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Take an apology lesson from Thor

by snarly | Nov 2, 2017 | Bropology, Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies

Last year, SorryWatch approvingly noted that actor Chris Hemsworth made a good apology for insensitive behavior. It turns out that his character Thor is also a good apologizer! In a deleted scene from the first Thor movie in 2011, we learn that during the Asgardian...

all the subtext in Kevin Spacey’s apology

by snarly | Oct 30, 2017 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies

Kevin Spacey would like you to know some things! 1. GARSH THIS IS NEWS TO ME THAT I AM HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVAIR2. I FORGET IF IT HAPPENED3. IF IT HAPPENED IT WAS THREE DECADES AGO (when I was a grown man and he was a child but SHHHH)4. IS “IF I DID...

You asked. Ugh, fine. Here’s Harvey Weinstein.

by snarly | Oct 7, 2017 | Bropology, Media Apologies

As you know, on October 5, the New York Times broke the news (or rather, reported extensively on an open secret and got on-the-record confirmation from famous actresses) about years of sexual harassment claims about producer Harvey Weinstein. One of Weinstein’s...

G’mar Tov, to all our Yom Kippur observers

by snarly | Sep 28, 2017 | Religious Apologies

As Yom Kippur nears, there are two traditional things celebrants say to each other. G’mar chatima tova and g’mar tov. Careful readers will note that the three-word and two-word expressions are similar! And both can tell us something instructive about...