Okay. But where was the harm? Ultimately what does it matter that someone with good, if silly, intentions made an honest mistake out of a surfeit of goodwill? Given how careless and shitty the human race can be with each other I would vastly prefer that people overcorrect than not. And people like Cleese who hold…
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Every right-wing blowhard says some variation of ‘If someone can say they’re a gender, then I’m x’ and think it’s the most mind-blowing, Voltairian, definitive takedown of modern gender ideas and the greatest piece of satire that the world has ever seen, when instead it merely demonstrates why there aren’t more…
For season 1 he was also cribbing heavily from not only Chambers’s The King in Yellow (which was, of course, explicit) but also works by Laird Barron and others—especially Thomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, from which whole monologues by Cohle are lifted. Accusations of plagiarism got thrown…
I agree, with so much debate a few weeks back about how S4 was a “return to form” I felt that conversation overlooked a very good S3. The acting was fantastic, Ali/Dorf had wonderful chemistry, and the dialogue felt a bit more natural than S1 (though that also made it a bit less memorable). Also, it balanced three…
Half of True Detective’s appeal was the idea that there was always something deeper and weirder to the mythos.
I liked Season 3. It’s an interesting story with what I thought was a good resolution. Also, the acting is really good.
I haven’t watched this new season yet (definitely planning to), but holy hell is the reddit sub for TD a total shitshow since this season debuted. It’s just full of people falling over themselves to fellate Pizzolatto and shit on the new season (and yeah, there are quite a few dog whistles about “wokeness” and “DEI”…
This man is celebrated for 1 season of television; he wasn’t a better writer in season 1 than he was for seasons 2 or 3. The difference was 1) 2 strong performers who really gelled with the material and each other and 2) a fantastic blend of direction, cinematography and production design that was not repeated in…
In Season 2, Pizzolatto literally wrote the line, “I will come back here and butt f*ck your dad with your mom’s headless corpse.” I think whatever mantle he held regarding quality or “classic dialogue” ended right there. Also, so much of what made season 1 what it was the acting and direction. Many of the ideas were…
For a show that coasted so much on *vibes* Pizzolatto sure has a high f’ing opinion of his own fun but stupid writing.
The people I know who are watching S4 don’t even know the creative team changed, they just know it got good again after 2 seasons they didn’t like. I tell them it’s a new creative team and they’re super surprised.
Look, Trollflake you attempted to use quasi-scientific language in the same distorted framework that all bigots attempt to use it. I don’t give a shit about the other poster. It’s you that’s the asshole.
I don’t consider it radical language, nor do I consider your interpretation as more accurate. You don’t need to “lose” reality to believe that a person who identifies as a woman or man is a woman or man. You just have to respect their right to make that determination. It’s not radical; it’s just respectful. Seeing the…
“Do I wish that the trans woman athlete had access and could play and follow her dreams? I do. Will I elevate her rights over women?”
I’m confused. Are we still pretending that public figures sometimes wearing out their welcome by doing or saying stupid or terrible shit is a new, partisan, or bad thing?
Ok, I’ll bite, against my better judgment.
They knew. Just like they knew when they had their rally in Tulsa on the anniversary of the massacre. Just like when Reagan gave his first post convention rally in Philadelphia, Mississippi where the KKK had infamously lynched one Black and two Jewish civil rights workers and he had the gall to give a speech on…
Transitioning, hormones/hormone suppressors, and mental health are all serious and very personal medical issues. That is why those are the kinds of decisions that should be made with the best medical and psychological care available. It is called “best medical practice” for a reason. So, unless we are going to debate…
“... we need to teach people to see through their propaganda..”
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