Did Katy Perry intend to unfollow Russell Brand on Twitter? Or was she thwarted by French literary theorist Roland Barthes?
The Death of the Author and of Katy Perry
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Overthinking Google Zeitgeist 2011: Rebecca Black Retrospective
Last year, I published a diatribe against Google Zeitgeist and how it plays fast and loose with the definition of “zeitgeist.” I argued that rather than “capture the defining spirit or mood” of the times, Google Zeitgeist audaciously and erroneously…
Think Tank: When Good Shows Go Bad
A lot of great shows run out of steam long before they leave the airwaves. In this Think Tank, the Overthinkers discuss those once mighty shows and why they fell. What show do you think fell furthest and why?
Thursday Grammar: “Beavis and Butt-head” Do(es) Plurals
In which Beavis and Butt-head teach us a valuable lesson about grammatical number and our relationship to the diagesis.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except the there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
Is punching a guy’s face an art? Is it a speech? Is it protected?
OTI Holiday Gift Guide 2011
We ARE out of touch with America: OTI’s POPULAR Popular Culture Survey Results
What shows are OverthinkingIt.com readers watching? Why? We didn’t know so we decided to ask them. Here are the results from our popular culture survey.
“We are so out of touch with America”
Does the site that subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny in probably doesn’t deserve even know what the popular culture is?
Golden Phone Award: The Article That Just Names Some Reality Shows and That’s the Joke
Back in 2009, on the day before Barack Obama’s inauguration, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen chose to mark the occassion with a truly awful rewrite of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” A sample: ACT UP, Infinite Jest, O.J. Part…
