Our national media fail to hold the GOP accountable for the fact that the GOP has no actual agenda or policy. They fully expect that Democrats won’t let their extreme policies happen. Their entire strategy is to propose the wackiest, most extreme ideas to the delight of their base, while counting on liberals to draw…

When Watts feels up to it, I hope she takes the hospital to the cleaners and that the nurse is named in the lawsuit. Five bucks says the nurse is the type who really thinks she is a good person. Phony nice women, fear them.

It is clear that Trump is bad for Palestine, bad for Israel, bad for Israel heck he is bad for the entire world. However, an election year is the best time to get politicians to commit to a course of action. A lame duck president has no incentive to move mountains. Therefore by his second term Biden will be…

I fail to see how this means you shouldn’t protest the guy actively helping Israel to bomb Gaza. They are hardly going to be able to protest him in the White House. They have to protest when he is out and about. And the fact is he will always be out an about talking about another important problem. His job is to…

First. The idea that film makers have to stick to the historical record is ridiculous. Ridley Scott just made a film about Napoleon being a buffoon. The existence of historical records to the contrary did not change his view. Scott had a point a view that did a disservice to Napoleon. And I am saying Scorsese had a…

Cool. A billionaire who threw himself a space themed party. How original. It’s comical that the single most fervent wish they all have is to be lords of the cosmos. And I really hope they get that wish soon. Just launch yourselves into space and stay there, please. 

Exactly. He is very comfortable with stories where white men are in charge of their own destinies. But is incapable of extending that agency to others. I do think Barbie didn’t quite give its lead agency either. But I agree Barbie was also a highly conceptualized and stylized film. It’s just that Oscar voters have…

Otter you have gone full sea lion. You’d have to direct your question to Osage for more information. Her sisters had some more insight relative to her. But overall the Osage people are portrayed as passive and resigned in the film which is the point of the criticism. As the lead Osage person in the film, the film…

Let’s take stock of the depth of the records the author could have had into the Osage people’s experiences. They were massacred. Their oral and narrative stories destroyed along with them. Western linguistics don’t handle oral traditions well given the west is more written language driven. What is left of the oral…

She reserves the right to feel badly about how she was treated. Hence “shitty” not “abusive”. People can behave badly in relationships or “situationships” without being abusive. She feels hoodwinked by him which happens regularly when dating. You bitch about it to your friends in the group chat. Mining this for…

At this point, she knew who Hammer was. She is in showbiz and has heard the stories covered extensively. She knows his penchant for tattooing women, she heard about the cannibalism. She is a grown woman in her 30s. Doesn’t work for him. He has no hold over her. So what is the story here exactly? Shitty man I willing…

I don’t agree. Cultural impact and underlying philosophy are criterias for awarding films. In addition to excellent acting of course. Oppenheimer is not being awarded just for the powerhouse acting, it’s also about its message about the nature of war, human egos, our understanding of what constitutes genius and the…

Which was also written by a White man. As Zora Neale Hurston once said, “If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” Too often, people with power have control of the narratives of oppressed peoples.

Exactly. Barbie is a comedy. It’s not fair to judge it by obvious Oscar bait standards like Killers or Oppenheimer. It can be exhausting watching the same human suffering films. There are equally great stories to be told of human life outside of war, holocaust, slavery, genocide, HIV/AIDs, homophobia etc. I think…

I have the same complaint about Lily Gladstone’s acting or the way the character was written. She had no verve, no insight into the men around her and simply just watched things fall apart. Her mother and sister had more gumption. It didn’t help them, but at least they clocked what was happening. I think there is a…

Exactly. This is how women develop alcohol use disorders unnoticed. A lot of female problem drinking is wrapped up in fun/cool girl/wine mom attitudes like this episode.

Imagine bagging the greatest gymnast in history and still feeling so small that you need to play power games about who chased whom. Ban men from podcasts. 

Abortion is popular. Period. Will this give Democrats the courage to actually say the word “abortion” without euphemisms ? Democrats need to be bolder and say what they mean. The media has Dems convinced that if they state their policies clearly, they would lose. Meanwhile, the populace wants more pro-labor, more…

She has not said anything that leading Israeli voices aren’t saying themselves. Public discourse needs to move beyond the immaturity of “If you say you like waffles, you must also be saying you hate pancakes”. Pointing out the inhuman conditions of Palestine is not the same as erasing the horrors Israel faced during…

Aaah this particular grift is the worst! The media has created an entire class of bottom feeders from Michael Cohen to Cassidy Hutchinson. They were all loving working with Trump until he hurt them in some way. They immediately run to our dishonorable media who put them all over the TV screens and reward them with…