More Comedies Should Be As Progressive As ‘Neighbors 2′

I was kind of dreading Neighbors 2. Yes, the first Neighbors was a refreshing surprise. But at first glance, the sequel looked dispensable and derivative. By replicating and gender-swapping the original movie’s premise, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising seemed like worrisome territory for stereotyping and villainizing young women, ridiculing them for cheap laughs, and subjecting them to dick jokes. But Neighbors 2 turned out to be…

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LA Times Music Critic Sasha Frere-Jones Exits, Accused of Expensing $5K Strip Club Tab

“It’s all anyone can talk about in the newsroom,” a person close to the situation says about New Yorker veteran’s sudden exit Acclaimed music and culture writer Sasha Frere-Jones has abruptly exited the L.A. Times after less than a year amid allegations of expense-account shenanigans involving a strip club and accepting expensive freebies from sources….

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Just in: Critic quits after newspaper bows to pressure and pulls his opera review – Slipped Disc

Arthur Kapitainis is probably the most respected music critic in Canada. Just not by the Canadian Opera Company. When COC read his review for Mametto II online in the National Post they sent over a complaint to demand its removal (recte: two corrections). Unbelievably, the weak-kneed newspaper obliged. (see Comments below for COC account of…

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Wrong Winged Superhero Guy, DC Comics

Hawks are a kind of bird, yes. But Birdman and Hawkman are not the same character. This seems like something DC Comics should probably know. Whoever’s in charge of DC Comics’ twitter account just messed up when they sent this tweet promoting the launch of Future Quest—a new series that teams up old-school Hanna-Barbera characters—which…

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