Amy’s 36. Usually “later in life” means more like 60. I get what you meant, though.

I don’t know a ton about the Macrons’ relationship, but I think it’s weird to say you don’t trust somebody based on their romantic judgement as a teenager. If you went by that half of us would come across as either sociopaths or criminally naive.

Legally, I’m with you — “I thought she was 18" shouldn’t work as a defense, because it’s so subjective and easy to abuse. But ethically, I do see a difference between somebody who meets a girl who snuck into a 21-and-up club with a fake ID, and somebody who’s trolling a playground for anything with boobs. Though…

That’s the thing, isn’t it? If I want to eat canned soup all week so I can go out to a really decadent brunch on the weekend, that’s my business. People might roll their eyes at me a little bit, but nobody’s going to try to take away my right to feed myself because I like to scrimp and splurge. The idea that people…

I honestly don’t see how they’re going to save any money once they pay for shipping costs, warehouses to store the food, employees to package it, bureaucrats to administer the program. And that’s without considering less direct financial consequences, like the businesses that will see profits drop because their…

I think that ENBY probably has two relationships that don’t quite work, and is papering over the cracks in each by going to the other girlfriend. They’ve been with girlfriend #1 since they were 20; it’s possible they’ve simply outgrown each other. And girlfriend #2 might be a great person who just doesn’t have that…

It makes a little bit of a difference to me that it seems like a lot of the cast is nonwhite. The Wiki page lists a nine-actor main cast, and the only white people I see in it are Portman, Leigh, and some Norwegian model whose name I’m not going to try to spell. So it sounds like they were at least trying to go for…

Conflicted. I think Mike Pence is awful and have no problem believing he thinks Jesus tells him what to do. But I also think Omarosa is such a flagrantly awful person that she is not only famous for being awful but actually managed to get fired by the Trump administration, and as such I’m not inclined to take anything…

He could even have Skyped in if he was that pressed about it. He just doesn’t give a shit, even though the women around him with half a conscience are desperate to make it seem as though he does.

Did anyone else discover a whole new appreciation for ice skater’s backs watching Tessa Virtue? I’m mostly straight, and not the ogling-athletes type in general, but I wear I could start a religion around that woman’s spine.

The ice dancing routine pretty much gives away the plot anyhow, really. It is not what we would call a surprising film.

I love it. But also, it’s two hours of your life, and you can turn it off if it’s not your thing. Movies in general are low-commitment enough that if the question is “should I give this a try?” my answer will always be “yes.”

I would find a card or flowers WAY more intrusive than a comment on social media, but I am not Kim Cattrall. For which I am ever grateful, frankly.

Okay, yeah, I agree that making a public post just so everybody knows you’re grieving is tacky. For one thing, nobody should find out about a death through a social media post from an acquaintance. But SJP left a comment, so I don’t see where that’s relevant? To me sending a card or flowers when they’re known to…

Isn’t expressing sympathy about checking a box in general sometimes? I’m not talking about close friends, or if it’s the loss of someone you’ve met — but I don’t see a sympathy message on social media as being vastly different from signing a card or passing along condolences in person.

I’m sorry, but I’ve never heard that in my life. Obviously if it’s a close friend you reach out, but a sympathy note on social media is fine for a former coworker. Or else everyone I know is doing social media wrong.

I think Kim Cattrall is grieving and lashing out, and I wish she wasn’t doing it in public. I’m not saying SJP is a saint, but attacking someone over an expression of sympathy seems kind of out of whack.

I was focused on “and how it affected the family going forward,” which would allow for an older Rosemary — but it doesn’t really matter either way.  

Yeah, I had the same thought. Maybe most of the script is about her adult life in the institution?

So the Esmerelda casting thing strikes me as a classic tempest in a teapot — there are good arguments for casting her with an actress of any race, though I understand why the students felt she should be played by an actress of color if the school has a history of overwhelmingly white leading ladies.