I largely agree. After buying and watching all five seasons of The Wire last year, I struggled with an internal debate: was it better than Homicide Life on the Street? While The Wire is justifiably lauded on this island as either the best or very...
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Having been born at the tail end of the baby boom, I'm now about a quarter century older than most of my students. This creates certain pedagogical challenges, one of.
As I noted in the comments to this post, it was only a matter of time before I started Mad Men; however, as I've studiously avoided reading about the show.
I.E., the guy who takes pride in not watching television, since (a) I watch quite a bit of television; and(b) I think getting academic credit for writing/talking about TV shows would be AWESOME. Indeed I would love to be the Stuart Scott of some Cultural...
A few years ago I ran into the concept of a mondegreen, which is usually defined as a mis-heard line in a song. The most commonly cited examples include "there's.
I'm a bit late to the game on this one. Paul beat me to the punch, and got in the obviously good quip in the process. I blame the time.
Lis Riba asks:In 1985, Alison Bechdel created the Mo Movie Measure (also known as the Bechdel Test) evaluating films by whether they: 1. have at least two women in it, who 2. Talk to each other 3. About something besides a man.So, can anybody confirm...