Comments on: The Worst Word in Any Script

By: sam

sam — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:28:23 +0000

t’s iused to make a point, I dont see any issue with it. If anything, what is even more annoying is that the Newyork Times has nothing else to write about but a potienially over used word. Shows much apathy.

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:21:16 +0000

This is as stupid as the “no adverbs” thing. The only rule is to do it confidently and do it well. Or, as William Goldman says, “Nobody knows anything!”.

By: ChristianH

ChristianH — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:44:26 +0000

Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and keep using “Really?” in everyday conversation, because that’s how it’s used, and therefore its appearance in popular culture is justified, and this editorial is basically trying to make a weirdly specific pet peeve into some kind of generalized critique of modern film and television.

By: Chronoss

Chronoss — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:39:50 +0000

Ooooh snap! New York Times, you did NOT just reach for the Big Gun that is JC Calhoun.
That’s when you know s**t got real.

By: Deke

Deke — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:35:37 +0000

The fact that you have a screenshot from The League in an article with a negative tone loses you at least 50 cool points.

By: Mr. Right

Mr. Right — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:55:18 +0000

Not as bad as “Awkwaaard.”

By: Koze

Koze — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:51:10 +0000

I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but Jerry Seinfeld does not agree: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/opinion/jerry-seinfeld-really-riffs-about-something.html?_r=1

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:27:16 +0000

Just sayin’

By: Segashredder88

Segashredder88 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:13:25 +0000

It’s not that everybody is just now starting to use that phrase as a response but it has been around for who knows how long. I don’t find it annoying and on the contrary I will agree with trashcanman and say it’s a casual thing for people to say and the more life like characters are the more like the public will relate to them even if it is something common and overused. But I can also see where it can mean a lack of imagination on the script writing aspect too. I never thought it was worth pointing out but apparently people are annoyed after they nit pick at something and then they constantly see it happening after that but before they noticed it the first time they were oblivious that it was happening so frequently.

By: Bad Acid

Bad Acid — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:42:54 +0000

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who found this annoying. It seems less annoying on Archer, but still overused. Now that everyone is doing it, yeah, instant turn off.