• Yesterday, the Internet exploded (in a mostly positive way) over this week’s episode of Louie, which is a frank examination of the way overweight women are portrayed in popular culture. The subject is a minefield that CK more or less navigates unscathed — thanks in large part to the excellent performance by Sarah Baker. Here’s…
• Alt Lit is an online writing community that uses videos, social media, and images as its medium. The output is odd, fascinating, and challenging. Kenneth Goldsmith digs into the phenomenon for The New Yorker, making comparisons to Walt Whitman, the Beats, and even William Blake. (newyorker.com) • The quietest place on Earth is in Minnesota, and…
• To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, The Atlantic is featuring a weekly series of photo essays. This week’s installment: technology. (theatlintic.com) • Mother Jones sits down with comedian and musician Reggie Watts. (motherjones.com) • Adam K. Raymond gives a pretty thorough breakdown of just why the hell The Big Bang Theory is the…
By JIM SABATASO | WRITER Earlier today, comedian and Twitter Jedi Patton Oswalt took to his feed to apologize for a series of offensive Tweets he never tweeted. Here’s a taste: The FUCK is wrong with me? Last Tweet deleted. The victims of the Holocaust deserve our highest respect, not penis limericks. — Patton Oswalt…
• Original Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris sits down with the AV Club for its “Random Roles” series. Morris is charming and funny throughout as he looks back on a career of ups and down. (avclub.com) • The Search for General Tso is a documentary by Ian Cheney that attempts to get the origin of American…
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