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Magpie Memories

Taco Break

The discipline not to write setting: The Shield and The Order of the Stick

November 23, 2018

Comparing two stories that succeed not through worldbuilding, but by focusing on character and action

Five Golden Age antiheroes walk into a bar

November 12, 2018

What if five of the antiheroes of the Golden Age of television met in a bar?

Year Of The Month

Area Man DESTROYS Batman And Robin

November 5, 2018

Aren't we a little unfair to this movie?

Celebrating the Living

Kate Mulgrew

November 4, 2018

Star Trek's first female captain perhaps ought to vet documentary projects better.

Year of the Month

What’s Porn Got to Do With It? Boogie Nights, Orgazmo, and American Obsessions

November 3, 2018

America sure is weird about all the porn we watch.

Drunk Napoleon Listens To Bob Dylan: bonl ayBD

October 15, 2018

Bob Dylan goes from old to young.

Taco Break

The Second-Year Leap

October 10, 2018

What are some of your favorite examples of shows that made the leap to greatness in their second season?

Breaking Bad: “You look terrible.” / “Yeah. But I feel good.”

October 1, 2018

Why do those lines sound so good?

Deep Dives with The Captain

Better Stall Saul

September 27, 2018

What's the difference between a "slow burn" and the fire going out entirely?

Celebrating the Living

Loretta Swit

September 9, 2018

Loretta Swit proved in one role to have the skills needed to portray three different characters. At least.