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jasonzinoman.bsky.social
Critic at large at New York Times. On comedy column. Authored Letterman, Shock Value. Podcast: The Martin Chronicles.
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Three All NBA guys with a torn Achilles in one playoffs. Shorten the fucking season already, this is so dumb.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Made this prediction before game one. If only I put money on it!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I know how much this exchange means to @jasonzinoman.bsky.social. It means a lot to me too, but this is one of Jason’s favorite subjects. Also, great interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

A couple things left on the cutting room floor. 1) LC says a second turning pt in Seinfeld was when Julia L Dreyfus told Larry David and Seinfeld she was being underutilized. They responded by giving her George stories. "That was the beginning of the explosion of the Elaine character."

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Celebrating the birthday of Olympia Dukakis, who, no matter how good you think she is in Moonstruck, is better, and who, in Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette and Boo, gave one of the funniest performances I've yet seen in my life.

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

This was the Rivoli in NYC. 50 years ago this AM I was in a car with the nervous director of “Jaws” and Albert Brooks heading over there. The director wondered whether there’d be a line. There was. It went around the corner and far beyond. He really hadn’t known this could happen. What a day!

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

He worked with Arsenio, Jay, Andy, Mel, Jerry, Julia, Larry, Sacha, Nic, Bob. Larry Charles's memoir has good stories about all of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

nifty finish by Tyrese Haliburton

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Fascinating essay/profile, about origins of television, art under political threat, the way the culture processes Jewish mothers and why we all know Lucy, but not Gertrude Berg.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

You know that moment in science fiction where the hero realizes everything they thought was true isn't. I felt that watching this. I'm half-serious. Which is also the tone here. And of the subject. And the way we live now.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Am I the only one alive who just thought: Oh fuck, game two is during the Tony’s.

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

This @jasonzinoman.bsky.social article about three different Romeros trying to extend George's legacy is filled with details that are equal parts sad, strange and sweet. A good read. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/m...

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

1) A Serious Man 2) Fargo 3) Barton Fink 4) No Country for Old Men 5) Inside Llewelyn Davis

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

“The cruelest thing a critic does is make you think about it. But the best thing a critic does is make you think about it.” Dave Chappelle, rare on video interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2K...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Michael with the Memorial Day gift!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

"Man walks into a bar" Perfect lede for this @poniewozik.bsky.social gem. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/a...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Great commentary here, but SIR that was *Emmy Award-winning* actor Lamorne Morris!

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments