Nick Robinson fired from Polygon

Well, Dollhouse is probably his least-well-known property, so whatever will be, will be.

It's a shame, because Dollhouse is a good show. I've previously dismissed the supposed mysogyny and exploitiveness of the concept to be an unavoidable aspect of featuring the mind-imprinting technology, because that's how it would really be used, and the show doesn't shy away from that while simultaneously keeping most of the unsavory events tastefully off-screen. However, I can't really blame anyone for reading ill-intent into it anymore. So, there goes all of the fascinating philosophical explorations and some of the best acting I've seen in my life. The show was already on thin ice, even fewer people are going to want to give it a chance now.

There's also the interpretation that Topher is a self-loathing author avatar for Joss, which makes more sense now than it ever has before.

I like this article I found, Don't Let The Claims Against Joss Whedon Ruin 'Buffy' For You. Something that really hasn't been talked about as much as it should be, both now and throughout the entire time Buffy's been around, is that there were several female writers on the show who deserve as much credit as Whedon for making the show what it is.

It also happens to underscore why this revelation doesn't affect my enjoyment of the show all that much, but why I and other fans are so troubled about Car Boys as a product. Television is an inherently collaborative endeavor, and it rarely relies too heavily on one person. It's also intended to exist apart from its creators, who aren't really visible in the finished product. Car Boys, on the other hand, is a bunch of unscripted banter between two likeable people who were close friends. You watch it because you like the people who made it, and you enjoy their (relatively) candid comments as they play off each other. It's kind of ruined if you know that a), one of the hosts was engaged in secret unsavory activities, and b), the rapport between the two of them is now ruined because of it. You're all probably tired of hearing me rant about it, but goddamn, I'm pissed about this. Like, it's just sad that so many glowing reviews and analyses of the show now have disclaimers on them from the authors expressing their disgust with the situation.

Based on the last time a prominent male celebrity was revealed to have made lewd comments about his female coworkers, his days as a big figure in Hollywood will be over, and he'll have to take the consolation prize of the U.S. presidency.

Is there any widely-used platform that's sparked more problems than Twitter? I've always thought that encouraging people to make short statements without any room for details or nuance is a bad idea.