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A Westerossi Balancing Act: Game of Thrones Season Two [Review]
A pre-air review of the HBO series’ second season. Continue reading
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A Gloss of Thrones: Game of Thrones – The Complete First Season [Blu-ray Review]
It is now widely accepted that the way we watch television is a variable – if you’re reading this, chances are that I don’t have to regale you with the myriad ways we can now watch the programming we’ve historically … Continue reading
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Smash – “The Callback”
“The Callback” February 13th, 2012 As is evidenced by the limited output here at Cultural Learnings, I don’t have a lot of free time right now, which is why I’ve been prioritizing watching television (an exercise that I find particularly … Continue reading
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The Search for Significance: The Television Industry and the Golden Globes
Earlier this evening, my brother directed me to a piece at Slate defending the Golden Globes, something that we don’t see particularly often. Indeed, that is very much the impetus behind Tom Shone’s argument, praising the Globes relative to the … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Shameless – “Summertime” and Televisual Space
“Summertime” and Televisual Space January 8th, 2012 After rewatching the entire first season over the holidays with my parents, I found myself enjoying Shameless more than when it premiered (as I wrote about soon after), and I looked forward to … Continue reading
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Glee – “The First Time”
“The First Time” November 8th, 2011 There is something very effective about “The First Time,” a poignant piece which uses the backdrop of the performance of West Side Story to tell three parallel stories of romantic love moving to another … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Breaking Bad – “Face Off”
“Face Off” October 9th, 2011 “I won.” For the sake of the fact that writing an opening without spoilers feels like an impossibility at the moment, let’s throw all of this behind the fold and get to the real meat … Continue reading
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Glee – “Asian F”
“Asian F” October 4th, 2011 You’re going to read a lot of reviews of “Asian F” which reference its problematic elements, and they are all correct. Will and Emma’s storyline, in particular, is one of those instances where a serious … Continue reading
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Glee – “I Am Unicorn”
“I Am Unicorn” September 27th, 2011 When “I Am Unicorn” ended on what I guess we could nominally consider a cliffhanger, I was sort of stunned. See, in order to have a cliffhanger you need to have a narrative, and … Continue reading
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