An Observation, Not Defence, of Community
If you consider yourself someone who is quite partial to NBC’s Community, then the following is probably not news to you. Earlier this week the network released their midseason schedule, revealing that...
View ArticleManly Culture
Even if you haven’t recognized it for what it is, chances are, you’ve seen elements of it. The resurgence of beards, comments on period piece clips like “Why don’t we wear hats anymore?” or “Dang- they...
View ArticleTV Characters We Hate To Love To Hate, Or Something
Having just finished an episode of The Big Bang Theory is as good a time as any to write this post, which elaborates on an article I found on Macleans.ca titled “How obnoxious is too obnoxious for a TV...
View ArticleBeyond Good and Evil
Act 2, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has the titular character declare that “there is no good or evil, but thinking makes it so.” Years later, this same sentiment would be echoed by Milton’s...
View ArticleEvan and Gordon Talk: Sitcoms
GORDON: Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s the Evan and Gordon Show! <Theme Music> Starring: Evan as Evan! Michael Fassbender as Gordon Brown! The closest this man will ever resemble me was when he lost...
View ArticleFame Day: Cornel West
Where exactly do you start when talking about Cornel West? I mean, the man’s a brilliant academic. Dr. West had an illustrious career at Princeton and has just recently begun teaching at Fuller...
View ArticleCulture War Correspondence: Sitcom Absurdity
GORDON: We have been graced, dearly beloved, by a topic recommendation from our ever-faithful reader Ben, who asked that we “address the absurd and current culture’s take on reality.” To which I say,...
View ArticleThe Golden Age of Television
Readers, yours truly is not a person to whom the positives of life are either readily apparent or understandable, but even someone as typically dour as myself can’t deny that we are living in a golden...
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