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blue squares posted:Because everything you've posted is absurd Cool glad we could have this discussion.
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PantsBandit posted:Not a fan of this episode. I'll try to look past my very negative views on Hillary Clinton and how strange it is that this is some sort of magical reality where Abbi and Illana would idolize Hillary Clinton and just say it's really weird how Hillary is portrayed as a super-human rockstar in her 10 seconds of screen-time for this episode. If I'm not entirely mistaken the real-life Abbi and Ilana are both super pro-Hillary. It's definitely not out-of-character for them to endorse her in the show (did you see Ilana literally saluting Hillary when she was reading her book on the toilet in the intro to the first episode?) and I really don't think it's a problem.
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Mar 19, 2016 05:40
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Eh, I didn't see the episode as being overtly political. This could have taken place on any campaign. And people in their early 20s idolize political candidates to a ridiculous standard, so I didn't read into those jokes people are talking about. I expected the Hillary cameo to be cringeworthy, but it was actually OK. The DMV subplot was better anyway. It was the same kind of extreme absurdity that you see in Man Seeking Woman. And I liked the chat between Ilana and Eliot. Eliot: "You're being really homophobic." Ilana: "Am I?" Eliot: "No, but get a job!" Edit: I will say that the constant "YAS"ing in this episode was pretty annoying. I desperately didn't want it to become this show's dumb catchphrase but it's starting to reach that point. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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Jerkface posted:Whatever your political opinion of this episode is, put it aside and realize an old women crotchet'd her own bodybag in the hell dmv Exactly, that was probably the most amazing visual gag in the entire series so far. The setup and payoff was just perfect, and just think of the amount of work that must've gone into making the prop just for that one joke. Incredible. 
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Jerkface posted:Whatever your political opinion of this episode is, put it aside and realize an old women crotchet'd her own bodybag in the hell dmv Ohhhh. I was waiting for the reveal of what she was making and I blame me missing it on realizing that this was the Clinton episode I'd heard of and forgotten about.
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Mar 21, 2016 04:50
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Just suck up whatever your feelings are about Hillary and watch the episode. And if you don't like the scenes where Ilana is working for her campaign... well, you've still got the excellent DMV scenes and Alan Alda's guest appearance, so it's not a total loss.
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Mar 21, 2016 06:05
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I'm British and have no stake in the American elections and the latest episode was utter poo poo. I loved every other episode, but this was just a political ad. I think I'd have preferred it if Ilana got a job at subway and in the end Jared came out and said "thanks to eating subway sandwiches every day I am no longer a pedophile. Free subways for everyone!" curse of flubber fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Mar 22, 2016 |
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Mar 22, 2016 13:21
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It wasn't a big deal and was kind of inevitable. It's just more annoying with a show like this because a) BC has a pretty high quality standard and b) they only do 10 episodes per season and I'd rather they wouldn't spend half of one on a dumb politician cameo.
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Mar 22, 2016 13:40
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mrmcd posted:I'm a member of Park Slope Food Coop and it's awesome. The work requirement is real, but it's pretty easy, 2.75 hours every 4 weeks (or 3 hr/month on average). Green Hill is actually 15 minutes less according their website. I love co ops. This is why I like this show. NO other show on TV talks about these very real things that exist and are awesome
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Mar 23, 2016 01:14
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I guess you could say that this episode was a political ad for Hillary Clinton in the same way that product placement for beer, fast food, etc. is an ad for that product. Other than that, I'm just not seeing the "Vote For Hillary!" angle. I know that the real-life Abbi and Ilana's support Hillary (sadly, not every millenial is for Bernie), but like I said, this was an accurate portrayal of a person who's college-aged or in their early 20s and how they view political candidates. Cynicism usually hasn't set in by that point.juniperjones posted:I love co ops. This is why I like this show. NO other show on TV talks about these very real things that exist and are awesome I think I posted that here already, but meh.
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Mar 23, 2016 01:28
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Shneak posted:I love Broad City's surreal bits too. It's made me realize that's my favourite kind of comedy - having somebody from our actual reality enter into an exaggerated reality. DMV jokes have been run into the ground but that was a new spin. There should have been a bit where Abbi couldn't fit her signature into the small box on her documents because that's all too real to me. Thats what takes this show from like to love for me. It's just... that much more funny because it's surreal, and I guess it also doesn't feel cheap or cheesy.
