Okay, in my original Eurovision post, I dismissed the Russian entry, “Believe,” as being “too lame to embed here.” But after the song’s victory, I watched it again. And I realized that when something is lame enough, it becomes camp,…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
What I Learned from Iron Man
I also learned that the next time I see Robert Downey, Jr. looking all pale and ragged, it’s because Jeff Daniels stole his nuclear heart, not because he was ODing on something and how dare you insinuate that. Also, Wikipedia…
A Farewell to Horror: Lair of the White Worm
Devout followers of this blog will have noticed that I have had horror on the brain over the past few months. (To those of you who scare easily, I apologize.) I’ve been taking a class on horror movies, so I…
Can Theatre Really Be Considered *Popular* Culture?
Since you are no doubt eagerly awaiting news of your favorite ex-Broadway show, the NYT has done a post-mortem on Glory Days (obligatory joke: “Don’t you mean… Glory Day? Ha!”). From the article: But neither Mr. Blaemire nor Mr. Gardiner…
World Idol
On Saturday, the finals of Eurovision 2008 will take place in Belgrade. This mother of all talent shows has been organized by the European Broadcasting Union every year since 1956. Each European nation gets to send one singer or band,…
A Lesson in Comedy
I have had a love-hate relationship with Family Guy. Or, more precisely, a love-indifference relationship. Honestly, it wasn’t even on my radar during the first Fox run, though I was of course aware of occasional gems. I didn’t watch it…
The Depression wasn’t all fun and games
So last night, just as I was about to head to bed, I flipped across the 1969 Sydney Pollack movie They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? I ended up staying up way too late, but wow – that’s a fun movie.…
Who’s the greatest living American artist?
Overthinking It bids a fond farewell to Robert Rauschenberg, who passed away last Monday at the age of 82. Honestly, his stuff isn’t so much to my taste. But there’s no denying that he was an important guy. You’ve got…
Verbs: absent.
The United States of America has a blog
Seriously. It’s called “Gov Gab,” and it’s just awesome. It’s a product of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications, a little eddy of the bureaucracy that Wikipedia doesn’t even know about. It exists to help explain the rest of…