What you’re describing is the lowest common denominator.

My favorite character on Young Sheldon is “Bazinga” the magical creature from the 5th dimension that only Young Sheldon can see.

Because autistic coding for an adult is that they act like a child, and autistic coding for a child is that they act like a mini-adult. The shows are an exercise in caricature, and childish men and adultish children are both read as short hand for nerdy and neurodivergent in ways that are easy to laugh at. Hence,…

As someone who doesn’t know who this guy is and has not seen (or even heard of) the show, your post was about the most baffling and hilarious thing to read. Don't think I'll be seeking it out based on that description, but it brightened my morning.

Yeah that’s pretty much the case any time someone complains about having to watch the shows to understand the movies.  Man if you can’t understand what’s going on in a Marvel superhero flick then you are not paying attention...or you’re watching Eternals, that’s a possibility also.

Yup. Felt extremely natural and almost like he had never left. I liked Trevor Noah well enough, but Jon’s my guy for TDS. They screwed the pooch by not picking Roy, but until they make an actual decision happy to have Jon back for at least one day a week. 

*gently, like Danny Tanner giving fatherly advice on Full House* Tim... *begin “lesson” music* you also comment on articles about YouTube videos on the internet. *warm smile* So it’s likely at least one of those is a lie. But that’s ok! We’re all losers here. Now, here *hands them a Mountain Dew Code Red*, wipe your…

George Floyd’s death was horrific, and worthy of a serious response. But are we far enough from 2020 to acknowledge that a lot of the stuff done in the wake of his death was . . . pretty stupid? Has anyone been helped because we no longer can see funny episodes of 30 Rock and maybe the funniest episode of Community?…

Tina Fey’s response to said racial insensitivity accusations, in a note to the network asking them to pull the episodes in question: “I understand now that ‘intent’ is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologize for pain they have caused. Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on…

If you’re going to criticize the things a person said, it’s fairer to actually include what they said, not to make up a thing they “basically said” that includes the words “white power.”

i think i can sum it up as:

“basically saying”

the other problem, and something that i’m not sure i even possess the language to explain, is that we’re in a bit of a ‘crisis of opinion’.

If you’re talking about the actors and regular working people yes. However, I believe she is referring to Sony and the major studios. They are concerned about shareholders and investors.  

“What’s going to happen if you do something brave?”

No, fuck off with this “actor talks about how their mental health suffered during the pandemic” bullshit.

I feel there’s a middle ground here between not completely denigrating the effort that goes into acting and filmmaking, but perhaps not overstating the impact of bad reviews with the word “trauma,” in a world full of significantly more debilitating and life changing examples of that.

There’s something ironic, yet totally on-brand, about having an article detailing a story where a Black woman’s career is forced to take a backseat (to put it lightly) slowly morphs into a story about what this all means for Taylor Swift.

Honest question to Lorne: Who is asking for Nicky Fucking Haley to be on SNL? 

Ooo, it’s like I summoned a shining example! Don’t you love when a point is proven for you?