Never forget, The Atlantic actually wanted to publish his shit next to Ta Nehisi Coates. Actually

“Didn’t you hear? He’s been arrested, so why even bother talking about what he did? Actually, he’s been completely dealt with. Because actually, Jussie Smollett is the actual-hey, where are you going? Pfft, can’t take the truth about who the actual hypocrites actually are. Actually”

I think you just nailed why Aladdin might not work: people are most nostalgic for Robin Williams’ performance, not necessarily the story itself. Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast were more story driven, so the remakes’ reception hinged more on their respective quality instead of “I don’t know if it can even work…

Control freaks with messiah complexes obsessively limit their food intake while calling it “fasting” and spouting off about transcendence. Wow, if this was satire I’d call it lazy

That’s a bummer, especially when you think about all the other people who might have gone through that process too. Instead of a movie that might not have clicked with everyone forming a cult community of fans, people who aren’t capable of just ignoring something they don’t like have snuffed that out before it had a…

Please stop clicking and please stop fighting then, no one is particularly jazzed about having this conversation with you and by your own logic you’re part of the problem

Sony has convinced themselves that Ghostbusters and Men In Black are franchises instead of a single really good movie that people mostly remember for the casts and novelty (at the time) of the scripts

Why don’t we ask General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, who has lent his credibility to both of those hucksters without any lasting repercussions?

Thank you! The real lesson in all of this is “don’t send entertainment reporters to do crime reporters’ job.” I live in Chicago, and it’s too fucking cold for anything “random” to happen outside in January at 2am on a Monday night, especially in the Loop. Before any other details came out, it was clear he was targeted…

My favorite part is how they break down the mystique of the memoirist by bringing in the people he’s writing about to call bullshit. Especially in a social media age where everyone gets to tell their story from their perspective, it’s important to consider that great storytellers can still be unreliable narrators

The Bunker is inspired, Juan Likes Rice and Chicken is easily the best episode to get skeptical friends on-board with the show, and my orange tabby cat’s name is Parker Gail (really), so I’m going to have to disagree with this take.