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March 2013
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BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN???
A very interesting discussion about the movie Room 237 over at the A.V. Club. As an academic, it was especially interesting for me how the commenters framed the obsessive analysis that is at the heart of the movie. I haven’t seen the movie - and I’m not sure I’m going to - but the question where scholarship crosses over into obsessive nerdism is near and dear to me. I think...
Mar 29th
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"Keep your damn hands off my Community!"
Okay, now that the new season has sort of settled, I really feel like I can honestly criticize it. And guess what? I’ve been really enjoying it. What continues to piss me off is the complete non-criticism that passes for sound judgement when it comes to the new season. And let’s be honest here, the AV Club is the main offender. I love the AV Club dearly, but the way the Community...
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The Structure of Glamour, or Why do we get sucked...
I got inspired to write about this by a very interesting piece Film Crit Hulk did about Fight Club. I have to say that I don’t really agree with Hulk’s main point here, as did a lot of the commentators who pointed out that Hulk’s problem with Fight Club isn’t really a problem most people have. Nevertheless, I find it an interesting take on Fincher and the idea that...
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February 2013
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Off, On and Between the Lines - On Community and...
So, welcome to the brave new world of Post-Harmon Community! It’s been three episodes and are you as sick of all the complaining about the zombie-fication of Community as I am? Look, I get it. There’s a certain kind of pain involved when a favourite show loses its mojo. Especially when you can’t explain it. There’s something wrong, gone, whatever - all you know is you have...
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The Following: Where The FBI Is As Vapid As the...
So The Following has turned into such stupid, pulpy fun, it’s impossible to take seriously. Somehow I still find it enormously entertaining, even though it is pretentious and pointlessly violent. What I do find baffling, though, is the level of incompetence the police have sunk to on a show that is, you know, about police work. I mean, I don’t expect it to be Breaking Bad, but surely...
Feb 6th
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January 2013
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