en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/619705 Comments by ake978 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/01/04/new-edition-of-huckleberry-finn-gets-pc-scrubbing-ew-okay-with-that/#IDComment119517911 I'm going to write an "updated" version of Madama Bovary in which Emma divorces her boring husband, gets her own apartment in town, and starts dating a bisexual 22-year-old computer hacker. Because that will help everyone understand the lives of middle-class women in 19th C. France. I work in educational publishing. The new version of Huck Finn and PW's attitude towards it surprise me not at all. Tue, 4 Jan 2011 20:39:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/01/04/new-edition-of-huckleberry-finn-gets-pc-scrubbing-ew-okay-with-that/#IDComment119517911 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/and-now-a-holiday-message-from-evangelical-atheist-ricky-gervais/#IDComment117698302 Hey, leave the Cubs out of this. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:42:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/and-now-a-holiday-message-from-evangelical-atheist-ricky-gervais/#IDComment117698302 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/and-now-a-holiday-message-from-evangelical-atheist-ricky-gervais/#IDComment117685430 A couple of nights ago, my husband was watching a Ricky Gervais stand-up comedy special on cable. I like Extras and the British Office, so I sat down to watch for a while. But Gervais was trying so desperately to be "edgy" that it was painful. At one point he almost seemed to panic and veered into a terrible joke about raping an old lady. That went over like a lead balloon, so to recover, he launched into his evangelical atheism routine. He read aloud from a book he got as a child about Noah and the Ark. His big argument was that there are millions of species of animals in the world, so how could they all fit on one boat? Seriously. That was the sterling logic and rigorous intellectualism Gervais brought to his atheist apologetics. Arguing with a 1973 children's book about Noah's ark. See, that's why God doesn't exist!! Oy vey. After a few minutes, I had to leave the room. It was too painful. The saddest thing about Gervais is that he's not that much smarter than the Karl Pilkington character he's always making fun of. He just thinks he is. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:58:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/and-now-a-holiday-message-from-evangelical-atheist-ricky-gervais/#IDComment117685430 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/21/todays-open-thread-177/#IDComment117264581 Not a huge Billie Holiday fan. I'd much rather listen to Dinah Washington or Sarah Vaughn. But I do love Holiday's rendition of this song. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:24:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/21/todays-open-thread-177/#IDComment117264581 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/21/wsj-before-she-reads-c-s-lewis-joy-behar-has-some-growing-up-to-do/#IDComment117238391 And what has Joy been reading? The microwave instructions on her Lean Cuisine? But Behar, Whoopi, etc., are not the real problem. They're idiots. They'll always be idiots. The real question is, who gave these shrieking buffoons their positions in the media? Who made them millionaires? The ^%$#-wits who watch The View and the media execs who will follow money no matter where it leads are the real problem. They deserve the blame. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:25:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/21/wsj-before-she-reads-c-s-lewis-joy-behar-has-some-growing-up-to-do/#IDComment117238391 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/15/todays-open-thread-172/#IDComment115989402 Love Jackie Wilson. "Doggin Me Around," "Baby, Workout," "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me".... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:54:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/15/todays-open-thread-172/#IDComment115989402 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/15/todays-open-thread-172/#IDComment115989067 Lucky you! I would've loved to see Wilson and Sam and Dave live. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:51:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/12/15/todays-open-thread-172/#IDComment115989067 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bschaeffer/2010/12/08/appreciation-imagine-no-john-lennon-misguided-politics-aside-i-cant/#IDComment114767387 Interesting take, and one I was glad to read. I was a big Beatles fan when I was a kid, but I was never that interested in their solo careers. I did always pay some attention to Lennon, though, and I've wondered about his real politics. He sang Imagine, yes, but he also sang Revolution. ("You say you want a revolution, well, we'd all love to hear the plans"--hilarious.) He may have had some/a lot of contradictory ideas, ideas that he hadn't worked out all the way, ambivalence ... It would've been interesting to see the person he grew into as he aged (and, presumably or at least hopefully, grew out of that godawful gasbag hippie culture). But we'll never know--thanks to Chapman. Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:34:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bschaeffer/2010/12/08/appreciation-imagine-no-john-lennon-misguided-politics-aside-i-cant/#IDComment114767387 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/11/01/jon-stewarts-rally-to-ignore-reality-were-cool-youre-crazy/#IDComment107385909 Yeah, dude, like, totally. Thanks for, like, totally adding your articulate, carefully considered opinion to the mix. This is why I'm, like, totally stoked that Jon Stewart et al. have snapped their fingers at their Frat Boy viewers, pointed them in the general direction of the polling places, and told them who to vote for. Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:10:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/11/01/jon-stewarts-rally-to-ignore-reality-were-cool-youre-crazy/#IDComment107385909 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/edulis/2010/10/14/uproar-over-gay-film-trailer-further-exposes-glaads-increasing-irrelevance/#IDComment104062657 I was just watching a show earlier this week--pretty sure it was It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia--in which a character says, "Dude, that is so gay." Didn't hear any screeching from the perpetually offended about that. They must've had their radar dish array pointed in a different direction. But it's not like using "that's so gay" as a comment from an immature or insensitive character is something new. At any rate, this is what we have to look forward to now--a never-ending stream of complaints and demands about everything from the language in throwaway jokes to the suspicion that someone, somewhere doesn't agree completely with each and every facet of the lifestyle of a small minority. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:37:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/edulis/2010/10/14/uproar-over-gay-film-trailer-further-exposes-glaads-increasing-irrelevance/#IDComment104062657 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/24/todays-open-thread-111/#IDComment100745939 "Not sure I agree with you 100 percent on your police work there, Lou. " Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:18:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/24/todays-open-thread-111/#IDComment100745939 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/24/todays-open-thread-111/#IDComment100745578 My friend and I saw it in a theater in Minneapolis. We were both new to the state at the time, and we too had to laugh at some of the audience reactions. "Oh, geez, we don't sound like that." One of my favorite scenes is where William Macy is trying to scrape the thick ice off his windshield and dissolves into a fit of impotent rage. I used to have to park my car outside all winter, and I know exactly how he felt. Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:15:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/09/24/todays-open-thread-111/#IDComment100745578 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2010/09/13/the-dark-shadows-of-true-blood-lets-share-some-blood-among-friends/#IDComment98744082 Watch Klaus Kinsky as Nosferatu. He's THAT Dracula. Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:17:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2010/09/13/the-dark-shadows-of-true-blood-lets-share-some-blood-among-friends/#IDComment98744082 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tslagle/2010/08/18/the-pretentious-hypocritical-demands-of-sheryl-crow/#IDComment93914368 Actually, she can just skip the playing music part.. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:13:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tslagle/2010/08/18/the-pretentious-hypocritical-demands-of-sheryl-crow/#IDComment93914368 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/05/27/what-the-msm-didnt-tell-you-about-holder-and-the-police-chiefs/#IDComment77382924 But they're smarter and more moral than all of us proles, see, so they do get to choose which laws to enforce. Thu, 27 May 2010 21:34:20 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/05/27/what-the-msm-didnt-tell-you-about-holder-and-the-police-chiefs/#IDComment77382924 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/05/25/todays-polanski-supporter-jeff-wells/#IDComment77090286 If "RoPo" was a Republican senator instead of a movie director, Jeff Wells (whoever he is) et al. would be calling for his public castration. And why no forgiveness and letting go, particularly after decades of natural healing and the universe having moved on, for priests who committed piggish and brutal acts decades ago? Jeff is clearly a hater. Tue, 25 May 2010 19:56:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/05/25/todays-polanski-supporter-jeff-wells/#IDComment77090286 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/05/21/breaking-machete-director-backpeddles-removes-scenes-after-race-war-complaint/#IDComment76570790 "People have to register and vote because what we need is serious, comprehensive immigration reform." And who is it that Rodriguez so desperately wants to register and hustle over to polling places? Maybe he can get ACORN to help. Fri, 21 May 2010 21:52:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/05/21/breaking-machete-director-backpeddles-removes-scenes-after-race-war-complaint/#IDComment76570790 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/05/19/daily-gut-running-for-the-border/#IDComment76417738 Exactly! That is the most outrageous thing about this. That the US president stood with a foreign leader against the perfectly legal wishes of his own citizens. Unreal. Thu, 20 May 2010 20:15:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/05/19/daily-gut-running-for-the-border/#IDComment76417738 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2010/05/13/desecrating-old-glory-educators-failing-our-american-flag/#IDComment75306510 Huh. A school superintendent (and apparently someone with a Ph.D. in Education) has no idea how to handle a difficult real-life situation. Knock me over with a feather. Thu, 13 May 2010 18:50:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2010/05/13/desecrating-old-glory-educators-failing-our-american-flag/#IDComment75306510 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/05/05/as-the-hollywood-reporter-chuckles-along-seth-macfarlane-trashes-palin/#IDComment72825849 McFarlane is a snorting, puerile frat boy. Nothing he says has any value. So why does he have, what is it, three venues for airing his asinine humor? Hmm, Fox? Why? Wed, 5 May 2010 17:12:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/05/05/as-the-hollywood-reporter-chuckles-along-seth-macfarlane-trashes-palin/#IDComment72825849