Good lord.

That may be true, but I'm not sure I want to do the hugging. He's a great filmmaker, though. Strange that he dropped out of sight for so long after his first film bombed.

Dude, get over yourself. AS IF hugging anyone would be a solution to anything real. Hugging, in the way you want it, is no more than the short satisfaction from eating a burger.
Two, how do you know Solondz doesn't have anyone already that hugs him?
Three, your baseless optimism is part of the problem. reichwinger people have to believe systems that corporations will magically save America, when they've done nothing to destroy and pollute the country, aside from exporting your manufacturing job to China.
It is YOU and THEY who polluting and poisoning the oceans. It's liberals who saved many lakes and rivers from becoming endless sewers in the name of brute force capitalism and "jobs" ... I should say, former jobs, at present located in Cbina.

Oh well.

I suppose you will talk to your invisible bearded playmate in the sky, and that She will make things "allright"? AKA as self delusion. If you keep lying to yourself long enough, that gawd has solved all your problems, you will believe that at some point. Still a lie, though.

Condoms cause SEX like roofs cause it to RAIN

You can write/direct something sad/dark/horrible without feeling any of those things. Creativity comes from a variety of sources, not just one's own life experiences. You don't know Todd Solondz personally, so why judge him by the movies that he makes? The movies are just one facet of him.

Having just watched Palindromes and Happiness, I can say with absolute certainty that Todd Solondz needs a hug, like right NOW.