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Tiggum posted:I don't even see how this could be propaganda though? Abbi and Ilana aren't exactly aspirational characters, and Hilary herself came across as fairly wooden and kind of weird. We're not supposed to think the protagonists of this show make good decisions, and other than the simple fact of "was willing to appear on a comedy show" Hilary didn't really do anything to sell herself, so... how was this actually political advocacy? You really don't see how this could be viewed as propaganda? For one thing, the mere fact that Hillary is ON the show is a sort of endorsement of her, and then when you get into Hillary's politics, it's confusing. Why would someone as progressive and pot-smoking as Ilana not make the connection that Hillary has worked toward putting people in jail for doing the very thing that defines Ilana's personality? If I met a politician, I'd use that time as a way to talk about something important. It felt forced and that's why it looks like propaganda.
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Mar 23, 2016 01:34
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I can never get over how people excuse the fact that she was anti-gay-marriage for so long. I don't know how progressive people justify wanting a leader that worked to abolish the rights of others. It's like Americans never heard of Margaret Thatcher, she was a woman, but that didn't excuse her terribleness that directly lead to the deaths of many, many people, and the poverty of many others.
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Mar 23, 2016 02:30
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Megaspel posted:It's like Americans never heard of Margaret Thatcher
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Mar 23, 2016 05:11
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If I could go back in time and close this thread after last week's episode I would.
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Mar 23, 2016 06:52
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Megaspel posted:I can never get over how people excuse the fact that she was anti-gay-marriage for so long. The fact that literally every other politician that's been in power for longer than 8 years (including Barack Obama) was anti-gay marriage at one point or another and we've forgiven all of the other people that evolved on the issue since then.
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Mar 23, 2016 06:58
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juniperjones posted:Why would someone as progressive and pot-smoking as Ilana not make the connection that Hillary has worked toward putting people in jail for doing the very thing that defines Ilana's personality? For the same reasons that the real world, pot-smoking Ilana supports Hillary Clinton. Or for the reasons that millions of other pot-smoking people support a broad range of candidates. Sane people don't base their entire political ideology around pot.
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Mar 23, 2016 12:31
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Y-Hat posted:I guess you could say that this episode was a political ad for Hillary Clinton in the same way that product placement for beer, fast food, etc. is an ad for that product. edit: Actually, I'll stick with the more succinct 
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cebrail posted:For the same reasons that the real world, pot-smoking Ilana supports Hillary Clinton. Or for the reasons that millions of other pot-smoking people support a broad range of candidates. Sane people don't base their entire political ideology around pot. Yes, because removing a tool for suppressing black people isn't something Ilana would give a poo poo about. Top adviser to Richard Nixon admitted that ‘War on Drugs’ was policy tool to go after anti-war protesters and ‘black people’ I don't care that this thread has shifted to poltichat, that's exactly what this show deserves after turning into a political ad.
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Mar 23, 2016 14:14
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Megaspel posted:Yes, because removing a tool for suppressing black people isn't something Ilana would give a poo poo about. Having no understanding of issues beyond a completely surface level is exactly how Ilana thinks, so yes.
