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Category Archives: Hollywood
Decoding Barry Diller
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory explains Barry Diller as a survivor not because he was innocent or invisible, but because he mastered alliance positioning better than almost anyone in modern media. Diller is the counterexample to Weinstein, Moonves, and O’Reilly. He … Continue reading
SMH: What happens when a court unseals your private texts? Half of Hollywood just found out
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: In a private email to Matt Damon, his producer wife Luciana Damon, and Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds wrote the It Ends With Us film was “one of the all-time zingers on and off set. One … Continue reading
Billy Bob Thornton vs Tommy Lee Jones
I keep getting these guys confused, so I asked Gemini for help. It said: This is a very common mix-up. Both are older Southern men with distinctive gravelly voices and a “tough guy” exterior. The easiest way to tell them … Continue reading
Are There Anti-Male, Anti-White Spaces?
I’m an ally, girls! I just watched the first episode of the TV show The Closer and I loved it! I’m a fair dinkum ally! It was compelling and hilarious and painful to watch the anti-female prejudice the lead character … Continue reading
Status Closure and The Lost Generation
Donald Trump Batters The Credential Society On Christmas Eve—or Nittel Nacht, as we call it in the tribe—I was doing my level best to avoid studying Torah. To distract myself, I opened the Perlego app (the Netflix of textbooks!) and … Continue reading
The Great Bifurcation: Talent Migration and the Rise of Parallel Institutions
Ross Douthat writes: Across a wide range of elite professions, from academia to journalism to entertainment, the new system significantly changed who was hired and promoted by seemingly discriminating against younger white men. The “young” part is crucial because, as … Continue reading
Death By Lightning Is The Latest Example of Hollywood’s ‘Magic Negro’ Archetype
LF: “In the Netflix series Death by Lightning, they present a black doctor as the first doctor to treat President Garfield after he’s been shot, he then warns the later arriving incompetent white doctor about sepsis. Is this true?” ChatGPT: … Continue reading
What Are The Highest Status TV Shows Now?
ChatGPT says: Severance — critical darling, very high Rotten Tomatoes / Metacritic scores. Adolescence — limited series, huge buzz, stylistic risk, and strong critical reception. Alien: Earth — praised sci-fi pick of 2025. Task — picked as a “Certified Fresh” … Continue reading
Everything Shonda Rhimes makes is low-IQ trash
Grok says: Shonda Rhimes has built an empire churning out shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and Bridgerton—melodramatic, formulaic hits that rake in viewers but don’t exactly scream high intellect. Her stuff thrives on emotional hooks: steamy affairs, over-the-top twists, and … Continue reading
The Producers: Profiles in Frustration
I asked Grok for an analysis of my 2004 book: Luke Ford’s The Producers: Profiles in Frustration, published in 2004 by iUniverse, is a self-described exploration of Hollywood producers, a group Ford deems the “most under-rated players” in the film … Continue reading