Oh, that guy builds free houses for orphans and volunteers every weekend at the legless cat shelter? Good for him, I don’t like the way he stands. You can like what you like and be annoyed by who annoys you, for the pettiest of reasons. Last month, my old blog friend Vince Mancini wrote an essay about this very subject. Remnants of that mentality persisted in me for far too long, just as they now plague a nation of fanboys whose very existence depends on whether or not a fellow Marvel/ Better Call Saul/Taylor Swift fan clapped back effectively at a hater. Back in the day, I used to exult when my favorite band claimed the top spot on Dial MTV, or if my favorite movie made a shitload of money, or if my favorite TV show was also the most popular TV show among my classmates. One thing I learned about myself this year-roughly 30 years too late-is that I don’t NEED the opinions of others to validate my own tastes. Or, better yet, you can avoid those takes altogether. Afterward, you can dive into the Take-Industrial Complex and see if it agrees with you. You pick something to watch and then hope for the best. So the opinions of others regarding art-especially works of art that you haven’t even seen yet-are as unreliable as your own whims. Critics aren’t a monolith, and audience scores are for people who take the results of the People’s Choice Awards as seriously as they would an MIT genetics study. There’s no wrong way to pick out what you wanna watch, and most people instinctively know that. Or maybe I’m too lazy to watch anything else. Other times it’s because Guy Ritchie made a new movie and I’m a Guy Ritchie completist. Other times it’s because everyone is talking about it and I gotta see what the hype is all about. Sometimes I watch shit because a friend I trust recommended it. I don’t have one bankable source for pop culture recommendations. Can we just embrace the difference as a nice way to summarize the different vibes? If I want to watch some Oscar bait critical darling I look at critic reviews if I want something easy to enjoy, I look at audience reviews. I feel like any hubbub between how critics and audience rate movies is missing the point. Today, we're talking about spoon rests, ties, mullets, and more. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Check your local listings for time and availability.Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. You can see Josh McDermitt when The Walking Dead returns for the season 6 premiere on Sunday, October 11, 2015. He had fun things to note on every photograph and did a fantastic job identifying the folks that have helped make the mullet what it is today. The video was made even better by the actor from The Walking Dead‘s commentary. Who would have thought that one of the “Sexiest Men Alive” would ever be photographed with that kind of hairstyle! I played the game along with the video, and I got the same one wrong as Mr. From there, things got more difficult as some of the biggest stars in Hollywood were shown rockin’ the “Kentucky waterfall”. Anyone that has lived through the days of “Achy Breaky Heart” would recognize the mullet of Billy Ray Cyrus. How well did he do? Check out the video from the Yahoo website: Recently, Josh McDermitt took a break from talking about The Walking Dead to play a game of ‘Name That Mullet’ with the folks over at Yahoo! TV. He’s been offered a haircut on a couple of occasions, and declined, which is a good thing because the style has become synonymous with his character. The mullet has become Eugene’s calling card, referring to it as a ‘Tennessee Top Hat” and having Tara ask him if it is the “source of his power”. His character, Eugene Porter, is best known for being timid around walkers, providing socially awkward moments, and his unique choice of hair style. Josh McDermitt is one of the most popular actors on AMC’s hit zombie surival drama The Walking Dead.
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