Pop Culture Friday

This week's AV Club question is:

Who do you take a life time pass on?

I've got two people and one group of people I'll take a lifetime pass on and some of them are going to generate a lot of hatred towards yours truly but I gotta be me so here goes, Joss Whedon, Eddie Izzard, and actors who are into Scientology.


I loved the cheesy goofy goodness of Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie but the TV series left me stone cold. And since I didn't like Buffy, I'm not about to waste any time on other shows Whedon been behind because there's a high probability I won't like them either.


Hey Eddie Izzard, the whole British guy in drag thing has been done to death. Dude, seriously, try writing some funny material and stop relying wearing make up and dressing up in women's clothes to get laughs. I haven't liked Mr. Izzard in anything I've ever seen him in and I doubt that's ever going to change. When one of his stand up 'comedy' shows comes on BBC America, I can't turn the channel fast enough.


Anyone who is in show business and who is into Scientology gets a lifetime pass from me. And thankfully most of them are bad actors or actors who were once good but who have become sleazy caricatures of themselves. Anyone who believes that autism is not a real disease or who questions the effectiveness of psychiatry needs to not only be shunned in the entertainment arena, they need to be taken out back and beaten. I will never see another Tom Cruise or John Travolta movie as long as I live. And as much as it pains me to to say it, same goes for Anne Archer, unless the rumors about her being in Scientology are not true.