Derailing The Friedmans. An interesting Slate piece on the neutrality of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Capturing The Friedmans." It starts: "When a documentary filmmaker uncovers overwhelming evidence that the subject of his film was wrongly convicted, shouldn't he take a stand on the man's innocence?"
posted by adrober on Mar 1, 2004 - 22 comments

Yes, we all HATE Carrot Top... but AT&T has the last laugh.
posted by adrober on May 5, 2003 - 49 comments

You know that horrible Lee Performance Khakis commercial where the woman spills red wine on her pants? Well this article from Slate.com critiques it and then tests it...to surprising results.
posted by adrober on Oct 26, 2002 - 58 comments

Spike Jonez's hilarious new IKEA ad (click the TV to watch it, you'll need Quicktime)... ...and here's the Slate.com article that led me to it.
posted by adrober on Sep 24, 2002 - 45 comments

Gay Food. Hot Dogs: No; Pigs-In-A-Blanket: Yes. (From Slate.com)
posted by adrober on Apr 4, 2002 - 25 comments

In light of Steven Speilberg's editing of the soon to be re-re-released "E.T.", Slate offers its own (mostly funny) editing suggestions for the remaining Speilberg canon. By the way, is anyone else repulsed by what Speilberg's doing?
posted by adrober on Mar 15, 2002 - 60 comments

Is your dog as yummy as Slate thinks it is?
posted by adrober on Jan 19, 2002 - 19 comments