Episode 556: Well, I Saw “The Blind Side” and I Liked It
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the Oscars and the reasons why we’re not watching them.
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Harold Bloom on Overthinking It
Revision: Impossible—The Anxiety of Influence in Spy Films 1992-2002
Sneakers, Mission:Impossible, The Bourne Identity, and their legacy.
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Episode 17: The Cremaster Field (or, Chuck Dies)
Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the season finale of Gossip Girl and the Joss Whedon/Neil Patrick Harris episode of Glee.
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Misreading Mr. Carter: How Lil Wayne’s Carter III avoids the anxiety of Jay-Z’s influence
Comparing Lil Wayne to Jay-Z has become the favorite sport of music writers covering Wayne’s new album, Tha Carter III, starting with its leak on May 31 and continuing through the album’s release earlier this week. Some of these comparisons … Continued
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