A new study finds half of the negative tweets about the film were “likely politically motivated or not even human.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb3b99040061e2cf0919820/master/pass/TheLastJedi-EP8-FF-005212.jpg
Tag: Discourse
Change My View: Why Our Best Hope for Civil Discourse Is on Reddit
What’s astounding about Kal Turnbull’s brainchild is that no single radioactive topic—not Trump, Brexit, sex, guns—has overrun the subreddit. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a5abecbe251803428fea268/master/pass/changemyopinion.jpg
‘Woodshock,’ ‘mother!,’ and the Troubling Timidity of Film Discourse
We (and by “we” I mean Serious Movie People, film critics and scholars and buffs and so on) used to like it when movies challenged us, when they busted out of the tight little boxes studio product is expected to fit into and swung for the fences, consequences be damned. So it’s been a little […]
Jersey Shore Cast Reunites After 5 Years for Intellectual Discourse, Sandwiches
Considering the I.Q. of an average Jersey Shore cast member barely rivals that of a chicken sandwich, it’s only fitting that the MTV reality show’s latest reunion went down at a Burger King. Nearly all of the usual suspects — Snooki, JWoww, Pauly D, The Situation, Sammi Sweethart, Vinny and Deena — appear in a […]
