She used Disneyland specifically because the Disneyland workers were engaged in a high profile protest over their poor compensation recently. She supported those workers publicly, as did Bernie Sanders. I’m sure that’s why she picked that touchstone.

A big one was an anime/comic called Fullmetal Alchemist. I watched the first anime when it was coming out and after like 3 episodes I hated it. It was huge at the time with my friends who had really great taste and I didn’t get it. Years later they’ve adapted the comic very faithfully in a totally new tv run and I was…

I can’t reply directly to threads because Kinja is terrible, but to natureslayer and that thread I would point out that Fred Rogers was a legitimate minister. He happened to be one of those rare American Christians who understood true Christian values, and I say this as a non religious person. Mr Roger’s Neighborhood…

This is definitely how I’m feeling. I liked a lot of 1989, she’s had some fun songs, but this new song, and everything about this album is an immature mess.

Exactly, exactly. There’s a lot of tension in a first generation immigrant story combined with Death Note’s story, particularly if you want to head on tackle a “model minority” myth. Of course this is all would need someone of that experience to be behind it, and everyone else would need a deft hand to handle the…

This adaption seems to understand so little about the source material, it really is hard to give it the benefit of the doubt. Light isn’t a loser and that’s the main point of the story. Losing the rigid social roles of a society like Japan is already a hill to climb, but they could have at least stayed in a similar…

I had the same circular runaround. I ended up having to go to Kinja’s main site, login through there, and merge it with my Google account. Then, I went back to the click “claim account” via the AVClub’s link and just ignored when it popped up asking me to create a new Kinja account and just left the page entirely. I…

Yeah, pretty goddang unhappy with trying to merge having a Kinja account before and having an AVClub Disqus one. I will miss my comment history.

Did you already forget that the DNC was hacked during the 2016 campaign and the contents of those emails were published by outlets like the New York Times, The Guardian, etc, even though it made Hillary and the party look quite bad? In their private conversations, unintended for reporters' ears, I remember the head of…

I did something similar in my life. It's one of those gifts that keeps on giving moments because it's opened my eyes to so much amazing music.

Mine is "Metalhead’s Pilgrimage to Sweden Nowhere Near as Brutal as Expected." They're so very good.

It's so sweet, so joyful, to read this article and comment after comment of everyone agreeing that the Macca show they've seen is indeed as magical as Gwen described it. I've seen Paul I think 4 times in the last ten years, in different types of venues, and he's amazing every time. He absolutely could put in less…

That line seems like the kind of thing a guy like Maron would say, who accuses everyone everywhere of making money as being a no talent sellout. Basically, the person who says that should be avoided at all costs.

This is the second time on the AVClub I've brought up this in joke - I'm very to be a part of spreading the word of this particular gospel.

Considering Kenneth on 30 Rock implied his real name is Dick Whitman, and the shared Old Spanish joke, probably pretty intentional.

I hadn't heard of it and Google tells me it's East Coast only.

Yeah I don't think so since this is the first time I've heard of it. Thankfully SF moves fast and we got a few new interesting places that are veggie friendly.

It's annoying the guy behind these places is so contemptible. I don't eat meat so trying to find a fast meal (my lunch breaks are often super short) made me pretty grateful for The Melt popping up around SF. They used to have a bunch of different grilled cheese and soup options, and now they're a burger joint with…

I read that joke within the context of the show as, not about all people trying to be "PC" are babies, but that specifically Kimmy is going to 17 year olds for emotional advice and they intellectually understand the morality of entering into a mutually respectful relationship but are emotionally underprepared for the…

I totally agree. This episode made kind of turn on the show. They're losing the importance of the book a bit to me to justify Gilead's system in any way.