‘JERY: Seinfeld Revival Is “Possible.”’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
@SEINFELD2000: This is definitely the best day of my life. … More ‘JERY: Seinfeld Revival Is “Possible.”’ for Slate
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‘Shipping Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Is the Only True Olympic Sport’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
Though they do not know it, it’s clear to me, someone who has now spent a total of five minutes watching ice dancing, that their unrealized feelings are what make them such electrifying performers. … More ‘Shipping Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Is the Only True Olympic Sport’ for Slate
‘Fifty Shades Freed Features the Most Absurd Foreplay in the Series’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
In Fifty Shades Freed’s meandering storyline, anything can be foreplay, narratively speaking: a look, an argument, a montage, danger, ice cream. … More ‘Fifty Shades Freed Features the Most Absurd Foreplay in the Series’ for Slate
‘Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story Examines Australians’ Relationship With the National Icon They Both Love and Eat’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
How did such an innately lovable, national icon come to be considered a pest? … More ‘Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story Examines Australians’ Relationship With the National Icon They Both Love and Eat’ for Slate
‘I, Donna’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
Tonya Harding made Margot Robbie an Oscar nominee, but her role as an obsessive stalker on an Australian soap opera made her a star. … More ‘I, Donna’ for Slate
‘Does The Post Give the Washington Post Too Much Credit? The New York Times Seems to Think So.’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
Is that some not-so-subtle shade we do detect in the pages of the New York Times? … More ‘Does The Post Give the Washington Post Too Much Credit? The New York Times Seems to Think So.’ for Slate
‘The Most Scathing Editor Comments From Milo Yiannopoulos’ Manuscript’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
Even Ivers could see that the man and his manuscript had gone very far off the conservative deep end. … More ‘The Most Scathing Editor Comments From Milo Yiannopoulos’ Manuscript’ for Slate
‘The Gloriously Incompetent Politicians of Children’s Television’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
The monocled little man who falls apart when his assistant goes on vacation, hiding in his underwear in his ruined mayoral office, clutching his jar of pickles. The self-centered, cigar-smoking womanizer flanked by models, who makes only the barest attempt to hide his corruption, holding his constituents in open contempt. The insecure man-children wearing sashes … More ‘The Gloriously Incompetent Politicians of Children’s Television’ for Slate
‘Love Actually’s Workplace Harassment Feels Especially Egregious at the End of 2017’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
In 2017, the year of #MeToo, of silence breakers and silence broken, of bathrobes and potted plants and secret door-locking buttons, Love Actually’s workplace “romances” feel particularly unpalatable—in fact, they feel more like harassment, actually. … More ‘Love Actually’s Workplace Harassment Feels Especially Egregious at the End of 2017’ for Slate
‘The Bittersweet Satisfaction of Watching Women Rise Because Men Fall’ for Slate
May 24, 2018
To paraphrase Jurassic Park: Man commits sexual harassment. Sexual harassment destroys man. Woman inherits the Earth. … More ‘The Bittersweet Satisfaction of Watching Women Rise Because Men Fall’ for Slate
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