Having worked in NYC for a long time, though mercifully no longer, I think that in that city especially there’s a culture that allows, even encourages gross disrespect towards subordinates and contractors. There’s no ramifications for bad behavior, because the people who typically exhibit such behavior have positions…

That might be a little much. I’m a big believer in serendipity. It happens. I never saw myself getting married because I traveled like crazy for work and after getting the heave by someone who (a little unrealistically) told me to quit so we could be together, I figured that was it, my best shot, gone. (I was nuts…

Barbara Mullen was goddam good looking. Her critics were out of their minds.

Ha! I wouldn’t use the word “whore”, but I think her act (which, let's face it, worked for close to 30 years) is finally past its sell-by date. I hold her responsible for all of the nearly naked chicks who can't sing.

Try that again. She had a kid, and no matter what, you have to feed, shelter, clothe, educate and give some kind of structure. We excoriate people all the time for not acknowledging their parental responsibilities. You can blame your background to a point, but no one can claim ignorance of parental responsibilities.…

Yeah, but so what? She had a kid, kids need food and sle

You still can’t go wrong with his answer when asked after MJ’s retirement what his favorite Jordan memory was: “Shakin’ his ass.”

Went to Catholic all boys school. Jacket, tie, trousers, socks, shoes. No exceptions. They wrote it down, handed it to us, and if we or our parents didn’t want to comply, they told us we could attend other schools.

You do understand that much of the world’s countries are (numerically) dominated by one ethnic group or another? There’s no argument from me that white people from The major European countries colonized the Americas, farmed it with slaves and white people still enjoy privilege. The difference between your position and…

Well, I’m sure this will shock you, but profit is the motive for business. Capitalism, unless you’ve heard differently, isn’t really into the moral high ground. So, stockholder value, profit, the ability to raise capital, etc, are all really valid concerns. If the worst thing that happens to a studio is that someone…

Hey, dope, I know who Aquaman is being played by. That’s the point.

You're not really up on your history.

Ok, so no black James Bond, no black Aquaman, no black characters in period dramas when, historical accuracy would actually demand no strong black characters? You’re letting your outrage get ahead of logic. Asians weren’t “deprived” of this role, they weren’t chosen, for myriad reason that had nothing to do with race.

Once you spend a little time selling women's shoes, you can tell me how gross and misshapen male feet are. I have seen things.

Not at all. “Reverse” racism isn’t a thing; behavior is either racist or not.

Shit that has worked for an eternity (and will likely continue to do so):

Men dream of being able to control their boners. And unicorns...we also want our own unicorns.

When you consider how Portugese, Japanese, and other foreign workers were treated by plantations (which is how Hawaii really became so diverse; “guest labor”), I’m always a little surprised when people refer to Hawaii as Asian. It was populated by Hawaiian natives until white people arrived. There was relatively quick…

I do not hate lotion. I hate the lady traveller in the middle seat who, 2 hours into a 3 hour flight, finds it necessary to moisturize every square inch of exposed skin, and her FEET, with some super aromatic lotion for which she doubtless overpaid.

I’ve been giving flowers since I was a teenager. When I was dating, the off-Wednesday bouquet was a pre-Internet/text-era “Just thinking of you”. After staying at a family friend’s, sending flowers to the lady of the house was always a thing.