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The 9 Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes to Watch on Turkey Day
Celebrate thanksgiving by hiding from your family and watching these fictional families enjoy turkey day!
11.25.2020
Celebrating Thanksgiving usually entails a day of eating, answering uncomfortable questions from your family about your career and romantic life, hearing about your grandma's bunion surgery, and, if you're lucky, a well-earned doze in front of the TV. This year, given the social distancing guidelines, you may bypass the family time and go straight to the couch.
Regardless of your plans for Turkey Day, when that second helping of turkey starts to settle in your belly and your eyelids start to feel heavy, it's time to shove your cousin (or cat) over on the couch, settle in, and turn on one of these classic Thanksgiving-themed episodes.
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“The One With the Rumor,” Friends
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTcyNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYwOTg1MDUwM30.HQbIHMBhvTWbQXJfVjNNEdyF2dDzBgalqgLZBCxKPDs/img.jpg?width=980" id="5630d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="43c434173d17f82544480a47c4a8fb30" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Friends Thanksgiving episode" />Friends<p><strong>Season 8 Epsiode 9</strong></p><p>This iconic episode guest stars Brad Pitt (then married to Jennifer Aniston) as Rachel's former classmate who was still bitter about being an ignored and overweight teenager who co-founded the "I Hate Rachel Green Club" with Ross back in high school.</p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Parents," New Girl
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTc2Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODI3MjI1NH0.oNG7ZNehomcjG8q5GShlB4QGnaMwQIIZOjLuU-uOVGk/img.jpg?width=980" id="9e04b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a6c4d706bbef84d1987a5fc8d320368a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="New Girl Thanksgiving" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8</strong></p><p>This is an adorable and realistic depiction of the family drama that inevitably comes with Thanksgiving. Here, Jess tries to reunite her divorced parents and, obviously, chaos ensues. </p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Homo for the Holidays," Will and Grace
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTgzNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTMyNjA2OH0.K_t3o1VI9Uu5vD24GR6RYbfFKkgpU2Xqt53G5_0NRF0/img.jpg?width=980" id="6b500" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="73c6dc0fde532b5293d958e38fd88e09" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Will And Grace Thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7</strong></p><p>This episode centers on Jack trying to come out to his mother over Thanksgiving dinner. It's as messy and hilarious as it is touching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>"Slapsgiving," How I Met Your Mother
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTk1Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMTk2NzAwOH0.M1_L9ywWjrMCAUxURvr9FvXu1jaiL5PGEnvztptXHHY/img.jpg?width=980" id="b2791" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23b9b895b1bd6b28b27a8e8d14ebd992" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="How I Met Your Mother Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 3 Episode 9</strong></p><p>HIMYM is all about running jokes, and this episode is full of them. The gang is going through a time of transition, since Ted and Robin just broke up and Lilly and Marshall were recently married, and things get rocky (and hilarious) as a result. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Turkey In a Can," Bob's Burgers
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjA2MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM1MjU5N30.5zhyqTD_xtyocyGKNe3J14VYwYM_YV6_EdZB4b42VGc/img.gif?width=980" id="bc662" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99ddebe8711e7cde94576da02d51e1f4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Bob's Burgers Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 6</strong></p><p>The plot of this episode revolves around a turkey ending up in a toilet. That's it. Its fantastic. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"A Lilith Thanksgiving," Frasier
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjE5My9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMTIxMDc0N30.MYlpMkpq7GwzX_yYEceAipyPv8cQC8MNR0jyzwP3jPM/img.jpg?width=980" id="34cd3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f3c950fa81fe24a4abfb08f8320d3f2e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Thanksgiving Frasier" /><p><strong>Season 4 Episode 7</strong></p><p>One of the few <em>Frasier </em>episodes that takes place in Boston, this episode sees Frasier and his ex-wife vying to get their son into a prestigious school, while Frasier's dad tries to teach his grandson to play baseball. There are also some fantastic Niles cooking mishaps that make the episode worth watching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"Lockdown," Brooklyn Nine-Nine
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIxNC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM4MDU0Nn0.ZHzj8bYLjSEvNWhQIpLC82kZOxPD0MJxMFqG6X5Apq0/img.jpg?width=980" id="154e1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a2da54f625cc5508fc4b6abceadae0b5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Brooklyn nine nine thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7 </strong></p><p>There are several great Thanksgiving episodes of <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine,</em> but this one, in which the squad gets locked inside the station due to an anthrax scare, takes the cake.</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Thanksgiving," Master of None
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIyNy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODMzODY4NH0.P6Ttnfk2Zu0ViTUFLc-La5pUDyLUMA8Aba6G6IRlqAU/img.jpg?width=980" id="8a36b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c247d8edbc6c937a360e1a087ab2df5f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Master of None Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8 </strong></p><p>This episode hits all the heart strings in all the right ways. It shows family Thanksgivings over the course of 30 years and tells the moving story of Dez's bestfriend coming out to her mom. </p><p><strong>Where the watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"WUPHF.com," The Office
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIzOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTk1NDc0Nn0.YIyfcAsAgJJUQvFeQFw-d9HAZYdStj7Lodm-UxUz_FY/img.gif?width=980" id="0a047" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="59e7c43a63ff3b54811a903eb6a3cb8f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="The Office Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 9</strong></p><p>In this episode, Dwight decides that a hay festival is just what everyone needs to get them in the holiday spirit. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to scam his coworkers out of a lot of money. Good stuff!</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>From Your Site Articles
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7 Documentaries to Watch for National Adoption Month
An adoptee recommends the 7 best documentaries on adoption.
