Category: Television
They Alive, Dammit. It’s a Miracle!
I’ve never seen anything combine satire and celebration as brilliantly as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Red Room Resolutions
How the Twin Peaks dream sequence brought about an unexpected but inspiring crisis of confidence.
That Gum I Liked Has Gone Out of Style
A new appreciation of Twin Peaks spins totally out of control into an analysis of The X-Files, my long-standing hatred of the 1990s, and the unsettling realization that the series actually makes sense to me now.
How I Spent My Decade
Internet, did I ever tell you about the time I spent the better part of a decade watching a contrived, sentimental, raunchy, silly, and formulaic sitcom, and bawling my eyes out over it?
A Country Boy Can Survive
on a multi-million dollar multimedia and merchandising agreement. A bit of faux-populism is more valuable than any number of duck calls.
My Problem with The Big Bang Theory
An analysis of inequities of power, income, social status, and issues of representation in the popular media. “Holy shit, get a life”
Everything Crashed Into the Cuckoo’s Nest
American Horror Story: Asylum is either awful with a few moments of brilliance, or brilliant in its awfulness. Or both. Or neither.
The City That Never Blinks
Being a nerd, I have opinions about the Doctor Who mid-season finale, “The Angels Take Manhattan.”
What I Learned From The Movies On TV
Live TV is sending me serious signals that it wants to spend more time apart.
Winter is Coming! Direct to your home! For a new low, low price!
Even making generous guesses at the amount of revenue available from switching from a subscription model to an a la carte one, the numbers still don’t add up.