Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

'Out Of Gas'


The Crying of Natter 49  

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.


Nutty - Jan 23, 2007 6:06:24 am PST #5151 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Oh, I read that bit. I read it and thought, Wait, why is the NYT covering celebreality? Lame!

In re the Dakota Fanning thing, I'm unclear on why it was okay for Jena Malone to do a rape scene in Bastard out of Carolina (with an adult actor) when she was a minor -- I think 14 -- and not okay for somebody slightly more famous and moppet-looking to do the same. I don't remember a single protest over Malone's scene, although everybody acknowledged it was scary and traumatic.

(Suddenly also recalling the two child actors in Gregg Araki's last movie -- which was about child sex abuse --, who were both like 8 years old. It turns out they just didn't ever tell the kids what was going on in the scenes, so the kids said their lines without knowing the significance of how the scene was being constructed around the lines. Most of the story is told with adult narration, as intermittent and verbally, but not visually, explicit flashbacks.)

(What are those kids' parents going to tell them when they get older?!)


Dana - Jan 23, 2007 6:07:34 am PST #5152 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Screaming Ponies. Band name, or euphemism for incontinence?

It's no Exploding Pistachios.


shrift - Jan 23, 2007 6:09:59 am PST #5153 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Don't you know, Ailleann? Talking about child rape gives potential child rapists ideas! If we don't talk about it, nobody will think to do it!

Because Repress and Deny! has been working so well for us as a nation.


Kat - Jan 23, 2007 6:10:03 am PST #5154 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I still like Angelina. I spit on Caryn James's column.


shrift - Jan 23, 2007 6:11:43 am PST #5155 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

It's no Exploding Pistachios.

Man. I love me those Exploding Pistachios.

What about Combustible Nuts? That one's pretty awesome.


§ ita § - Jan 23, 2007 6:12:25 am PST #5156 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have a friend who used to work as a ... dammit, forgot the job title ... she worked for the Canadian actor's union and went on set to make sure everything was okay. She got herself embroiled in a huge debate over nude scenes featuring an 8 year old girl (for sexual purposes). The parents of the girl said it was okay if she did it, since if she didn't, she'd get fired. M refused to let it happen, point blank. I think she won.

So not the same as Hounddog.

I read that Caryn article last night, Jessica, and I wondered if I'd been sleeping the whole month she's referring to. She's not grounded in our reality.

Okay. Brekkie. Which is always the same, but I'm okay with that.


Ailleann - Jan 23, 2007 6:16:38 am PST #5157 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Because Repress and Deny! has been working so well for us as a nation.

Silly me!

It does give me the urge to go around passing judgment on lots of things that I'm not familiar with, though!


tommyrot - Jan 23, 2007 6:17:50 am PST #5158 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

My brain isn't working very well. I forgot - how do you reboot a brain?


bon bon - Jan 23, 2007 6:21:20 am PST #5159 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I read it and thought, Wait, why is the NYT covering celebreality? Lame!

They cover the coverage. For any tabloidy story, wait a day and the NYT will eat its cake and have it too.


Allyson - Jan 23, 2007 6:22:13 am PST #5160 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Canada beats the US at life.

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