The two things that stick with me about Hotel (and I only marathoned it two months ago) are that the sets were beautiful and it was funny watching the men trying to generate some chemistry with Lady Gaga. She was so... self contained. I thought Bomer was the only one who pulled it off and it wasn’t until towards the…

If they like to treat the third roughly, no, that is not easy to find. They’re probably the sort of couple that sex workers advise each other not to book.

Congratulations on executing the rarest of things: a funny rape joke. The last sentence killed me.

I don’t think “African American” was used much outside of academia until the early 90s when it became a flashpoint in the debate about political correctness. Quickest way I could think of confirming that memory was to search the NY Times archives for articles written about The Cosby Show during its run, and sure…

Thank you. After reading these well-executed comments, I felt slightly embarrassed for not spotting the potential puns when reading the post. But now I feel better that my initial response to the news was “OMG I love Alan Cumming!! He is totally the nice man who would’ve reached out to Monica and tried to comfort her…

I love you both!

Because he’s smart enough to keep his mouth shut and hide?

Nat Turner was inspired by religious fervor and celestial events he interpreted as signs from God were what determined the timing of the rebellion. The fact that Parker apparently chose to replace that with a standard rape/revenge motive troubles me at multiple levels. And it makes me think the God sheen he put on his…

Part of the root cause is that setting aside. Real prison reform isn’t possible until we get a significant number of people to agree that the worst criminals among us still deserve to be treated with a minimum of decency while incarcerated.

Designed to end the menace of English tourism, no doubt.

Oh, that’s the well known “I’m almost done, babe” affirmative defense to rape that exists in... zero jurisdictions.

Comment about Hiddleston: I don’t have to say you’re gay, because we all know you’re gay.

I’m here to help.

Four kids. Damn.

Concern trolling is against my nature* and I haven’t said anything about Chambers, just that I think it’s ill-advised to cheer on puritanical impulses to zealously punish sexual indiscretions. Maybe if I knew his cost benefit analysis I’d support his actions, but from what I do know, I don’t. (Well, the poems sound…

One doesn’t have to leave Mom’s basement (where it is comfy and the fridge is full of beer and snacks!) in order to recognize that “optics” is not an argument for demonstrating actual harm. And you act like I’m arguing this guy did nothing wrong, rather than arguing that liberals should be smarter than to cheer when a…

I can’t stop laughing at the utter cruelty of choosing teal.

What law are you talking about? Apparently, the Nebraska Legislature doesn’t even have a Code of Ethics, never mind a UCMJ-style prohibition on Senators committing adultery. The high level airport novel scenarios that you’re confusing with a grasp of the big picture are dealt with in the granting of security…

I suspect your daily interaction with politicians is because you park your food truck* outside the state capital if you’ve managed to maintain such a starry eyed vision of how politics works. I’ve canvassed the public on borderline issues and lesser known public concerns, and the only time something like this scandal…

Oh sure, because state legislators are held in such high esteem and Nebraska’s unicameral legislature is now in danger of going out of business.