Matthew Perry is Clearly Doing Great
The clickbait got me. I like to think that I’m above all this noise, but every now and again something … Continue reading Matthew Perry is Clearly Doing Great
Category: Pop Culture
One’s Self I Sing – Breaking Bad and Freedom
If you watch Breaking Bad on Netflix, you will not notice that the show’s final season was bifurcated. But if … Continue reading One’s Self I Sing – Breaking Bad and Freedom
The Prequel Effect Is Just Fandom Coping
TrueFansTM always find reasons to retain their devotion: I almost never comment on YouTube videos, but I did on this … Continue reading The Prequel Effect Is Just Fandom Coping
Transform and Roll Out
There is nothing that I enjoyed so much in my youth and abandoned so thoroughly in my adulthood as Transformers. … Continue reading Transform and Roll Out
Dumping on Popular Entertainment: Stranger Things Has Too Many Characters
This probably contains SPOILERS, but I’ve really written it for people who’ve already watched the season. If you’ve never watched … Continue reading Dumping on Popular Entertainment: Stranger Things Has Too Many Characters
George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
This will be the last time I write about this hack until he delivers another book. And even then, I … Continue reading George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
Destroy all Fandoms
I’m gonna be crystal-clear on this: being a fan is a market-induced mentality. The word is derived from “fanatic“, which … Continue reading Destroy all Fandoms
The Hidden Masters of Pop Culture
Adam Manstroianni has written an article on his Experimental History Substack about a thing long lamented, how everything in pop … Continue reading The Hidden Masters of Pop Culture
Cultural Dissociation is the new Rite of Spring
I come to the chilly end of April and realize how little of pop culture has any impact on me … Continue reading Cultural Dissociation is the new Rite of Spring
Anyone Who Willingly Watches Star Trek: Picard is the Reason the Terrorists Hate Us
That’s the kind of spicy headline that brings in clicks, I hear. I have a complicated relationship with Star Trek. … Continue reading Anyone Who Willingly Watches Star Trek: Picard is the Reason the Terrorists Hate Us
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