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Alternate Avenues: Watching The Glee Project for the Wrong Reasons
Watching The Glee Project July 18th, 2011 I reviewed the premiere of The Glee Project for The A.V. Club, and wasn’t entirely certain at the time if I was going to stick with it. While the concept of the show … Continue reading
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Modern Family – “Dash, Flash, Crash”
“Dash, Flash, Crash” November 17th, 2010 Last week I posted about concerns regarding Modern Family’s relationship with questions of race and ethnicity (albeit focused on the former), and over at TV Overmind the commenters were…well, they were angry. My point … Continue reading
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The Construction of Race in Modern Family’s Second Season
The Construction of Race in Modern Family’s Second Season November 10th, 2010 ABC’s Modern Family has always been concerned with questions of race: that Gloria and Manny are Colombian, and that Lily is Vietnamese, were prominent factors in the series’ … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Modern Family – “The Old Wagon”
“The Old Wagon” September 22nd, 2010 “Time marches on, huh?” The central storyline in “The Old Wagon” is about nostalgia: the Dunphy family keeps their station wagon around not because it’s functional, but because it holds treasured memories of their … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Sons of Anarchy – “So”
“So” September 7th, 2010 In a post about the third season premiere of Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter wrote the following: “It would be very easy for me to repeat what worked in season two — create some internal beef … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Modern Family – “Family Portrait”
“Family Portrait” May 19th, 2010 Throughout Modern Family’s first season, episodes have been airing out of production order, which isn’t overly surprising: a lot of new comedies air this way based on the strength of certain episodes and to ensure … Continue reading
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Modern Family – “Hawaii”
“Hawaii” May 12th, 2010 I don’t think this was, in particular, one of the show’s funniest episodes. There were certainly some clever lines in “Hawaii,” as the show tried out some familiar but not yet tapped out character combinations within … Continue reading
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Modern Family – “Airport 2010″
“Airport 2010″ May 5th, 2010 There’s a point in this episode where I became very afraid. I really like episodes where the characters are all part of the same situation, but there’s a point where it seemed like the show … Continue reading
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Modern Family – “Travels with Scout”
“Travels with Scout” April 28th, 2010 If we accept that Modern Family is going to be an inherently predictable show, then the difference between a good episode and a bad episode is what predictable behaviour it leans towards. In the … Continue reading
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Modern Family – “Game Changer”
“Game Changer” March 31st, 2010 I’ve written a few times in the past about how Twitter can create certain expectations about a show before I get a chance to watch it, and this was very much the case with “Game … Continue reading
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