Category: favorites
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Beau’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer exit interview
You may have heard that Beau recently completed the Herculean task of watching every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with me. It was kind of an agreed-upon prerequisite for living with me. I’m very proud of him for not only sticking it out, but also finding much to love about the show. Beau and…
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Glee is Joy
Last night’s “preview” episode of the fall TV series Glee was awesome. It was fun, was well-written, had some compelling characters, and was–yes–a little moving. It’s created by Ryan Murphy, who also brought us Nip/Tuck and Popular. Glee builds on a lot of the genius that was Popular, is savvy about high school power dynamics,…
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They’re Heeeee-re
America’s Next Top Model is back and already an outrage! Tonight’s elimination was so WRONG and obviously motivated by keeping a bitchy, conflict-inspiring contestant in the house while sending home the sweet-natured, attractive, better performing model. So, aside from that, who am I loving? Allison, freaky-eyed alien girl, who is awkward and strange, but also…
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Speed Racer Rules!
Over the weekend I made it a priority to get to a movie theatre, away from the heat, to see Speed Racer. I’ll be honest. I was initially skeptical about this cartoon remake, thinking it was going to end up totally LAME despite the best efforts of a great cast and a pair of visionary…
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