Somehow these movies have become a serious point of contention in my house. It seems every time I come into the living room my Dad is absent-mindedly playing Words With Friends and watching some Hallmark movie. I asked him what he and my Mom did the other night, and they remarked that they watched a movie on the…

The big six-five-triple-bagel!

something something Chuck Lorre Big Bang pun something something

"…That's bad!"

Seth, no! You missed a perfect opportunity to actually make Classholes! starring a coked up James Woods an actual show.

"What was my type?"

Well, Hamilton specifically pays homage to Les Mis in multiple ways. "Raise a glass to freedom" and "Farmers lament" to name just two. I did not stop to consider Showboat, but my point was not to say that Les Mis was singularly responsible for X, Y, or Z, but that it was a pivotal milestone for theater, which I feel…

Webber is regarded as the Dane Cook of Musical Theater by many, so he's a soft target. No one is upset with Mohd for being less-than-thrilled with Les Mis. I personally took exception to the internet-favorite "It's not ____, so it's bad", which my comment demonstrates. As usual, he just throws a middle finger to…

Hearing this in the voice of Gregory from Bigger, Longer, and Uncut - which, come to think of it, both ribs Les Mis for its self-seriousness and pays homage to it in exactly the right way.

Hearing the words "because you're drunk and I'm stoned" coming out of Homer's mouth right before the writers disappeared up their own asses with 4th-wall jokes as they rolled the credits was really discomfiting

Man, Next to Normal is so good. I got a chance to see it on Broadway and when I wasn't shivering from the 66 degree room temperature, it was from everything that came out of Aaron Tveit and Jennifer Damiano's mouths. One of the few soundtracks I've listened to back-to-back enough times to know every note. It's not a…

This is such an insufferable dismissal of one of the cornerstones of musical theater. I'm so sorry you have to "tolerate" Les Miserables. While at times briefly cloying and overwrought, its significance in moving the medium forward can't be overstated. Like "Rent" opened the doors for musicals like Spring Awakening…

"But the point of this episode was that the show we've been watching all this time has been a relatively brief instant within the context of Bart's entire life."

"Is the cross not big enough?"

I'm with you on the grade. I felt like I was watching two episodes, with a huge falloff in quality the longer it went on. I can see where others would mark it higher for its ambitions, but this one fell apart for me very quickly with disjointed humor and a return to the same damn "what would the Simpsons be like in…

Ghost editing my format correction to simply state how I hate what places like whole foods have done. Listened to a lecture yesterday from someone who studies health politics and sociology, and "oppositional health consciousness" has empowered individuals into thinking that they are doing right by questioning…

His goofy 4th-wall-breaking smiles after those things always get me.

Damn, while I laughed a lot as usual, I would contend that they really did not stick the landing. Last week I expressed my confidence that the disparate threads would all come together and they would deliver a satisfying payoff but this was not that episode. If the continuity picks up next season right where we left…

ElDan is Kylo Ren? Damn it, the movie is still over a week away!

The perfect slice of Destiny's Child heartbreak and sororal devotion. The one-two-three punch of the character-driven The Schuyler Sisters, Helpless, and Satisfied go a long way towards making the emotional payoffs of Take a Break, The Reynolds Pamphlet/Burn, It's Quiet Uptown, and Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your…