Oh man she was brilliant. Both Persepolis the film and the graphic novel are beautifully done. Her work as a director was very underrated too. The Voices is a totally unique and moving dark comedy with maybe Ryan Reynolds's best performance. Really sad news.
Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. https://t.co/WQWxavBm5l
@jbarro It's pretty clear that you want the guy to be a hermit or rake himself over the coals but I think he has better things to do than try to gain the approval of pundits.
@Schneider_CM Her only accomplishment is grinding a formerly respected institution into the ground at the behest of her boss and Donald Trump. You trying to kiss her ass for that puts you several rungs lower on the pathetic ladder.
@Wilson__Valdez I think the other possibility is they really want to be seen as movers and shakers instead of glorified radio hosts and if Platner ends up in the Senate they can claim partial credit. More ego motivated than financial.
@Timobros Those really are the highlights. Donloe and his wife somehow became the heart of the movie, and the whole submarine sequence is a stunner. Barely a word of dialogue and totally unlike the other action scenes, but nervewracking and beautifully shot.
@amandalitman Saying we should be mad at Chuck Schumer over the Senate candidate he *didn't* recruit being an absolute mess makes it seem like this is about factional online beefs and popularity contests more than anything else.
@BrndnStrssng I've been rooting for him ever since loving the behind the scenes features on the Monsters blu-ray and The Creator is genuinely underrated imo, so this is disappointing.
Will never stop being inspired by this guy's message of "everything is about Israel" and also "I personally am being oppressed." Truly the MLK of our time
the uk has revoked my visa as well. all at the behest of israel. the west is betraying "liberal values" for a genocidal fascist foreign government. soon we will all become israel.
@d_h_sanders I think it's partly because of how rich he is too. A lot of Trump's appeal is aspirational. That's not the case for your run of the mill political candidates who get caught doing something stupid.
@AndrewMGorham The score really is an all-timer. Stole it for a "war film" made for 9th grade history class and it even made our running around in the woods with nerf guns seem kind of badass.
I think this is an instructive chart because it shows in some respects how many media figures view their jobs - they think it is to grade Trump based on the performance of the politician he’s facing, not Trump’s own words or actions or whether his statements make any sense.
@jonfavs@neeratanden Jon voters can make bad decisions. Sometimes they're steered in that direction by media consultants who boost untested and unqualified candidates over boring establishment types because it gives them more content for their podcasts.