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Television: the wasted medium?
I’ve been thinking lately about TV. Malachi Z. York, founder of the bizarre cult Nuwaubianism, once claimed that the word “television” comes from a contraction of “tell-lie-vision.” In a slightly...
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Perfectly Cromulent Analysis: Who Shot Mr. Burns?
As we’ve mentioned on this blog before, The Simpsons is a crowning achievement in the histories of both animation and television, whose cultural influence has seeped into all areas of life and touched...
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“I blame society!”: Repo Man and punk satire
[Watch out for spoilers, and for irradiated Chevy Malibus.] I rewatched Alex Cox’s cult classic Repo Man (1984) last Thursday, talked about it briefly on a radio show on Friday, and still have some...
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As seen on TV: the style and politics of infomercials
Prepare yourself to enter a strange world. A world where human hands are incapable of accomplishing everyday tasks without creating huge messes. A world where said hands and said messes are in black...
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Saturday Theme Songs: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Children’s television, obviously, is not always cute and friendly. Sometimes it can be a little dark or daring. But one children’s show surpassed all others, to the point that it was explicitly...
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Saturday Theme Songs: Bill Nye and The Magic School Bus
Sorry about last weekend’s lack of a theme song, but this should more than make up for it: a double feature! It’s like chocolate plus vanilla. Or in this case, Bill Nye the Science Guy plus The Magic...
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Link Dump: #12
As you may have noticed, Pussy Goes Grrr has been lying dormant for the past full week. A lot of complicated factors led to this, but they can all be boiled down to one word: academics. Both Ashley...
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Oscar Grouching ’10: The Aftermath
The Oscars are over. I promise I will shut up about them. After I have my quick say about the show itself. And what better format for that than a bulleted list? So here you are, item by item: My...
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Clowning Around
Back when I was in elementary school, Stephen King’s It (1990) was considered the ne plus ultra of scary movies. I’m not sure where this impression came from, but to us kids, it was The Scary Movie We...
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Spooky Specials: An Introduction
When I was very young and the leaves would fade from vibrant green to burnt orange, excitement would stir in my little gut. The air, heavy with the smells of cider and pumpkin, would become chillier,...
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Misspent hours late at night
It’s almost 3 am. I have to finish My Man Godfrey tonight (at least, for my cinematic conscience’s sake). I am fucked. Bed, sleep – I’ve complained about this bullshit before. For us poor people who...
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