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Funny Business: Critical Analysis of Television Comedies, Part 2
The following is the second part of an ongoing, cross-blog conversation between myself and my A.V. Club colleague Ryan McGee. The first part of the conversation is posted at his blog, Boob Tube Dude, and can be found here (and … Continue reading
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A Cultural Comeback: The Return of the Cultural Catchup Project
The Return of the Cultural Catchup Project May 16th, 2011 On April 9th, 2010, I began an undertaking. Fifty-seven reviews and over six months later, I had to put that undertaking on hold indefinitely. There was some part of me … Continue reading
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A Plea for Pawnee: The Return of NBC’s Parks and Recreation
A Plea for Pawnee: The Return of Parks and Recreation January 20th, 2011 Parks and Recreation was my favorite show on television last year. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably already know this. Despite the … Continue reading
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Conan the Morning After: Critics Respond to the Premiere
Conan the Morning After: “Baa Baa Blackmail” November 9th, 2010 Despite what their titles or tags may say, no one really “reviewed” Conan last night. While an evaluative measure may have been undertaken by numerous critics, it is always with … Continue reading
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Mad Men the Morning After: Critics visit “Tomorrowland”
Mad Men the Morning After: “Tomorrowland” October 18th, 2010 It’s been a while since I’ve been able to stop in with an installment of Mad Men the Morning After, but with my students writing midterms this morning and more critics … Continue reading
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Transitions: Covering The Office for The A.V. Club
Transitions: Covering The Office for The A.V. Club September 21st, 2010 As a freelance critic with an emphasis on the “free,” my goal is to write about what interests me: while I am, admittedly, in the midst of transitioning back … Continue reading
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Series Premiere: Boardwalk Empire – “Pilot”
“Pilot” September 19th, 2010 I could very, very easily write a couple of thousand words about the pilot for Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s latest prestige drama series which debuted last night. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning … Continue reading
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Label Lamentation: The Growing Misuse of “Recap” in Television Criticism Semantics
If I could change one element of modern television criticism, it would be the notion that recap and review are synonyms. To clarify, I have no issue with recaps or the people who write them: there is a place within … Continue reading
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Questions of Taste: Dissecting the Dissection of Early Reviews of HBO’s Game of Thrones
Questions of Taste: Dissecting the Dissection of Early Reviews April 9th, 2011 We are entering the period in which HBO’s Game of Thrones will be placed under the critical microscope – while a few early reviews (my own included, I … Continue reading →
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