David Mamet probably needs to meet some Patels. This is from “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

Well, what does “white-washed” mean? A South Asian character who was born in the US? Or maybe a character who can be portrayed by a South Asian actor, but doesn’t necessarily need to be? If so, both of those possibilities are not necessarily bad at all.

Well, there certainly has been an increase in roles for South Asian actors. This seems more noticeable in television than films. Penn started acting professionally in the late 1990's. I wonder if Jonathan’s character from 30 Rock was intentionally meant to be South Asian. A few of those South Asian roles are…

that’s a pretty cheap way of looking at it. Sex and human companionship is a pretty important part of life.

Yeah, I think that women at the bottom have it much better than men at the bottom. A poor, uneducated, unemployed, woman can much more easily meet dating partners than a poor, unemployed, uneducated man. It isn’t even close. If you’re a man, having no friends is a serious dating liability. If you’re a woman, so much…

This is late. But once I was super hungover and I barfed on the #24, so close to my destination. I was sitting in the very back, and everybody ahead of me raised their feet. I knew I was nauseas, so before I boarded, I bought something at CVS just so I could get a barf bag. I barfed in the bag, and quickly put it to…

I had the same thought. Who is the intended purchaser? Barton herself? Is the seller hoping that she has a very wealthy #`1 fan? Anyone who buys it for that price cannot possibly expect to recoup that money. Apprently a private collector bought a Marilyn/JFK film. I wonder for how much and how much money could be made…

I know right? The asking price is $500k? Shocking. I wonder what would be the price for Donald/Melania? Or Donald, and some other woman, and I don’t really want to think of other names right now.

There is a philosopher named John Rawls whose big idea is “The Veil of Ignorance.” Basically, imagine that you are an unborn soul and you do not know what kind of life you would be born into. The unluckiest life you could get would probably be a super poor child with unsupportive parents. Since so much of people’s…

I am really just jumping into your conversation with Kurtis. I think that All women are on the pedestal. This means all women get limited by the patriarchy. And being on the pedestal means all women are given a minimum floor of privilege and opportunity. Not all men have a chance of fully realizing their male…

I know the origin of “Not All Men,” “Yes All Women,” is in street harassment, but it really applies to a whole host of gender issues. All women have body image issues, not all men do, but the ones who do get hit really hard.

Showing “300" isn’t really that crazy, I guess it depends on the grade. I watched a lot of silly movies in elementary and middle school. I would be opposed to 300 because of gratuitous violence. “Glory” had a lot of violence, but the movie serves a purpose. I actually get really uncomfortable during war movies. I can…

Oh, I see you’re being sarcastic. Ok. Well, I’m still going to write my comment: Pretty much anything would have been a better idea. Reading a story and answering questions on a worksheet would have been a better idea. Not engaging enough? So what, the teacher isn’t going to get slagged. And the story/worksheet…

I remember reading Roald Dahl’s childhood autobiography and the “fags” were usually underclassmen who had to serve the upperclassmen. Was this “auction” a one-time thing which reversed the “tradition”?

Its not just the low salary which discourages bright people from becoming teachers. It is also the massive amount of work, the overbearing parents, and kids who really have more power than they deserve. The kids know this and exploit it. I also think that bright people are dissuaded from teaching because they don’t…

If the instructor was a “professor,” was it not a college class? Why was there a month remaining after finals? Was it actually a high school AP class and there was a month after the AP test? If so, I would think the teacher would find something more meaningful. In my AP US history class, we held debates.

I am saying that between...

Why is this wrong? I really doubt that many cis-gendered men actively seek out transwomen. The men who date them probably don’t have a lot of options, so they make do with a transwoman. Sure, the men might grow to love the transwoman, but would he prefer she was a ciswoman? Yes.

I am not sure how literal you are being, but I often wonder about things like “All time 100 lists.” Since I was a kid, I have always thought about the concept of the Guardian Angel, but in my mind it was more like my Documentarian Angel. When I die, I go to Heaven, and my DA shows me my top ten reels:

Understandable. But I can’t judge because I am a heterosexual man, and I would not date or marry a transwoman. I have a friend who is a transwoman, and she told me that she is pretty much resigned to never dating anyone. If a great man came along and wanted to marry, but didn’t want to disclose the marriage to anyone,…