Daniel Robinson

This is incredibly weak.

If it really gets that bad, surely impeachment and removal becomes a possibility

Trump v. United States decision aside, in a sane country everyone involved in this decision - particularly at the very top - would spend the rest of their days in prison.

“I don't wish to give offence when I observe that the French are known to be a race of assassins, though they can't shoot worth a damn… Any Frenchmen in the present company are excluded, of course.”

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Macbeth: SHIT

I’m waiting for the ad that shows a sentimental deathbed reconciliation between estranged father and son. The son weeps at a gravestone. He discovers his father’s journal, chronicling a life of trauma and the love he had for his son that he could never express in life.

Fade to black: Doritos.

The book cover for “Shakespeare in a Divided America” by James Shapiro

I found this book quite an interesting reminder of just how massively influential Shakespeare in particular has been on American culture.

Booth, the actor who performed in “Julius Caesar” and murdered a Shakespeare-loving President, it doesn’t seem real when you think about it…

Not to mention a famous stage actor who personally altered the course of American history

In 19th Century American politics Theatre was insanely consequential…

This is a great call. That was Matt Hollingsworth doing the colors for “Hawkeye”

Yes.

The cloak-and-dagger take on Sorkin’s “What’s a ‘Potus’?” opener to The West Wing 😂

The opening to the Zemeckis film “Flight” comes to mind.

Denzel wakes up in a hotel room, hungover, or still drunk, with a woman, “got a flight to catch” goes to leave.

CUT TO: Denzel in a PILOT’S UNIFORM.

Instant visual “oh shit” moment.

The USSS version of that maybe.

But the film made $300m 1990s dollars, so actually... what do we know? Maybe you CAN just skip it.

In DIE HARD, an armed gang could plausibly just walk into a corporate office tower.

But this recasts John McClane as the single most protected human being on planet Earth. You shouldn't really hand-wave how that happens.

Oh yes, I forgot about that...

The single most important lynchpin in the most audacious terrorist plot ever, they very thing you'd need SOME idea of "why", and...

Nope. Just a Secret Service guy that decides to grease the entire security detail and betray the President, for no reason.

The President actually orders the warlord released! An order against the national interest given under extreme duress! It's the exact thing that part of the 25th Amendment is designed to avoid!

But he issues as second "never mind" order that results in a hail of gunfire, so all's good!

I like how they bring up the 25th Amendment, in a scenario where it's an absolute no-brainer to apply it (The President and his family are held hostage!) and depict it as a courageous and triumphant holding of the line that the VP never invokes it.

Having worked in an Art Department, a big issue might be whether you’re wearing a hard hat / safety gear. A set build is an active construction site with all the same rules.

Say hi during one of their breaks!

I think Richard Pryor said something like "Nothing is off-limits. You can tell a joke about anything, but it had better be funny."

Same logic applies to musicals. Make it about anything, it had better be good.

This sounds like "Springtime for Hitler".

Sir, I respectfully disagree, it’s like arguing that the World Cup in soccer should be an amateur affair so that Aston Villa or Inter Milan are preserved.

There is something large and emotive about playing for a national team, and it makes the sport feel bigger.

Not enough is made of how - in terms of the popular vote - 2024 was the closest election since 1876.

Her line readings throughout Schitt’s Creek were delightfully weird, and somehow managed to stay unpredictable and surprising throughout so many seasons

Patrick Bateman saying “He was part of that whole Yale thing”

I'm biased, but even the Patriots-haters and Bill-haters I know think this is insane and stupid.

It’’s a far stronger piece of writing than Obama’s statement. The language is clearer and more direct. Obama’s is lawyerly, in a bad way.

I’m hoping for a port to basically any platform other than Windows PC, looking forward to being able to play it

A Far Side cartoon labeled “at the international meeting of the Didn’t Like Dances With Wolves society” of a huge room with just three people in it.

What’s funny is the consensus in the 90s seemed to be along the lines of Seinfeld’s joke about Elaine not liking The English Patient

How is this hard for people to understand?

Try pulling out a handgun during any conversation or negotiation. Then put it back in its holster. Does the conversation just go back to normal after that?