I know what you THINK you're arguing here, but this isn't some post-modernist art class in which you can disengenuously compare Kabuki makeup and Halloween face-painting to minstrel shows and blackface, specifically intended to mock, criticize, and demean black people. You can't really think this is a serious…

I get your point, but I disagree. I think you're giving blackface far too much credit, or perhaps just the idea that an inherently dehumanizing practice can somehow humanize as well. That would require a great nuance and sensitivity on the part of the blackface performer and an openness and receptivity on the part of…

I wonder if you could school us historically illiterate and ignorant people on how "sympathetic" representations of black people in minstrel shows actually impacted the lives of real black people for the better. Did it stop the imposition of Black Codes, peonage (slavery in all but name), voter disenfranchisement,…

Actually, it's not to each their own. People can certainly go around in blackface, red-face, yellow-face if they choose, claiming they are "celebrating " the race or just joking. And they must be prepared to deal with the pushback and opprobrium they receive for doing so. Of course, if the people you are intending…

"Blackface got a bad wrap because it was created out of hate and racism."

Yes, I'm aware. Since the post listed his character's name, I didn't think I needed to reiterate that, but to try to orient his character in the world of Lost for those who didn't remember him.

I don't think so. I've seen him recently, because he's joining the cast of "House of Lies", and he looks in pretty good shape to me. His face has changed quite a bit though, and not in a good way. I noticed this way back in 2007 in This Christmas, and it was even more obvious in Torchwood: Miracle Day. He just…

Thank you for saying it. Fine used to cling to him like a well-fitted suit. I...don't know what has happened, but it hurts my feelings.

Why is this thread full of people talking about Naomi and Cindy when we could be talking about John Hawkes, and how fucking awesome he is? And yes, he was on a few episodes as an "Other" who were holed up at the Temple. Sayid killed him. I was sad, because he's John Hawkes.

Tell your mom I will watch "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" with her any time. Dominic Monaghan and Patricia Routledge? Perfection.

This is the damned truth.

MY PEOPLE!

It is definitely a "we". CHARLIE 4EVA!

Are you serious? LOTR fangirls and boys made up a HUGE portion of Lost's audience the first couple of seasons, which helped it become the phenomenon it did, and you are going to hate on Charlie? Charlie's whose painful sacrifice was one of the most poignant moments on this show? You actually rank him lower than #20…

You do you, then. Meanwhile...

Seriously? I'm a licensed counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist, and it was evident even on cursory viewing of this show that the couple had long-standing problems barely masked for the cameras. We're kind of attuned to pick up on these kinds of cues, and reality cameras do not make one an actor,…

That's right, that new show with Josh Holloway. Forgot about that. I watch too much television anyway; I couldn't possibly have added another show. Hope it's doing well, for both of them.

Speaking of that, what the hell happened to Red? I LOVED that they flipped tradition on its head and made her "the wolf". There's been no explanation for her mysterious absence, and I for one miss her and her hilariously trashy clothes.

I wish I could feel that way, but I think Jamie Chung is just a terrible actress. Her line delivery is so amateurish and wooden that I find myself not caring what happens to her and barely noticing that she hasn't been around. And Belle is fine, but best (for me) in small doses. I wish they would bring Rumple back,…

I'm not even sure why I'm still watching this show. Other than drooling over Hook and now Robin Hood (Sean Maguire, yum), I think it's only because I'm sincerely hoping that Henry will die.