Why think about anything? Why try to understand art or our responses to it? Why not just turn off your brain and laugh at things because other people tell you they’re funny? Why does criticism even exist?
I just don’t understand this kind of response; if your response to a criticism is “why criticize anything?” then what do we even have to talk about?
This is just a more complicated way of saying
(Not to mention, the entire essay’s thesis is “I don’t enjoy these TV shows lots of other people do and I want to understand why,” so “TV I enjoy” is not actually relevant here.)
And the point of the criticism is that being a female politician is not broadly worthy of praise or recognition when you’re a lunatic like Bachmann.
Aside, this was funny to me; Schur has fallen into Niceness so much he can’t even appreciate his own older work anymore:
Fwiw, I feel like Hader was the clear breakout star of that movie. It’s no surprise he got Barry off the back of Trainwreck. It showed that he was more than just a goofy dude who could do impressions, he could actually act.
Holy shit. I had no idea Schur was involved with FJM
he is, in fact, Ken Tremendous.
also I like how he talks about feeling bad over the name like he had any power to actually get Joe Morgan fired. the whole reason it’s funny is that he didn’t; FJM was a great and early example of hilariously and in-your-facedly challenging sacred cows and conventional wisdom and etc. in sports and sports media.
Lmfaoooo what the fuck this is incredible
The Kendall and Marcia are the best
all except shiv were 10/10 for me
like i said, i haven’t watched the show, but i could immediately tell which one was Kieran Culkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
I regret to inform you that it’s good. I mean very good, and not even in a Sorkinesq way. While they’re quipping left and right it’s not really done in the service of showing that some guy is the smug know it all above the other smug know it alls, it’s just quipping. The whip smart camera work works really well in the courtroom and the pauses are perfect for punctuating the drama.
My complaints were like the others have made about the made up sex pot to snag Rubin. Didn’t anything to do the plot but that women can’t be trusted. The French joke felt completely out of left field for everyone, why would a FBI agent know that and why would she think Garcia would get it? Turns out it the exact same joke Sorkin told on another show.
It’s criminal that this has 3 likes.
I finished The Boys and absolutely loved it. I was laughing constantly - I was going to say “even at the gore” but it’s more like “especially at the gore”. Heads a-poppin’ omg. On the one hand it’s hard to believe they’ll be able to keep up this quality going forward, on the other there are so many threads left for them to chase down. Can’t wait for more.
There have been so many sideways references to Black Noir’s sensitivity, I am looking forward to learning more about that.
Side note: I was friends with Jack Quaid’s nanny when he was a little boy. When I realized that was him it made me feel super-old.
Did you ever meet the Quaid/Ryanses through her?
Did anyone watch American Utopia yet? Watching it now and I just wanna dance like I’m at a Trump rally and Macho Man is playing
No. IIRC they were very protective/secretive and I don’t think I was even supposed to know she was working for them. I met him a few times (again, he was like 5 I think) when she’d bring him on errands with her and it was almost a secret who he was.
I loved it. Definitely a show where I think you have to commit to watching two or three episodes before deciding if it’s a good fit. It’s got me dying to see the UK version.