I’ve watched Funny Games a few times.  There’s something so captivating about its vicious emptiness that pulls me back.

your face is a spice melange

“as if someone who’s only seen MTV’s Next and the music videos of McG tried to turn a Spencer’s Gifts into a TV show.”

get out!

It’s a fucking banger

I don’t even know how to process this comment.  I mean ... wha?  I think you are subjectively wrong on every single take, and I’m fairly certain you’re actually objectively wrong on most of them too.

Ok two things re. The New Pornographers: (i) there is no debate ... Electric Version is their best album; and (ii) A.C. Newman doesn’t get the credit he deserves in the world of pop songwriting. These albums are so good because of the skills he brings to the table. He wrote (and writes) nearly all of their songs. His…

counterpoint: Quiz Show is a fucking bore-fest

King’s Speech is “prestige pic”bullshit at it’s finest.

I’m crazy stressed with work and personal life, so I just wanted to thank you for deciding to post this again.  I’m cracking up!  Best laugh I’ve had in some time.  It’s so perfectly off-the-wall.

Another good one out today: new All Them Witches album “Nothing as the Ideal”

Seth Rogen was on Howard Stern recently and they got to talking about Schitt’s Creek. This is his take on Catherine O’Hara, and I just love it. He effectively said that he likes to think of himself as irreverent and pushing the boundaries of comedy, and then he watches her work in Schitt’s Creek and he says of…

This is a very good take.  To add a bit more: Bella said in an earlier episode that her whole life had been reactive.  She reacted rather than created, which in terms of her art really held her down.  As she tried to “solve” the conclusion of her book, she wrestled with this very issue: am I passively watching and…

The teeth-brushing scene is so memorable because it’s such a perfect introduction to intimacy without being overtly sexual at all. It’s so charged with attraction, but so chaste. I think it’s brilliant, because brushing your teeth IS something that’s so personal ... there is a weird intimacy to sharing that moment…

I don’t think you’re being a hypocrite.  I appreciate your points

I made a similar comment above about the show portraying a spectrum of consent and I’ll add to those thoughts here. I don’t think this show is about whether black dude is “in on it.” Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. I think there’s a far broader (and more sinister point) to be made here: black dude views the event in…

“It’s a dick move, okay, but does it make someone a predator? Awful Lady’s reaction (and she’s still awful, no matter what Kwame’s actions were) makes it clear she’s lumping him in with people like Zain or Terry’s gross threesome buddies, but I just don’t see that from either Kwame’s intent or his actions.”

hahaha that’s nuts!  and so true

Great list. My only switch: “I Need to Know” by Marc Anthony in place of “All the Small Things” (because fuck Blink 182)

Boys State (FL) class of ‘92