Commentary Worth Having
Linda Holmes writes about commentary worth listening to in a sort of meta-review of This American Life‘s second season DVD set.
Defending Dollhouse
A woman with her personality wiped and a new one programmed in every week? Joss Whedon talks about misogyny, identity and Dollhouse.
Fighting Words
“Struck by the resonances between professional wrestling and comics” at Occasional Superheroine. Mixed Martial Arts vs. “the sweet science of bruising” at Salon.
The Lonely Man
Hit play. I used to be so impatient watching The Incredible Hulk. I curled up coloring, waiting for David Banner to transform and roar and smash through brick walls. But watching that show only for the Hulk sets any viewer up for disappointment. Instead, I’ve learned to […]
Follow-Up Visit
I love shiny new things. I’m also getting more ruthless about my time than I used to be. Those competing impulses get resolved in a simple activity that everyone does naturally: following writers who have proved themselves in the past. On that note, here are a few follow-up […]
By hook or by crook
We want information! Further to the remembrance of Patrick McGoohan, here’s a 12-minute and 19-second analysis of The Prisoner’s one-minute, 47-second opening credits sequence. Be seeing you.
The Cultural Gutter 