11.23.2020
Between a global health crisis and worsening ravages of climate change, 2020 has made history in plenty of devastating ways.
But 2020 also marks a historic period for social justice in the U.S., with the largest civil rights movement to date coalescing around the Black Lives Matter movement. The reverberations of the movement have created new frameworks to allow the complex and overshadowed histories of all marginalized communities to emerge, from Indigenous peoples to people with disabilities to transracial adoptees.
<p><a href="https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/ccfl/11579/67475" target="_blank"></a>November marks <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-national-adoption-month-2020/" target="_blank">National Adoption Month</a>, a designation highlighting how "countless Americans dedicate their time, energy, and resources to the adoption process, and we honor their selfless contributions as community members, faith leaders, caregivers, role models, and families," according to the White House's proclamation.</p><p>As an international adoptee myself, I'd say if you want to celebrate this inaugural National Adoption Month, here are the best documentaries that highlight the beauty, the loss, the anguish, and the joy comprising the lifelong process of adoption.</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle"
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Somewhere Between
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="52d80f35d81be09db0849a1ac9c7e8f5"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8coDT_C7YMY?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>In the midst of adopting her daughter from China, filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton began a three-year project chronicling the experiences of four Chinese girls who were adopted by American families as a direct result of China's "One Child Policy."</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1581845/?ref_=tt_ql_dt_8" target="_blank">Knowlton writes</a>: "These strong young women allow us to grasp what it is like to come-of-age in today's America as trans-racial adoptees. At the same time, we see them as typical American teenagers doing what teenagers everywhere do...struggling to make sense of their lives. Through these young women, and their explorations of who they are, we ourselves pause to consider who we are - both as individuals and as a nation of immigrants. Identity, racism, and gender...these far-reaching issues are explored in the documentary. And with great honesty and courage, these four girls open their hearts to experience love, compassion, and self-acceptance."<br></p>The Dark Matter of Love Official Trailer (2012)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="12bb58b4af36a250f9c233b1d350ee7b"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JYpVyqeZnmQ?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>This is what you sit down to watch when you're ready to put down the brochures with smiling faces of infants and look at some of the darker realities of adoption; namely, it begins with abandonment and/or orphanhood. </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2512582/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Sarah McCarthy's documentary</a> follows the evolution of the Diaz family, an extremely supportive family of three, as they adopt three orphaned children from Russia. Culture shock, attachment styles, and trust issues highlight the psychological obstacles of meeting strangers who call themselves your family.</p>Twinsters (2015)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2aee65313483212f2fef07e82f261301"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y72med6m7ho?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><em>Twinsters</em> tells the story of identical twin sisters who were somehow adopted separately from South Korea without any documentation that they were twins. Separated by an ocean, they discover their connection as adults thanks to one sister's burgeoning film career in LA.</p><p>Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980626/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Samantha Futerman herself,</a> <em>Twinsters </em>is the shared passion project of Anaïs Bordier and Futerman, created as the two were re-united in their mid-twenties.</p><p>While this is the most wholesome and feel-good entry on this list, it's not without plenty of tears and frustration as the twins struggle to retrace what separated them in Korean foster care and attempt to reach out to their birth mother.</p>Off and Running (2010)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fcb0d5c3f146377ca671f7bfaf58f6d3"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QJCyq0zQTtc?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>In <em><a href="http://archive.pov.org/offandrunning/film-description/" target="_blank">Off and Running,</a> </em>PBS unfolds the story of the Klein family: "Brooklyn teen Avery Klein-Cloud is the African-American adoptive daughter of white Jewish lesbians. Her siblings, also adopted, are an older black and Puerto Rican boy and a young Korean-American boy. </p><p>"Avery's upbringing in a Jewish household and her distance from black culture were not issues for her during childhood, but as she approaches adulthood, she grows more troubled by her ignorance of her own roots. With the support of her parents, she decides to learn about her past by writing to her birth mother. The result is a crisis whose depth takes Avery, her parents and the filmmakers by surprise – a crisis that threatens to sweep away the teen's promising future."</p>Stuck (2013)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="84671f1020f240de35202132a77a0e68"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eR9UyFh-PJk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><em>Stuck </em>is a jarring look at the bureaucratic pitfalls that can stall adoptions for years. WIth parents on waiting lists for years and children growing up in over-crowded facilities, adoption can be an agonizingly slow, laborious, and expensive process when it doesn't have to be.<br></p><p>Thaddaeus Scheel's documentary is narrated by Mariska Hargitay and "follows four children from three different countries on their individual voyages from orphanages to their new homes with families in the United States."</p><p><span></span><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --> <div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-813"><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="9626795938"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></div> <!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --></p>Adopted (2009)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b193c634183be85df8d8ff9d2903e930"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bv7JPYc3ZwY?