“The Male Glance: How we Fail to Take Women’s Stories Seriously” Archived link to one-sided, anti-male, feminist propaganda from the Guardian. For those who want to keep abreast of the cultural issues that affect political changes. (Or for those who just like to torture themselves).

thrway_1000 · 2018-03-06T19:04:38+00:00

It's not their shit stinks, they're just victims of the patriarchy.

2018-03-06T19:29:26+00:00

Can these guys plz just stop using “corollary” to mean “equivalent”

fengpi · 2018-03-06T22:42:32+00:00

Why is it that people who comment so prolifically on the production and consumption of pop culture never ever seem to have any clue about the underlying business models?

tenchineuro · 2018-03-06T20:53:10+00:00

In spring 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the “elite” TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows – both buddy dramas – back to back. Each was conceived as a short, self-contained season. Each had a single talented and idiosyncratic director for the entire season, and each dispensed with the convention of having a large team of writers in favour of a unified authorial vision. Both shows appeared to belong to one genre, but gestured at several others. Both used excellent actors to anchor a meandering, semi-disciplined style. And both ended by reasserting the romantic bonds of friendship. Those shows were True Detective, and Doll and Em.

I've never heard of either of them.

Their critical reception was drastically different. One was analysed and investigated to the point of parody. The other show – a much tighter work of art – was breezily and inaccurately labeled a “satire” and forgotten. To be explicit, the show about boys got way too much credit, and the show about girls got way too little.

Well, checking Rotten Tomatoes...

True Detective: Rating 74%, 86% liked it, scroll down a bit and the rating for Season 1 was 63%

Doll & M Season 1: Rating 64%, 57% liked it, 28 reviews.

They don't present the same info for both, but the S1 ratings were TD=63%, D&M 64%.

Going with the Rotten Tomato reviews they seemed to have done about equally well.

ThrowawayGhostGuy1 · 2018-03-06T18:35:52+00:00

I’ve had female acquaintances tell me that they ogle men and women, too, but they’re better at hiding it.

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