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Mar 23, 2016 14:23
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"In today's episode, Ilana finds out that her favorite brand of soda, Coca-Cola, just opened a new factory in town! Watch Ilana talk about how much she LOVES Coca-Cola, and walk door to door telling people they should love Coca-Cola too!" EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN AD FOR COCA-COLA
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Mar 23, 2016 14:23
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Megaspel posted:Yes, because removing a tool for suppressing black people isn't something Ilana would give a poo poo about. I have no idea what you're talking about. The actual real world human being Ilana Glazer supports Hillary Clinton, do you under stand that? And yes, Nixon-era politics is something the in show Ilana wouldn't give a poo poo about. Peggotty fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Mar 23, 2016 14:44
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cebrail posted:I have no idea what you're talking about. The actual real world human being Ilana Glazer supports Hillary Clinton, do you under stand that? Mostly I was annoyed at your "sane people don't care about this thing I don't care about", like you're the only sane person on this planet and everybody else is crazy. Maybe it's within her character, maybe it isn't, but this was seemed like a really shoehorned paid-sponsorship. It's like when celebrities show up in the bad episodes of of the later seasons of Simpsons, though at least Simpsons had good jokes in those, like Homer calling Tony Blair, 'Mr Bean' and not just sucking his dick. There was a good way to integrate a celebrity cameo and Broad City did it the bad way, and in a way that makes it very transparent that the episode was a lovely ad for the Hilary campaign. PantsBandit posted:"In today's episode, Ilana finds out that her favorite brand of soda, Coca-Cola, just opened a new factory in town! Watch Ilana talk about how much she LOVES Coca-Cola, and walk door to door telling people they should love Coca-Cola too!" Pretty much. I don't mind people supporting whatever candidate, but to deny that this was a political ad is reaching and ridiculous. You can like Hilary, even though I don't like her, but don't start sticking your fingers in your ears and denying obvious facts. curse of flubber fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Mar 23, 2016 16:18
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Is there a new episode tonight? I hope so, because you all need to shut the gently caress up about last week's.
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Mar 23, 2016 16:23
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Flobbster posted:Is there a new episode tonight? I hope so, because you all need to shut the gently caress up about last week's. Yes and loving yes.
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Mar 23, 2016 16:28
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Flobbster posted:Is there a new episode tonight? I hope so, because you all need to shut the gently caress up about last week's. You got anything interesting to say besides being a dick?
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Mar 23, 2016 16:53
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Megaspel posted:Mostly I was annoyed at your "sane people don't care about this thing I don't care about", like you're the only sane person on this planet and everybody else is crazy.
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Mar 23, 2016 17:28
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Should I close this thread until tonight's episode?
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Mar 23, 2016 17:55
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Gaunab posted:Should I close this thread until tonight's episode? Sure thang
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Mar 23, 2016 18:02
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Megaspel posted:You got anything interesting to say besides being a dick? When you have something interesting to say, you can ask if I do. This thread has veered from discussion about Hillary's appearance on the show to discussion about her policies and pointless projection of what the actresses and characters should believe based on what viewers want. If you want to complain about a politician's stances, head over to D&D. Nobody here is going to change anyone's mind about a candidate—it's just pointless dick-waving.
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Just chiming in to say that this show rules and you twats are ruining it with these bullshit political posts. Smoke some weed and chill the gently caress out. Talk about jokes and fun things. Be the bigger person and just drop the Hilary poo poo. Yes, everyone thinks she sucks. Yes, it was a ploy to get young voters. Move on with your lives and let this political circle jerk end. fake edit: the only posts I could see that were worth bringing politics into were the ones questioning the characters motivations behind supporting a candidate being true to the character or not.
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I'm literally discussing events that happened in the show, I made one post to counter the dude who started bring up pot politics out of nowhere. People are allowed to discuss bad things in a show, if you don't like it, there's no one holding up a gun to your head making you read the posts. We didn't ruin the show by discussing the scenes in the show, calm down.
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Frankly, I was a lot more interested in the fact that the girls kissed on the lips. Not sexually of course, it was the same way teenage girls might hug each other in excitement over meeting Justin Timberlake, but still. And as for tonight's episode, they take a trip to Abbi's childhood home in Philadelphia and have to fix a mistake she made in high school. So that should be fun. Who knows, Bernie might be the principal!
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Mar 23, 2016 22:09
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Windows 98 posted:Smoke some weed and chill the gently caress out.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:32
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Tonight is actually a full episode of Bevers working for the Cruz campaign
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Fellatio del Toro posted:Tonight is actually a full episode of Bevers working for the Cruz campaign
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Mar 24, 2016 00:47
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Start with some Sleater-Kinney
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Mar 24, 2016 03:01
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Holy poo poo it's Tony Danza! Man he's in great shape.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:02
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It's like normal stuff but it has a past, you know? EDIT: Oh my God a JonBenet Ramsey Beanie Baby, that's brutal Maxwell Lord fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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Jon Benet edition beenie baby... Hahaha
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