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446819/" target="_blank">Barb Lee's documentary </a>"reveals the grit rather than the glamor of transracial adoption." As an adoptee, it's a documentary I find deeply unsettling – namely because of the deeply flawed beliefs about international adoption that parents were taught in the '60s and '70s. </p><p>Though it was well-intended, parents' "I don't see color" approach to trans-racial parenting wreaked psychological havoc on generations of adoptees, who weren't always equipped or prepared to resolve their mental and emotional issues as adults, including intimacy and addiction issues.</p>Closure (2013)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="054b60aa8e6868a0cdfb7a33205e3d90"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g__N9YW78XU?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Filmed by Angela Tucker herself and edited by her husband, Bryan, <em><a href="http://closuredocumentary.com/" target="_blank">Closure</a> </em>is "a documentary about a transracial adoptee who finds her birth mother and meets the rest of a family who didn't know she existed, including her birth father. A story about identity, the complexities of trans-racial adoption, and most importantly, closure." It's an exceptional story that unfolds the complexities of domestic adoption in the U.S.</p><p>Brian Tucker writes: "The moment I met Angela's family, I knew that theirs was a story to be told. A couple that adopts seven children with special needs is a story we should all know about. I did not have any knowledge about adoption prior to meeting Angela, but over time I became convinced that this story could educate and encourage others towards older-child adoption, yet also show the struggles within adoption at the same time. </p><p>He adds, "Transracial adoption is a hot topic in American society today. Is it best to pluck a child out of their culture and place them in a drastically different one? Maybe, maybe not—but the complexity lies within the fact that sometimes there isn't another choice. Angela and I both believe that more unique adoption stories being shown will only help to further educate and lessen the stereotypes, myths and stigma surrounding adoption."</p>
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4 Best Scenes from "My Cousin Vinny"
The only good part about Rudy Giuliani's meltdown is that it reminded us how good My Cousin Vinny is.
11.20.2020
Rudy Giuliani is falling apart.
Just in the past month, his scandals have included: his scene in Borat 2, the Trump campaign losing the election, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco, and now a sweaty press conference claiming voter fraud.
Between his nonsensical accusations and the hair dye streaking down the side of his face, there was one moment of truth: when he said My Cousin Vinny was a great film.
<p>As the precursor to another unfounded rant about Joe Biden, President Donald Trump's lawyer, Giuliani, made a reference to the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1992 comedy</a> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pesci" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Pesci</a> as Vinny, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Macchio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ralph Macchio</a> as his accused cousin, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Tomei" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marisa Tomei</a> as Mona Lisa Vito. "Did you all watch <em>My Cousin Vinn</em>y? It's one of my favorite law movies because he comes from Brooklyn."</p><p>In that moment, I wholeheartedly agreed with Rudy Giuliani. Quickly, this strange feeling was rectified as the analogy fell apart in the face of the facts as he claimed, "These people were further away than [Vinny] was from the witness — they couldn't see a thing!"</p><p>Social media quickly responded, many asking Giuliani to keep the film's name out of his mouth and redirecting the attention to more important aspects of the film: <a href="https://twitter.com/kaytaylorrea/status/1328474132405760000?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marisa Tomei's outfits</a>.</p><p>The film's director, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Jonathan+Lynn&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LUz9U3MCyLNzFQgjDNcsqMtcSyk6300zJzcsGEVUpmUWpySX7RIlZer_y8xJKMxDwFn8q8vB2sjACxaG22QwAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbvdCT3o_tAhVFFVkFHU2ABRMQmxMoATBTegQIGxAD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jonathan Lynn</a>, even got involved, saying: "I regard Giuliani's praise of <em>My Cousin Vinny</em> as generous from the man who is currently giving the Comedy Performance of the Year." And in the apocalyptic parody movie that is 2020, at least we have have Rudy Giuliani for comedic relief and reruns of <em>My Cousin Vinny</em>.</p><p>We've rounded up the four best scenes to get you excited for your inevitable upcoming rewatch.</p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph -->
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<p class="">The result: an Academy Award for Tomei and an endlessly rewatchable movie with a litany of memorable quotes to reference — even if you're Rudy Giuliani on a sinking ship, misremembering the lines as your hair dye sweats down the side of your face and America watches.</p>
<div id="cf7aa" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="30f601ddc300caf2f74f807ca9a6ade2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1329545901015240704" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Rudy Giuliani on this date November 19, 2020. Photo by Tom Williams. https://t.co/QLndcTdgxS</div> — Jeffrey Guterman (@Jeffrey Guterman)<a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyGuterman/statuses/1329545901015240704">1605823419.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p>
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The Witness Montage
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="38e47ba959a8bc957153a92bcf28177f"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wsG1_wahKVc?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>When Giuliani referenced the "how many fingers" scene, he was partially remembering a moment from a cross examination of the witnesses. After an unsuccessful arraignment and Billy (Ralph Macchio) considering abandoning Vinny's counsel for the public defender, Vinny's cross is his chance to prove himself.</p><p>What ensues is a series of unconventional and satisfying takedowns of all the prosecution's witnesses — featuring famous lines like, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T24lHnB7N8&ab_channel=VU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How could it take you five minutes to cook your grits when it takes the entire grit eating world twenty minutes?</a>"</p><p>The moment Giuliani was thinking of comes shortly after, as Vinny questions a witness named Constance Riley who identified the defendants as the perpetrators, claiming to have seen them from her home. But Giuliani misquoted the scene and misremembered the point. </p><p>Yes, Vinny does hold up his fingers for Constance to count, but she sees four fingers, not the three Giuliani claimed, and not because of the distance, which Giuliani's argument hinges on — she just needed new glasses.</p>“What Is a ‘Yute?’”
