Posts by Matthew Wrather on Overthinking It

Open Thread for March 23, 2012

Let’s keep the Hunger Games spoilers to a minimum, but otherwise the only rule is not to eat your fellow tributes when you kill them.

What a difference an “a” makes.

The Overthinkers tackle the controversy over Mike Daisey’s monlogue, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”

The Open Thread an Community return in the same week.

Fenzel and Wrather tackle issues of representation and expression with reference to PayPal, Antwone Fisher, Battleship, and leaked nude photos.

The Overthinkers tackle NBC’s new musical-theater show Smash.

Sheely and special guest Cognac discuss Gossip Girl, institutions, and the law.

The Overthinkers tackle the 84th Academy Awards.

Wrather, Fenzel, and Perich tackle Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

In which we try to figure out what an “Arrietty” is.