Thanks, racism!

The Adventures of Don Quilesterol and Sancho Paunchy

A serious contender for "Best Supporting Actor on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", and she's up against some solid competition.

What did she expect? It's called Infinite Jest, not "Brief Jest".

That's a fair point. Also, "that space between c+ and b-" is probably the most accurate and succinct review of Franzen I've ever read.

Oh so now you're criticising his diet?

His persona is largely an invention of the commentariat, his books are pretty good and he's a very good writer. I can understand being put off by the reactions he gets and also by having a 3 foot stack of books (I can sympathise with you on that one) but his reputation as a writer is far better deserved than his…

This is true. But that was over 15 years ago at this point.

I've read a few interviews with him and he's rarely other than self-deprecating. People call him a good writer because he's a good writer. Whenever his name comes up, he's swamped with vitriol. I don't get why he's been anointed as a sort of hate figure. It seems entirely disproportionate to anything he's actually…

Franzen gets an inordinate amount of hate online. It's disproportionate.

Have you read any of his novels?

What did you think of the review?

Do you guys remember that incredible night with the healthcare vote and the Republicans are red and the Democrats are blue, and that vote was so blue, it was unbelievable, and they didn't know what to say?

OMG you're such a Daria

You promised he wouldn't be harmed

Wow, he must have worked really hard that day.

"Roger Moore dressed as X for no apparent reason" is one of the best Bond tropes.

"Sorry Le Chiffre. You lose! It was Professor Plum!"

Then the next film could have Bond taking down the coffin after it goes rogue. Call it You Only Die Twice.

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