surprised they didn't play up that she's the daughter of puppeteering superstar Jeff Dunham
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
I refuse to watch anything by Joss Whedon because holy fuck he's a third generation tv scribe, was born with a silver pen in his mouth ohhh it just fills me with class rage
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Thought this was alright, hoping that the show is able to evolve past examining its own privilege/entitlement though, as I'm pretty sure that's gonna get old fast.
― ryan, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
"and you thought they cancelled 'how to make it in america'" predictably got a lol out of me
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Were any people really really really mad when Robert Downey Sr.'s son....
Probably not, bcz Senior made avant-garde films, tho I guess Putney Swope was a sleeper quasi-hit.(box set next month btw)
who is Laurie Simmons?
wasn't "born on third. thinks s/he hit a triple" popularized by ex-Tex Gov Ann Richards re Dubya?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
this is great
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have time for art art, that's not how I roll
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
"being the son of a notorious hollywood gadfly is really no advantage, certainly not up there with being Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter."
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
do you have time for google? it's attached to the box you're currently using.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Were any people really really really mad when Robert Downey Sr.'s son and Blythe Danner's daughter and Beau Bridges' son made that movie with Vince Vaughn's BFF about the problems of a young arms dealer with daddy isues?
lol, i bet all these ppl wish they had even a tenth of the exposure that Girls has. ppl weren't really mad bc ppl didn't care?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
it was Jim Hightower on Bush Sr., I think (xps)
― boxall, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
it was pat o'brien on billy bush.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
ooooh, L Simmons does "interactive dollhouses" -- what could I be missing?
maybe they should make Chris Walken a regular so there's someone around whose parents ran a diner.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh, was this iron man 2? lulz
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
feel like being the progeny of successful showbiz people is a different kind of privilege than having parents who are just rich in some other way. i haven't thought any further about it tho..
― goole, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
haha mordy i wasn't gonna say anything because people have been really overly unclear about when they're being sarcastic here lately
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
i just think it's funny when that is and isn't thrown around scornfully. anybody more bothered by Lena Dunham's success than the Strokes...
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
oh man i think i have ptsd from the strokes war, come on
― goole, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
well, people care about your pedigree when you're new, not after you've spent two or three decades proving your mettle. not that the iron man/girls thing was meant to be taken too seriously, obv.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
people really care that you're Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
well it doesn't play into the narrative if she doesn't have a famous parent as well
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
they care enough to make it a punchline in an apparently controversial joke poster (xpost)
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2BwwGE9uo
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Tiny Furniture is not as bad as the first Strokes album, true
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
1. Have a mom who makes interactive dollhouses.2. ?3. Profit.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
My friend's dad used to play drums in the Interactive Dollhouses.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
only lolsy to bring up Bad Company because of Dunham's quote "The only thing that would make it not a coincidence is that they came in with a preternatural willingness to play and an understanding of the creative process that probably comes from being raised around it."
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
oh man
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
really want someone to make the iron man 2 version of that poster
― max, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Lloyd Bridges's son isn't in Iron Man 2.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
guys it's iron man 1, jeff bridges isn't in 2, the possibly less privileged mickey rourke and sam rockwell are
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
lots of occupations run in families!
― goole, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Flashing back to Marc Maron and Mindy Kaling talking about living near Harvard Square, going into butt-sniffing detail block by block for 15 minutes in order to judge whether she was privileged or legit.
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
actually rockwell was the son of actors and Mickey's dad was an amateur body builder IS THERE ANYONE IN HOLLYWOOD WHO DID NOT HAVE AN UNFAIR LEG UP MY GOD
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Sam Rockwell has been living off Somebody's Watching Me royalties for years.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
I do agree w/ L.D. that Brian Williams' work in TV "news" relies entirely on "the creative process."
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
since it's a show about privileged kids from upper + upper-middle-class families, i think it's pretty understandable that the actors/writers/creators are from a similar background?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
David Crosa and J.T. Leroy are the only honest men left.
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Acting is a trade, like cobbling or blacksmithing.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
literally nobody is outraged that the show did not sufficiently audition actresses of blue collar parentage, it's just something funny to talk about, it wouldn't even be a talking point if all four of the leads didn't each have a parent in show biz
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
It's called acting, Dustin, dear boy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
literally nobody
― Lamp, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
well ok there's an angry blog post somewhere about every aspect of this show, i'm sure. but nobody in this thread, probably not the guy who made the poster even.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
figuratively nobody
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
unanimity that NBC News is showbiz is grand
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
it's just that nobody gives 2 shits about your pithy social commentary to respond to it one way or the other actually
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
michael jackson popcorn dot gif
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
don't get pithed off
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
ayoooo
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link