Netflix is being petitioned to pull Tom Segura’s latest comedy special because of his bit about his right to use the word “retarded”. He and those defending him are claiming that honoring that petition would infringe on free speech. He maintains, (in this not really that funny bit), that he has the right to use …
While our two-dimensional lives often encroach on the fullness of our three-dimensional real lives, they can also enhance them. And sometimes they even offer us the most serendipitous gifts of unexpected knowledge or experience. The internet is like many things in that its power and its value is in how you use it. And so …
“Is there a way back for them, Bryan?” A certain Will Gompertz, apparently well known, asked Bryan Cranston if Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey could ever return to their respective reigns. There was a heartfelt urgency in his voice. This was during an interview on November 13th, 2017. Many more kingdoms were to crumble after …
The title read, “Want to Stop Sexgate 2017? Stop Feminism”. Do I want to drink from this firehose? We often ask ourselves from the burning wreckage of political posts we navigate from friends, colleagues, distant relatives and relative strangers. A very Catholic cousin of mine, whom I haven’t seen since our Grandma’s funeral mass exactly twenty-five …
Much ado is being made about the undue suffering of Louis C.K. and Kevin Spacey fans of late. Like MJ and R. Kelly fans before them, and Woody Allen and Roman Polanski fans before them, and apparently Caravaggio fans way before them, they’re grampussing about feeling unfairly wedged between the moral dilemma of Art versus …
Once again, a comedian has diagnosed one of our society’s diseases more masterfully than our politicians. While our overpaid elected officials stand solemnly before flags and cameras and issue invective about not politicizing tragedy and “disrespecting the victims’ families” by making the aftermath of a mass shooting about the gun control debate, Australian comedian Jim …
One of my best friends is a communications specialist. Her mastery of the written language is surpassed only by her mastery of reading people and reading between the lines. That is to say that her observations are largely beyond reproach. She texted me to ask if I had heard about Kevin Spacey. We lamented his …
The cavalcade of the accused is starting to look like a funeral procession. Except the wealthy and powerful men, who’ve long evaded any consequences for decades of misbehavior and criminal activity, are shuffling along, following the death knell of their own careers with passive apologies and deflective statements. A couple of years ago, and from …
The #takeaknee movement to both raise more awareness about police brutality and to show solidarity with the disproportionately People of Color who have been unlawfully stopped, detained, beaten and murdered by law enforcement is more than just polarizing. “Raising awareness” and “showing solidarity” are often derided as being more an act of self-expression than change-making. …
Stay in your lane, James Cameron. I let it go when Mark Ruffalo, of all the over-the-top crusaders, blanketly balled out all women who choose not to self-identify as feminists. The last time I checked, women are free to be whatever they want to be. Or not be. They don’t owe anyone, not even Mark …