@wondrfulrainbow@pentamover@iamstevesavage@reservoirdougs work the Jackass guys who aren’t Knoxville do outside the franchise that tries to capture the same vibe. It’s always much more squalid and unpleasant. The Buster Keaton/Jon Waters comparisons are apt. There is more skill at the table than you think.
@wondrfulrainbow@pentamover@iamstevesavage@reservoirdougs This isn’t actually true. Knoxville, Spike Jonze, and Jeff Tremaine bring some real filmmaking skill to the table. There is strong comedy setups/payoffs and editing, and the bits are well executed. Also the energy stays positive, which becomes clear whenever you see any of the…
@thatjenmonroe@CathyYoung63 Politically polarized weirdos got addicted to Twitter and came to the conclusion that the weirdos they were talking to on the other side were representative of the majority of the people who disagree with them. Partisanship is a cancer and social media accelerates its effects.
@jonathanmb32 Well, they didn’t do influence screenings for Oppenheimer either (a fact that is getting curiously little attention in this discussion), and he is famously contemptuous of social media, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
@mclovenxoxo Imposing on other people’s time and treating them like you don’t believe their lives are important or worthy of your respect does actually affect them more than a person’s preference not to eat certain things.