samadams.bsky.social
Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
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I think this settles down somewhat in the stylistic department, at least
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I have seen every episode in this season and I still could not tell you what half of these titles refer to
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Please Do Not Reveal
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what if I told you the reason there aren’t more giant big-box stores in New York is actually … capitalism
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also ridiculous how they act as if American socialism would be more like Cuba or the USSR than oh, I don’t know, France
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I assume Pedro Pescal is someone you can just tell “hey, we want your butt in the shot,” but imagine if they had to come up with another reason
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sounds like a participation trophy
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and from friends who teach I understand Gleaners is a perennial fave with undergrads
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I recommend Girls State for doc # 2
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Oh man. I haven’t done a ballot yet but I know that’s on it
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somewhere Matthew Weiner is clucking his tongue and muttering "a bit much, my guy"
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yeah, I saw that, but I am finding this more than a little absurd
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I think the main advantage of having artist parents is knowing it’s not completely impractical to want to be an artist
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People seem weirdly reluctant to address the idea that just being rich is a thing
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just consider how difficult that part of the year will be for him
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well now *that* sounds socialist
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the thing I really don’t understand is having such a specific embargo lift (2:15 am ET) for a show with no linear airings
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imagine looking at the current US and the USSR and thinking the most dangerous way the former is approaching the latter involves grocery stores
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Please Do Not Reveal That The Bear Gets a Second Floor
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I usually assume this has more do with the calculation of how much there is to gain rather than how much there is to lose
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I was workshopping this but couldn’t get there. Well done.
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I think it’s almost more important for what didn’t work as what did—naked racism, antisemitism-baiting, the appeal to “experience” no matter what that experience is
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put another way, nearly a quarter of the Senate was elected with fewer votes than Zohran Mamdani got yesterday