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="18582535230d6ee203ded613140bfed6"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K6qGwmXZtsE?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Part of the charm on My Cousin Vinny is watching the leather-jacket-wearing New Yorkers try to adapt to conventional Southern mannerisms. From courtroom dress code to an introduction to grits, many laughs of the movie depend on watching the Brooklynites stumble through rural Alabama.</p><p>One thing that gives Vinny away is his classic Brooklyn accent. In a moment in the courtroom, Vinny refers to the defendants as the two "yutes," leaving the judge to interrupt with one of the most quotable exchanges in the movie: "What is a yute?"</p><p>To which Vinny replies, "Oh, excuse me, your honor…Two youths."</p>The Car Monologue
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5b3228a19c66b3b706e6fb1cb2e4ce7e"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3nGQLQF1b6I?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>What twitter has made clear today is that, undoubtedly, the star of <em>My Cousin Vinny </em>was Marisa Tomei. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny's longtime girlfriend and Brooklyn hairdresser. Though the award was such a surprise it sparked rumors that the Oscars had made a mistake announcing it, her Academy Award is well deserved for the car monologue alone.</p><p>After threatening to break up with Vinny, he begs her back to the courthouse to refute the claims of the prosecution's car expert. Her initial stubborn defiance melts away to infectious giddy enthusiasm as she begins to analyze pictures of the tire marks left by the perp's car with vehicular knowledge she inherited from her family of mechanics.</p><p>Step aside<em> Gone Girl</em>'s "cool girl monologue," Marissa Tomei talking about cars to a skeptical audience of misogynistic white men who don't believe her expertise is peak cinema.</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>Marisa Tomei’s Biological Clock
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7bb32cae62260b581e67655c1b4924fc"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dh0210A-VZo?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The only scene that could rival the car monologue is only shortly preceding it, one of Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei's greatest scenes together. At the core of the movie is their give and take, the relationship dynamic which carries the film with its pacing and the two's incredible comedic chemistry.</p><p>Before the triumphant end of the case, when things are looking bleak for Vinny, Lisa asks Vinny when they're going to get married. He'd promised her they'd do it after he won his first case, but having taken years to pass the bar exam, she paces in a skintight floral one piece, lamenting that her niece is already married and insisting that "my biological clock is ticking like this."</p><p>The physicality of her performance is amplified by Joe Pesci meeting her with the same dynamic enthusiasm, matching her body language, the two playing off each other incredibly. <br></p>From Your Site Articles
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"Megan Is Missing" Traumatizes TikTok (and 5 Other Movies That Will Destroy You)
11.16.2020
TW for discussion of sexual assault and severe child abuse.
One of the latest trends on TikTok involves users filming their "traumatized" reactions to the controversial indie film Megan Is Missing.
Michael Goi's 2011 movie uses found footage style to excavate the kind of psychological horror that stirs just beneath your consciousness when you hear of heinous crimes in the news, like the NXIVM sex cult, Sarah Lawrence sex cult, or anything Jeffrey Epstein said or did in his entire profane life (before he, you know, didn't kill himself). When you hear of such depraved acts of sexual abuse, you don't fully absorb the implications or lifelong impacts on the lives of the survivors.
How could you?
