Bad Trip was great in its own right but also the kind of dumb fun people wanted in a pandemic. It’s telling that everyone made money but its creative lead. This is why residual pay structures need to change.

He keeps makin’ em, I’ll keep watching. 

I like Bad Trip way more than I thought I would.

And until someone can destroy that painting aging in Hollands attic, he won’t start aging 

Now that you say that, I’m surprised Netflix doesn’t have a TED Talks section (or something equivalent) yet.

When I think of a man with a healthy , progressive relationship with women, my first thought is a man who gives his severed ear to a woman working at a brothel.

yeah let’s pretend they couldn’t do this show at a small gallery

They really aren’t at outsider in 2023, surely?

Granted that I’ve only got the surface treatment of the issue that the AV Club’s summary of someone else’s article provides, but to me the philosophy seems to be “Pablo Picasso, the reason I have your attention, doesn’t deserve your attention! Women artists do. Here are some women artists to pay attention to instead.”

Hm, I vividly remember Nanette being called out as a glorified TED talk a LOT. But I also remember critical voices being yelled down with shrill and histrionic replies like “you just can’t cope a smart female comedian”. 2018 was still very close to the metoo years

Hannah Gadsby - mhmm, go on.

Gadsby is not an art critic, so it makes sense that art critics would be displeased at her criticism of art.

“Get that bitch a Picasso. Bitches LOVE Picassos.”

Left out of this article but very much discussed in the NYT piece is the fact that the Picassos obtained for the exhibition are pretty much whatever random stuff they could get. There’s no effort to find pieces that demonstrate Picasso’s misogyny or his cultural impact. It’s just “here’s some Picassos!”

“Then again, comedy’s pretty subjective. And what I find funny isn’t necessarily what others find funny.”

As with so many of these things one wonders precisely who it is for.

If the thing most worth talking about with regards to Picasso’s art is the misogyny of the artist it ought not be displayed in the first place. If you wanted to discuss the misogyny in relation to his art’s immense cultural impact that ought to have…

I hate that I have the curse of feeling embarrassed for other people. This is cosmological-level cringe.

All billionaires are morally reprehensible, so it's okay for me to work with any of them?

“After having criticized Picasso in their lauded Netflix special Nanette, Gadsby was tapped to co-curate an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death.”

“It’s so great to have you back on board, Tom! We still have so many exciting stories to tell. There’s just one last...”