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Season (Series?) Finale: Skins – “Eura/Everyone”
“Eura/Everyone” March 21st, 2011 “Is that why I’m here? To tell stories?” In reviewing last week’s penultimate episode of MTV’s Skins, “Tara,” at The A.V. Club, I sort of offered my general take on the show thus far: while it … 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 – “Ron & Tammy: Part Two”
“Ron & Tammy: Part Two” February 10th, 2011 The most basic approach to a sequel is to make everything bigger: by taking everything one step further, you therefore make everything one step better. However, I don’t know if this principle … 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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Skins – “Chris”
“Chris” January 31st, 2010 Last week, I stressed the need for there to be something approaching textual analysis of the U.S. Skins, given that the hype has threatened to overwhelm the show itself. However, that made a lot of sense … 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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Parks and Recreation – “The Master Plan”
“The Master Plan” May 13th, 2010 I hate to keep driving my “Parks: It’s the New Office!” comparisons into the ground, but I want you to think back to the start of The Office’s third season (which, not entirely coincidentally, … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Project Runway Season 6 – “Episode One”
“Welcome to Los Angeles!” August 20th, 2009 After being caught in legal hell for about six months, Project Runway is finally back. Amidst swirling speculation about how the show would change, and whether it would be able to retain its … Continue reading
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