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Parks and Recreation – “Harvest Festival”
“Harvest Festival” March 17th, 2011 Parks and Recreation is like Li’l Sebastian. For those who don’t know better, it’s just another Office-like NBC comedy, just as Li’l Sebastian appears to be just a pony. For those of us who have … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Indianapolis”
“Indianapolis” February 24th, 2011 Of the first six episodes initially sent to critics, “Indianapolis” is the most subtle. It’s a straightforward pairs of comic setpieces: a dinner party and a night out at the Snake Hole have the characters moving … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Media Blitz”
“Media Blitz” February 17th, 2011 When he first arrived, Adam Scott appeared to have been hired to play the new straight man. Ben Wyatt seemed a replacement for Mark Brendanowitz, someone who could react to the madness around him. Just … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Time Capsule”
“Time Capsule” February 3rd, 2011 When pre-air reviews of Parks and Recreation’s third season emerged, Matt Zoller Seitz’s column at Salon stood out for me. This is due not only to its quality, which is top notch as per usual, … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Flu Season”
“Flu Season” January 27th, 2011 “That was Leslie Knope.” I don’t want to suck the fun out of what was the most particularly hysterical episode of those I’ve seen from Parks and Recreation’s third season, but there is a structural … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Parks and Recreation – “Go Big or Go Home”
“Go Big or Go Home” January 20th, 2011 “We’re back.” According to Leslie Knope, the job of the Parks department of Pawnee is to “make this town fun for the people who live here.” Of course, considering that the Pawnee … Continue reading
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Rumination vs. Revelation: Pixar, the Remarkable, and Toy Story 3
It’s not often I write about movies in this neck of the woods, but it’s hard not to use Cultural Learnings as an outlet for my thoughts about Toy Story 3. Not only is this a Pixar film, but it’s … Continue reading
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Season Finale: The Office – “Whistleblower”
“Whistleblower” May 20th, 2010 Last week’s episode of The Office was absolutely, unfathomably terrible: it embodied the absolute worst characterization of Michael Scott (as a purposefully ignorant jerk with no self-awareness or human decency) until the very end, where it … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Parks and Recreation – “Freddy Spaghetti”
“Freddy Spaghetti” May 20th, 2010 When I write about the Thursday comedies, I have to write about them after I finish watching them all, as there’s too many other Thursday programs recording on the common DVR which requires I watch … Continue reading
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