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Satire in Time of Oppression

July 23, 2025

When satire is in danger, everyone is in danger.

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Classic TV as Anthropology

July 16, 2025

Classic TV may or may not tell you things about the world in which it's created, but can you tell anymore?

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Family Movie Graveyard

July 9, 2025

Maybe parents don't want to see live-action remakes and would rather take their kids to the movies that no longer exist?

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The Scars of Patriotism

July 2, 2025

Loving your country means that movies can hurt when your country is going the wrong way.

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Your Search Results May Vary

June 25, 2025

It would be so much easier if the streaming services would just admit that they have no idea what you want to watch.

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What’s Continuity?

June 18, 2025

Hawkeye's sister knit him a sweater and then disappeared from the timeline, as was the way of older TV.

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Nontoxic Men of the ’70s

June 11, 2025

Even deep in the '70s, not all masculinity was toxic if you knew where to look.

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“Goodbye,” Return, and My Dad

June 4, 2025

Some of the big cultural touchstones of 1983 were particularly hard if you'd just lost your father.

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The Passion in Your Theme Song

May 21, 2025

Sometimes, theme song writers hear the assignment and decide that it simply is insufficient.

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The Real Revenge of the Nerds

May 14, 2025

Many nerdy hobbies are now big business. If you love it, there's a con, cruise, or podcast for it. Maybe all three.