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Overthinking Cowboy Bebop: Session 23
Cowboy Bebop takes a turn for the self-reflective, raises doubts about the persistence of identity, and throws a dog into a minefield. Kind of a busy half-hour, truth be told.
Scientology Wins! Pop Culture Defeats Psychology on the Subject of Humor
Please note: this article contains three references to genital injury, two of them illustrated. You have been warned. Plato said that comedy comes from enjoying the suffering of others. Aristotle argued that comedy comes from the ridiculous or from deformities…
Little Man, What Now?: Peanuts and the Existential Crisis
Episode 83: Extravagaga
The Overthinkers tackle the Grammys, Dollhouse, agency and rights, knowledge-on-demand, and autotune.
Episode 81: The Arsenio Hall Show
The Overthinkers tackle the Golden Globes, the late night debacle (big winner: Arsenio), and the misattribution of agency.
Overthinking Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries
Mlawski asks herself, “Do I really want to watch a show about how much humans deserve to die?”
Overthinking Lost: Who Spoils the Spoilers?
Overthinking Lost: Episodes 1.0-1.7
Is Jack Thomas Hobbes in disguise? Is Locke Jesus? What’s the deal with those frigging polar bears? I may not have the answers, but I do have the questions.
Justice is Blonde: Theories of Crime and Punishment in Gossip Girl
The philosophical bases of punishment and the relationship between the police power of the state and economic elites in Gossip Girl.