<p>By now, we know that absorbing extreme stories of violent and graphic trauma is detrimental to our mental health; it can even cause post-traumatic stress disorder (just ask the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/24/21075830/youtube-moderators-ptsd-accenture-statement-lawsuits-mental-health" target="_blank">YouTube content moderators </a>who view the most vile videos on the platform for a living). Even true crime addicts, who are largely accustomed to hearing about repulsive acts, aren't drawn to crime stories for the gory details but rather the <a href="https://www.popdust.com/what-good-monsters-true-crime-2617216928.html" target="_blank">themes of survival and demanding justice </a>in the face of impossible odds.</p><p><strong>So why would anyone willingly subject themselves to 89 minutes of an online predator grooming a teenage girl, abducting and murdering her, and then repeating the process with her best friend? </strong></p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph -->
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<!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>Recently, <em>Megan Is Missing </em>became a hashtag viewed almost <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJxmbrmB/" target="_blank">100 million times on TikTok</a>, featuring users' reactions to the film: "Please watch this film at your own risk. It is something I will never watch again. I am forever traumatized," posted <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bella.clare/video/6894840184437738757?source=h5_m" target="_blank">@bella.clare</a>; "This is hands down the most traumatizing film I've ever seen and I am not okay. Please be made aware before watching," wrote <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@spicysicilianmami/video/6894885621735755013" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spicysicilianmami wrote</a>; and "I'm literally never leaving my house again. I'm not even done with the movie I still have like 15 mins left but i'm disgusted (right now)," said <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@h4ndfullofaids/video/6894734566611815686" target="_blank">@h4ndfullofaids wrote</a>.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bella.clare/video/6894840184437738757" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6894840184437738757" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bella.clare" target="_blank" title="@bella.clare">@bella.clare</a> please watch this film at your own risk. It is something i will never watch again . i am forever traumatized. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/meganismissing" target="_blank" title="meganismissing">#meganismissing</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/onhold" target="_blank" title="onhold">#OnHold</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bekind" target="_blank" title="bekind">#BeKind</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp" target="_blank" title="fyp">#fyp</a><br/> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6883240065787562753" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - AntiNightcore">♬ original sound - AntiNightcore</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><p>Officially Not Rated, <em><a href="https://ew.com/movies/megan-is-missing-horror-film-viral-tiktok/" target="_blank">Megan Is Missing</a> </em><a href="https://ew.com/movies/megan-is-missing-horror-film-viral-tiktok/">is banned in New Zealand </a>as being too "objectionable," with the Office of Film and Literature Classification writing: "The feature depicts sexual violence and sexual conduct involving young people to such an extent and degree, and in such a manner, that the availability of the publication is likely to be injurious to the public good."<br/></p><p>Goi ostensibly created the film as a "Don't Trust Strangers on the Internet" PSA, but as author and film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas told <em>The Guardian</em>, "Goi's motive was unquestionably positive — he's a good guy who really wanted to save kids' lives —but that didn't stop <em>Megan Is Missing</em> from being dismissed as torture p*rn: ultimately, it still looks and feels like an exploitation film."</p><p>Why?</p><p>The two teenage girls are so painfully written from a finger-wagging adult male perspective that they're little more than caricatures of the "bad girl with a troubled past" (Megan Stewart) and her awkward, "good two-shoes" best friend (Amy Herman). The film's poor acting only highlights the script's frankly moronic view of girls coming-of-age on the Internet, somehow infantilizing while oversexualizing 14-year-old Megan as an abused girl who turns to partying and men for validation. </p><p>The first half of the film includes video chats of the girls bonding over their adolescent angst, hitting you over the head that these two misunderstood teens are just searching for love and acceptance. Aw...now cue the torture scenes? </p><p><span></span>After the movie started going viral, the writer and director posted a video acknowledging the graphic content: "I didn't get to give you the customary warnings that I used to give people before they watched <em>Megan Is Missing</em>, which are: Do not watch the movie in the middle of the night, do not watch the movie alone, and if you see the words 'Photo No. 1' pop up on your screen, you have about four seconds to shut off the movie if you're already kind of freaking out before you start seeing things that maybe you don't want to see." Goi then apologized to "those who are already posting about how the movie has freaked them out."</p><div id="e916c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="897f1dac9fb1cc3f98e31e4d48606d46"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1328097249944080386" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">please watch this if you’re considering watching megan is missing!!! i highly recommend against watching it but if… https://t.co/RnK6zmHQ7J</div> — peach ミ☆ (@peach ミ☆)<a href="https://twitter.com/warrencers/statuses/1328097249944080386">1605478033.0</a></blockquote></div><p>That's an understatement for how deeply disturbing the second half of the film is. As someone who watched <em>Megan Is Missing </em>years before TikTok (back when it was still <a href="https://www.popdust.com/sailor-j--tiktok-copyright-2645143066.html" target="_self">half a Chinese video platform and half Musical.ly</a>), I had a visceral, stomach churning reaction upon seeing its title in the news today. It's been at least seven years since my one view of the film (which is fully available for free on YouTube, which probably helped its virality), and I'm one of those true crime addicts who falls asleep to podcasts about serial killers and still sleeps like a baby.