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Season Finale: Glee – “New York”
“New York” May 24th, 2011 “Make one…in your mind.” As Rachel and Kurt stand on stage at the Gershwin Theater in New Your City, with the land of Oz behind them, Kurt suggests that they take this opportunity to belt … Continue reading
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Glee – “Funeral”
“Funeral” May 17th, 2011 “I’m Lima good. Not New York City good.” Last season, we didn’t get a “real” penultimate episode: “Funk” was moved into the penultimate spot arbitrarily when FOX wanted to move the Lady Gaga-enhanced “Theatricality,” which created … Continue reading
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Walking in Designers’ Shoes: A Shift in Perspective for Project Runway Season 8
Walking in Designers’ Shoes: Project Runway Season 8 July 31st, 2010 It’s fitting that Project Runway’s eighth season began with the contestants “auditioning” for a position on the series proper, as I considered this premiere to be the series’ audition … Continue reading
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A Canuck in an American Sitcom: The Spatial Construction of Canadian Identity in How I Met Your Mother
A Canuck in an American Sitcom: A Paper February 8th, 2010 Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting at the 16th Annual McGill English Grad Students’ Conference in Montreal, where I gave a presentation on the subject of … Continue reading
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30 Rock – “Klaus and Greta” and “Black Light Attack!”
“Klaus and Greta” and “Black Light Attack!” January 14th, 2010 When you double up two episodes of 30 Rock, you get a really skewed perception of the series. In some ways, the two hours offers that many more memorable lines, … Continue reading
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White Collar – “Flip of the Coin”
“Flip of the Coin” November 14th, 2009 Now four weeks into its run, White Collar is about where it was in its pilot: a solid entry in USA’s lineup. The show has yet to really transcend to the point where … Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Love Among the Ruins”
“Love Among the Ruins” August 24th, 2009 New York is in decay. Don Draper’s trip to California was highly transformative on an individual level, but as an ad man it appears to have affirmed what he knew before. In California, … Continue reading
Season Finale: Fringe – “There’s More Than One of Everything”
“There’s More Than One of Everything” May 12th, 2009 I wrote a piece a while back about the ways in which Fringe sits between the procedural and the serial, with episodes that feel heavily formulaic and others that are heavily … Continue reading
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