Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
No. He's not allowed to use that word. That's our word. Make him take it back.
Maybe we can work with this. Let's all say "due process" and "human rights" and "what it means to be an american" over and over and over again.
I've been skippy skimmy, re: butter dishes, have we seen these? [link]
note to self: gyRos, not gyNos.
That's one critical letter right there.
Things I like to say:
I'm a big fan of "squagel," but I think I have to turn in my NYC Cred card before admitting that.
Prison Break: when the fuck does a governor call to say "I'm NOT granting clemency." ?
Arrgh! I've done too much reading over the last week -- now I want one specific quotation, and I can't remember where it is!
Eyerolling's okay, because I can't hear it. Sighing I need to clamp down on, because it's being terribly abused.
ita, if you're only making rules against things that are happening, your meetings have much more potential for excitement and amusement than any I've been to. And yet, people are sighing and falling asleep. It's confusing.
The object of the game is not to amass the most money or real estate, but to be the last player to retain civil liberties.
"I've had people complain to me that when they play, nobody wins. They say `We're all in Guantanamo and nobody has any civil liberties left,'" he said. "I'm like `Yeah, that's the point.'"
Prison Break: Trudy, I'm assuming it's because of his daughter being right there, and having just appealed to him personally. ::handwave:: I'm just really curious as to how they're going to get Lincoln out of this. If they even are. Also, WTF on the VP?!?
Going back a bit: I can't really think of very many un-stereotyped Jewish men in recent movies. As for Above Rubies, I saw it, and thought it was good, but not great. Also, there were a few "Huh?" moments for me, when someone on screen did something that an Orthodox Jew just wouldn't do (I can't remember any right now), but overall, I remember being more impressed at how many little details they got right than at the few they got wrong.
On Friends, they never quite say whether or not Rachel is Jewish. Monica and Ross definitely are (or, at least, their father is, and Ross celebrates Chanukah.)
I remember when State of Grace started on TV, I watched the first few episodes with my family, and it became something that we all watched just because it was pretty much the only thing on TV that any of us could remember that was about a Jewish family, not just neurotic singles. (Well, my parents could remember Mrs. Goldberg, but since that was about 50 years ago, it doesn't really count.) Though some of the adults, especially Hannah's mother, were a bit over-stereotyped, they still seemed more relatable than most other Jewish characters on TV.