Tag Archives: MTV
Cultural Checkup: MTV’s Awkward.
Cultural Checkup: MTV’s Awkward. August 17th, 2011 In my head, MTV’s Awkward. has become this season’s equivalent of ABC Family’s Huge (which I covered last summer), although the two shows aren’t really that similar. I mean, both are shows on … Continue reading
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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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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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Skins – “Tea”
“Tea” January 24th, 2011 In the midst of the growing controversy surrounding Skins’ sexual content and allegations of child pornography, which Matt Zoller Seitz does a tremendous job of breaking down over at Salon, the show itself is being lost. … Continue reading
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Ch-Ch-Changes: Thoughts on January’s British TV Invasion
Ch-Ch-Changes: January’s British TV Invasion January 19th, 2011 While television in general has become inundated with adaptations of British series, or shows about adaptations of British series, or shows which have been imported from Britain, the past few days have … Continue reading
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