The world had a pretty good week. Romney reclaimed his mantle as Republican party frontrunner which means we probably won’t have to endure Rick Santorum’s War with Every Muslim in the World (or War on Homosexuality). Despite all of Iran’s boasting, it’s still very unlikely they’ll be a nuclear-capable country anytime soon. And, best of…
Petty Issues: Snooki’s Pregnant, Andrew Breibart’s Dead, and North Korea Did Something Sane
Today brought the news that 43 year old conservative blogger and crazy person Andrew Breibart died of “natural causes,” otherwise known as a cocaine overdose. Breibart is perhaps best known for his legendary journalism of Anthony Weiner’s dick pics. [Finally, I can send a picture of my dick to Nancy Pelosi without the scrutiny!] Snooki…
Now What?: What’s Your “Leap” This Year?
Every so often—-as in every other day—-I like to run a puff piece, and today I’m especially fascinated with Leap Day. Leap Day just so happens to be one of my favorite holidays even if it doesn’t include getting out of work or school, and most people shamefully chose to let it go to waste….
The Quiet Prejudice of Octavia Spencer Thanking Her Home State of Alabama and Getting Laughed at
First of all, a sincere congratulations to Octavia Spencer from The Help for winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar that night. Her win was remarkable because 1. There have been less than a dozen African American females to win an Academy Award, 2. She’s one of the only Oscar winners from Alabama E-V-E-R and quite…
Alabama Liberal’s First Annual Underrated Awards! [And the Overrated Awards]
In the past few weeks, it seems like everybody and their brother has had an awards show. The Grammys, the Golden Globes, The Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, The Director’s Guild Awards, the Producer’s Guild Awards, the Teamster’s Best Awards, the Catering Services Awards, etc. And then of course the Oscars. Well fuck that noise. This…
Movie Review: The Oscar Winning Sports Doc “Undefeated”
Last night, Undefeated won the oscar for best documentary. Luckily, I saw it Saturday, and all so I can tell you it should NOT have won…well, maybe not so luckily then… What Works: Judging the film solely on its own merits, it’s a pretty good sports doc about a high school football team in a…
Movie Review: Act of Valor
I was excited to see this movie as it’s proudly touted that it was made with “Active duty Navy Seals” and the director is a former stuntman who should know his way around an action sequence. Well, it turns out that taking hits is a lot easier than staging them in a satisfying way. And…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Red Tails
This movie opened quite a while ago but I just got around to seeing it. Much like Big Miracle, I’m pretty sure everyone who is going to see this movie in theaters already has seen it, but here goes nothing… What Works: This movie about the Tuskegee airmen is obviously well-intentioned, well-crafted, well-acted, and has…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Big Miracle
Few people caught this movie when it opened in early February, but that’s a real shame. I hope they catch this save-the-whales flick when it comes to DVD, although I do think the great Alaska visuals play best on a big screen. What Works: Okay, so right off the bat I was thinking “Who really…
Worst…Oscars…Ever? [General thoughts about Billy Crystal, The Artist, Red Carpet, etc.]
I can’t say tonight’s show was the worst Oscar telecast but its damn sure the worst I’ve watched from start to finish. There were no good surprises (The Artist sweep), a couple bad ones (Meryl over Viola, Undefeated over Paradise Lost 3), and Billy Crystal bringing the house to a yawn with a poor performance…
I’m Not Interested In Santorum’s Selective Christianity, and Why He’s a Theo-crite
It’s hard to remember a front-runner of a major political party’s presidential nomination who not only played the religious card, but essentially had no other cards in his deck. Rick Santorum doesn’t just want you to know he’s a Christian, that’s seemingly all he wants you to know. Not only that, but he is fanatically…
Rich Asshole of the Month is…Chris Brown, A Different Kind of Rich Asshole
Last month, I introduced a new segment to Working Class Economist called “Rich Asshole of the Month.” The thinking behind it is that just generally calling out rich people isn’t doing any good because the 1 percent gets to say “Well, I might be bad but I’m not the Koch Brothers bad,” and calling out…
You Can’t Cry Over Whitney’s Death and Like Chris Brown (And, Why Brown is “Singled Out”)
I know that was a loaded title but I’ll be talking about two main things in this article: the hypocrisy of people crying over Whitney Houston’s death AND then defending Chris Brown or outright celebrating him. And also why Brown is “Singled out” as he and his fans so often cry. Nothing was crazier to…