</p><p>All of that is to say: <a href="https://youtu.be/RZej5B4S4vI" target="_blank">Megan Is Missing</a> is genuinely disturbing and one of those films that has you questioning for days what the line is between trauma p*rn and brutal examinations of crimes that we've become desensitized to. Hopefully, if we're so jarred and so unsettled by a fictional account of sexual abuse (<em>Megan Is Missing </em>is not based on a true story but rather influenced by too many true accounts of kidnapping and child abuse), then we're more likely to fight for justice, right? Right?!</p><p>Anyway, if you're like me and stumble upon <em>Megan Is Missing </em>on YouTube, then you'll find a corner of the platform with similar psychologically disturbing movies that force you to examine the social realities of crimes that are too often sensationalized in the news but not critically examined. </p><p>These films don't depict the over-the-top psychopathy of <em>Silence of the Lambs </em>or elicit the anxiety-thrill of a true crime podcast. Rather, these films graphically depict the all too common villainy of neighborhood sexual predators and the lasting repercussions of sexual assault, from a casually heinous pedophile next door to the uncular charm of a child sex trafficker. 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Mysterious Skin (2004)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="759e4423e466a7e1abdb6ddcaf621011"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Lp5v4oQZRw?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Directed and written by Gregg Araki, <em>Mysterious Skin </em>stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, and Brady Corbet: "A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth."</p>Gardens of the Night (2008)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="325794e063e9c967a1c98a1eb0fd50da"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qFJ2Ez7_j1U?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Written and directed by Damian Harris, <em>Gardens of the Night </em>stars Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Tom Arnold, and Kevin Zegers: "After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street."</p><p>A review in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em> states, "Recovery time is recommended after seeing <em>Gardens of the Night</em>, a harrowing, obliquely told story of kidnapping and forced child prostitution that conjures a world entirely populated by predators and prey."<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_of_the_Night#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[</a></sup><br></p>The Woodsman (2004)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="57f2cac7c56d8b809713d8b81d865197"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X7SjEfXP-gQ?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><br></p><p>Written by Nicole Kassell and based on the play of the same name by Steven Fechter, <em>The Woodsman </em>stars Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, and Mos Def: "A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life."</p>Hard Candy (2005)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e49eee3f51af7bc62022f923859f30f8"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hvx0m2SeOSk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Written by Brian Nelson and directed by David Slade, <em>Hard Candy </em>stars Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, and Sandra Oh: "A teenager meets a man in order to expose him under the suspicion that he abducts underage girls."</p>Sleepers (1996)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ec0498b53d8a0823e9514ac9dcb6ffea"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sVdiN_4gBWk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Written and directed by Barry Levinson and based on the book of the same name by Lorenzo Carcaterra, <em>Sleepers </em>stars Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Minnie Driver, Billie Crudup, and Dustin Hoffman: "After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge."</p><p>Roger Ebert called it "a<a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sleepers-1996" target="_blank"> pretty good movie on more superficial levels</a>" but found homophobic overtones in the film's over-reliance on the male-on-male nature of the sexual assaults to justify revenge.</p>
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Meet Leta Powell Drake: The Woman Who Makes "Between Two Ferns" Look Comfortable
In celebrity interviews, Leta Powell Drake of Lincoln Nebraska cut
11.12.2020
"Let's let 'er rip this morning."
That's the line that introduced the world to Leta Powell Drake in a viral clip on Thursday, and it seems to sum up her approach to life—and particularly to celebrity interviews.
The two-minute clip, which caught fire on Twitter, is a compilation of moments taken from Drake's 25-year tenure as the host of KOLN's morning show in Lincoln Nebraska. In that time she interviewed hundreds of celebrities, often choosing to cut through the usual pleasantries.
<p>She doesn't hesitate, for instance, to press Elliot Gould to admit regret over not joining the cast of <em>M*A*S*H</em> for the TV series—"they've all made a fortune, Elliott"—or to tell Gene Hackman that he's "done some stinkers."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - underfirst11 - under_first_paragraph --></p><div id="b5c28" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c290bf1e5d71f31c8990c93d1115660f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1326748637603516417" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Currently obsessed with Leta Powell Drake, the greatest interviewer of all time. https://t.co/3oCYAd9vZD</div> — John Frankensteiner (@John Frankensteiner)<a href="https://twitter.com/JFrankensteiner/statuses/1326748637603516417">1605156499.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Her blunt style of interview produced some hilarious reactions from actors who were just there to promote their work. The clip has invited comparisons to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/20/20875031/between-two-ferns-movie-review-netflix-zach-galifianakis-scott-aukerman-tessa-thompson-jon-hamm" target="_blank">Zach Galifianakis's brash disrespect on </a><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/20/20875031/between-two-ferns-movie-review-netflix-zach-galifianakis-scott-aukerman-tessa-thompson-jon-hamm">Between Two Ferns</a></em> and to Martin Short's performance as the rude and ill-informed Jiminy Glick.</p><p>And the parallels—particularly with <em>Between Two Ferns</em>—are marked. Even the set of Drake's interviews—with potted plants, and a non-descript curtain as the backdrop—is enough to make you wonder if this morning show out of a small-town in Nebraska was the inspiration for Zach Galifianakis's <em>Funny or Die</em> series.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
