So I watched the series finale of Game of Thrones on Sunday night. Watching the finale it occurred to me that … More
Category: Television
They Don’t Talk About Movies Like They Used To
David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, has made a movie. According to Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir, Chase would have been … More
On the Shore
I don’t know why this is happening–summer doldrums? boredom with summer movies? a desperate hope that the show has developed … More
La Femme Nikita’s People
The Egyptian uprising was noteworthy for, among other things, the ways in which Barack Obama had to tiptoe around the … More
My 2010
Since I started this blog in 2006, I’ve concluded every year with a review of the year as I saw … More
Keywords
Roger Ailes presses all the buttons all at once, starting with Jon Stewart (“liberal,” “atheist,” “socialist,” “Norman Thomas,” “crazy”) before … More
Fun Friday: The End of the World as We Know It Edition
It’s now been scientifically proven that the Internet totally destroys your attention span, so I will keep this Fun Friday … More
Fun Friday: Oscars Edition
In this week’s edition of Fun Friday, two praise-worthy decisions from unlikely sources and what to read–and avoid reading–about the … More
What’s Happened to Cultural Discourse?
In the Conversations section of the New York Times, David Brooks asks Dick Cavett, once known as “the thinking man’s … More
The Digi-Novel
Another new publishing model has emerged. Anthony Zuiker, the executive producer of the ubiquitous CSI television series, has announced the … More
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