On 'Bridesmaids': Am I Doing Being A Woman Wrong?
I'm not as worried about specific parts of the film as Michelle is, but I completely agree with the overall feeling that although this movie was fine, it's not some big turning point for women.
It was, perhaps, a new (and positive) direction for romantic comedies, but that's really all this was. An evolved rom-com-rework. It's nice to see that kind of film evolve but this is not ground-breaking or super-feminist or any other kind of big cultural shift. I can find much more feminist-power appeal in Tina Fey's 'Date Night,' honestly, and I'm not saying there's all that much there.
Personally I found 'Bridesmaids' to contain the exact same amount of humor as an episode of NBC's 'Community' which sounds good until you realize 'Bridesmaids' is about 5 times as long. So it's not bad, really, I'm just not as gaga over it as some reviewers seem to be.
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On Why 'The Little Mermaid' Is The Greatest Movie of Our Time
Ariel singlehandadly awakened my prepubescent interest in the opposite gender. Was it because she was the first Disney princess to appear wearing only a bra? Or was the timing just right? (I was 8.) We'll never know for sure, but I like to think there was more to it than that; that Ariel was special. I sure hate to think of all the poor kids who were sexually awakened by something like, say, the Shrek films. We had things so much better in the 80's.
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On "A Group Of Ducks Is Blown Away By The Wind"
Geez. Thanks a lot, Awl. That's the worst thing I've ever laughed at. I couldn't stop and now I feel sad.
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On Millennials Rule The Land
You're focusing on 'grade school?' You're not more disturbed by the fact that the author associates AOL with CDs rather than floppy disks? It's even worse than you think!
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On Man Dressed As Grass Caught By Dog During Heist Of Museum Filled With Rocks
Little known fact: All 3 'Oceans' movies were based on this story. They had to embellish it a little bit. You know how it is.
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On Our Taiwanese Animator Friends Explain Brett Favre (And America)
I'm pretty sure that's Teddy Roosevelt. Wait. Does he have glasses and a mustache? I can both see and not see them. It's like an optical illusion Roosevelt.
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On Ass Appreciated
Even more to the point, Geoffrey the Giraffe disagrees with ArtYucko most emphatically.
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On Kim Jong-un Is Real!
Hold on...I'm gonna need a few more minutes to parse that first sentence. I'll figure it out soon!
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On Interactive Bear Ad Knows You're A Juvenile At Heart
These may be getting old, but I don't care. I still love them. I'm mostly impressed that "paints" was included. It's like they can read my mind!
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On The Seven Annoying Friends You Meet At Trivia Night
We made a female bartender gasp and say 'EW!' when we used the team name 'Kitten Fisters.' Even though I didn't come up with the name I still felt a bit of pride at that.