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</p><p>She often seems to be thinking out loud while she brings up fond memories of watching Kurt Russel's father on <em>Bonanza</em> before asking, "Is he still alive, Kurt?" And this casual attitude is only heightened by her tendency to scratch herself, touch her interviewees, and address the camera or the show's crew mid-interview—as when she turns from Tim Curry and remarks (in her <em>Rocky Horror</em>-inspired makeup), "He looks evil in many ways."<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>Perhaps, as a local celebrity for so many years—recognized for her 15-year role as Kalamity Kate "the West's only lady sheriff" on the beloved children's show <em>Cartoon Corral</em>—Drake felt that she was on even footing with her interview subjects. Maybe she felt she could have a normal conversation with them from one star to another. Maybe it's just a consequence of a midwestern, no-nonsense attitude.</p><p>Or maybe, as <a href="https://journalstar.com/entertainment/small-screen/television-and-radio/a-roundup-of-memories-of-drake-s-kalamity-kate/article_8c897e8c-a3ff-11df-874e-001cc4c002e0.html" target="_blank">an advocate for gender equality</a>, she wanted to make it clear that a woman could be as bold and tough an interviewer as any man. Just like Larry King, she didn't have to do "research" or "preparation"; she could just repeat a rumor she heard about Tom Selleck turning down the role of Indiana Jones and see what he has to say about it.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
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</script></center><p></p><p>Whatever her motivation, Leta Powell Drake's "let 'er rip" approach to interviews has now earned her some viral national attention years after her retirement.</p><p>It should be noted, of course, that these handful of uncomfortable moments were culled from many hours of interviews with hundreds of celebrities. Drake's career as a professional broadcaster with five decades of experience earned her induction into the Nebraska Broadcaster's Association's Hall of Fame–and shouldn't be judged based on a single two minute clip.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
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</p><p>Still, watching the full interviews with Elliott Gould or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wOqOb3ip20&list=PLacZ6_f2bf0WmiXaLjLp_PIFD7Xjn85Pc" target="_blank">Lee Remick</a> make it clear that Leta Powell Drake was never afraid to let an awkward moment stew.<br></p><p>And seeing as <a href="https://journalstar.com/news/local/aging-partners-live-and-learn-tv-show-made-by-and-for-lincoln-seniors/article_52141180-1100-54bc-ab49-3b67669d7c82.html" target="_blank">she has remained active into her 80s</a>—hosting a public access show and staging theatrical performances for seniors—maybe it's time for Drake to come out of retirement and make the most of her newfound fame with some fresh uncomfortable interviews.<span></span></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p>Maybe she could find out why <a href="https://www.popdust.com/worst-movies-of-the-decade-2641640527.html" target="_blank">Will Smith has made so many stinkers</a>.</p>
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Fox News Host: Whoopi Goldberg Is Just as Bad as the Trump Administration
Howard Kurtz is equally tired of Republicans trying to stage a coup and of Democrats getting mad about it.
11.11.2020
On Wednesday morning, Fox News host Howard Kurtz took to Twitter to let the world know that both sides are bad in the most hilarious attempt at false equivalency in modern memory.
Host of the Fox News show Media Buzz, Kurtz recognizes the dangerous game the Trump administration is playing. By blocking President-Elect Joe Biden and his team from transitional access to the workings of the federal government, they are threatening the stability of America's institutions.
<p>A smooth transition of power is essential. And people like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestiefer/2020/11/10/the-gsa-head-who-blocks-transition-to-biden-presidency-is-partisan-and-not-independent/?sh=147bf7a75e52" target="_blank">General Services Administrator Emily W. Murphy</a> are flouting that important process.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630"> </div>
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</p><p>In order to prop up Donald Trump's continued denial of the fact that he lost the election, they are refusing access to Biden's team. <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/11/10/21558957/mike-pompeo-2020-election-trump-administration" target="_blank">Pompeo even mocked a reporter's question on the issue</a> in a press conference on Tuesday, remarking that there would be "a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."</p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph -->
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<!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><p></p><p><strong>In case there is any uncertainty, it should be noted that Joe Biden unequivocally won the election, and the only way to achieve a "second Trump administration" would be through a coup.</strong><br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Read: </strong><a href="https://www.popdust.com/election-results-2648624369.html" target="_blank"><strong>Joe Biden Has Officially Won the 2020 Presidential Election—Now How Do We Get Rid of Donald Trump?</strong></a></p><p>But Kurtz knows that this issue—like every issue in American politics—cannot possibly be one-sided. That's why he identified the major culprit on the other side of the aisle: <em>Sister Act</em> star Whoopi Goldberg.</p><p>One of the hosts of ABC's daytime talk show <em>The View,</em> Goldberg had a message on Monday for any of Donald Trump's supporters who are still in denial about the election's clear outcome. Addressing the camera directly, the comedian and actor told them to "suck it up."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>"Hillary Clinton didn't say, 'Hey, wait a minute, this doesn't feel right, stop the count.' She didn't say, 'This doesn't feel right, I'm not going for it.' She didn't say any of that. So all of you, suck it up. Suck it up like we sucked it up."</p><div id="65464" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b51a2aa14a1dae34cf7546ca7f2a03e9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1326500040454656002" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">From Trump's GSA barring Biden transition officials from federal buildings to Whoopi Goldberg telling his voters to… https://t.co/musEsjBXz1</div> — HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz)<a href="https://twitter.com/HowardKurtz/statuses/1326500040454656002">1605097229.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Of course many Trump supporters would no doubt take issue with the idea that a three-year investigation into electoral misconduct—resulting in <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/20/17031772/mueller-indictments-grand-jury" target="_blank">dozens of indictments and guilty pleas</a>, including several figures from within the Trump campaign—was "sucking it up."<br></p><p>But Whoopi left room for them to pursue the same approach with Biden, saying, "If the law says it's something to look at, look at it." It's just that first they have to acknowledge the reality of the election results.