Charts on Overthinking It

Analyzing the 2012 Oscar Acceptance Speeches

Lee movies February 29th, 2012 7:00am

Subjecting Oscar acceptance speeches to a level of scrutiny they definitely don’t deserve.

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The Prestige Factor For Actors

Lee Featured, movies June 7th, 2011 7:00am

Measuring actors’ Prestige Factor by their movies’ release dates

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Statistical Analysis of Movie Title Lengths

Lee movies May 17th, 2011 7:00am

Spoiler alert: weak R squared values ahead.

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“Super Bowl” vs “Superbowl”: An American Spelling Crisis? Update: AVERTED

Lee culture, Featured January 31st, 2011 7:00am

Is it “Super Bowl” or “Superbowl”?

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In Defense of One-Dimensional Characters

fenzel Featured, movies November 15th, 2010 10:39am

How do you solve a problem like Cassandra?

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Pop Culture Awareness of Characters in Movies, or, Why Nobody in “Inception” Has Seen “Total Recall”

Lee Featured, movies July 26th, 2010 7:00am

Apparently, no one in “Inception” watches movies, but everyone listens to French pop music.

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Newtonian Inconsistencies in Lena’s “Satellite”

Guest Writer Featured, music July 5th, 2010 7:00am

Guest writer Mark Laughter examines this year’s Eurovision winner and its disrespect for basic physics.

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From Scooby to Scrappy: An Analysis of Cartoon Doghood

Shana Mlawski books, Featured, movies, TV December 14th, 2009 7:00am

So, uh, why can Scrappy Doo talk but Scooby can’t again?

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The How of Who

fenzel Featured, TV June 17th, 2009 10:00am

Are you a good Deus Ex Machina, or a bad Deus Ex Machina?

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