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent11 - mid_content --></p><p>They have to stop clinging to phony claims of fraud and stories about election observers being excluded. They have to accept the election results and admit that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won.</p><p>Still, Howard Kurtz felt that Goldberg—the woman who allowed Patrick Swayze to possess her so he could dance with Demi Moore in <em>Ghost</em>—had overstepped the bounds of her sacred duty. Pushing voters to accept the outcome of a democratic election is apparently out of line.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>And who has a responsibility to remain politically impartial more so than the star of 1995's classic <em>Theodore Rex</em>—a movie about a dinosaur who is also a cop?</p><p>It was Howard Kurtz's own tweet promoting a column he wrote on "both sides" of the election dispute that highlighted the supposed parallel between Whoopi Goldberg and top Trump administration officials. But when "Whoopi Goldberg" became a trending topic on Twitter—with users mocking his comparison—Kurtz pushed back, saying in another tweet, "Gee, I'd really prefer people react to the whole column about anger and payback on both sides."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><div id="32796" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0d8138ca627fcd1bf576231936d52f8d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1326536968356835330" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">ah yes, the famous two sides, "the president of the United States" and "Whoopi Goldberg" https://t.co/DiQoOoz6OW</div> — Albert Burneko (@Albert Burneko)<a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBurneko/statuses/1326536968356835330">1605106033.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Leaving aside the fact that he chose those ridiculous examples to put in his original tweet, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-endless-election-why-both-sides-keep-punching-back" target="_blank">reading the full column doesn't make it much better</a>.<br></p><p>Kurtz draws absurdly stretched comparisons throughout. He likens comments from a former Obama and DNC spokesperson to the actions of two sitting senators.</p><p>The former spokesperson, Hari Sevugan, recently called for Trump staffers to be held accountable for assisting in an attempted coup—for employers to shun them. On the other side, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/loeffler-perdue-demand-resignation-of-georgia-gop-secretary-of-state-.html" target="_blank">the two sitting senators from Georgia have called for the resignation of Georgia's secretary of state</a> just for acknowledging that Joe Biden won the state through legal votes.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
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</script></center><p></p><p>Never mind the strangeness of placing a man who no longer speaks for any political institution on the level of two of the nation's top legislators. <strong>While it's worth noting that they're obviously in different leagues, the reality is that they aren't even playing the same game.<br></strong></p><p>Because Senators Perdue and Loeffler—who both face contentious run-off elections in January—weren't weren't criticizing the other side. They were attacking a fellow Republican simply for not supporting the president's delusional belief that he somehow won <a href="https://www.popdust.com/election-results-joe-biden-50-000-votes-2648849922.html" target="_blank">an election he clearly lost</a>.</p><p>Kurtz's only other example of a Left-wing attack is a political commentator who hasn't been on MSNBC since 2015. Touré wished ill on Trump supporters for voting "against America and for a cult leader who has no redeeming or admirable qualities."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-638"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p>As for the Right-wing, Kurtz points to Attorney General Bill Barr, who has taken the unprecedented step of involving the Justice Department in what is technically an ongoing election. Before a winner is officially certified, Barr has approved investigators to pursue claims of election fraud.</p><p>There is, of course, no reason not to be vigilant in these matters. Investigators should pursue any legitimate allegation in an unbiased manner.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-639"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent4 - longest_content --></p><p><strong>But at the moment there are no legitimate allegations—just a series of flimsy excuses. </strong>And Barr has spent his entire tenure as AG making it clear that <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/william-barr-undermining-his-own-justice-department" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his Justice Department is anything but unbiased</a>. He works directly for Donald Trump. Which is presumably why Barr's latest move <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/doj-s-election-crimes-chief-resigns-after-barr-directs-prosecutors-n1247220" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">prompted the department's election crimes chief to resign</a> this week.</p><div id="011e8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="79b9badc6a3e885168d12ad9541e72f7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1326279460140806144" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">With Bill Barr’s newly issued ‘Election Interference’ memo, apparent we have a second Barr policy to add to the OLC… https://t.co/7ZcqQqsPBH</div> — Glenn Kirschner (@Glenn Kirschner)<a href="https://twitter.com/glennkirschner2/statuses/1326279460140806144">1605044639.0</a></blockquote></div><p><strong>So, no, there is no "both sides" in the election dispute.</strong> Joe Biden won the election, and Donald Trump is using his power and his supplicating cronies in an effort to undermine the democratic result.<br></p><p>On the Left, media figures of varying stature are being rude and pushing Trump supporters to accept reality. On the Right, people with real power are supporting an attempted coup that strikes at the heart of American democracy–and attacking those who don't as apostates.</p><p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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</script></p><p>As is so often the case with efforts to find blame on "both sides," Kurtz is trying to provide cover for Republicans' blatant misconduct by dredging up petty gripes with the Democrats.</p><h2></h2><p>The reality is: Democrats and Republicans are not equivalent. In terms of corruption, deceptive rhetoric, and blind party loyalty, the Democrats are horribly outmatched. Kurtz's pathetic attempt to make it seem otherwise only serves to make that more clear.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-640"> </div>
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