Yes We Can #3 (triptych)
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Overthinking Politics: A Look Back
Some highlights of our Overthought™ political coverage. Don’t forget to vote. Video The Dark Bailout Yes Grimace Can Verbs: Absent Audio Obama Rasta Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles KRANG BAILOUT FAILS Foot Clan Declares Bankruptcy KRANG RESCUE APPROVED Shredder: Tonight I … Continued
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Regarding “Girls Say Yes to Boys Who Say Obama”
[We are proud (and more than a little astonished) that our quirky little blog has been finding an audience, and that so many of you seem to share our obsessive and idiosyncratic take on popular culture. It is particularly flattering … Continued
“Joe Six-pack”
A Republican friend of mine (yes, I have them) recently called my attention to Sarah Palin’s favorite nickname for her supporters. “Honestly,” this friend complained, “does anyone want to be a ‘Joe Six-pack?’ Does anyone hear her say that and … Continued
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Re: Your Brains
A recent post on the zombie in popular imagination gives an excellent general sense of what we talk about when we talk about the living dead. But there’s a conflict inherent in the system. We basically think of zombiism as … Continued
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And keep in mind, even the MOST charitable interpretation of this ad has her smearing kangaroo embryo onto her scalp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEO8t9XIGo Usually when a commercial makes me spit coffee all over my laptop, it’s because I find something hilarious or disturbing about the subtext. This one is less subtle. Not that there aren’t questions. Are we supposed to think that … Continued
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Scariest Movie Ever?
While Halloween is the perfect holiday for horror films, we shouldn’t give short shrift to the more family oriented fare that comes out at this time of year. Nowadays, Halloween is arguably a kids’ festival, so it’s no surprise that … Continued
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Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Feeling Unclean
There exist within the horror genre certain films that are concerned less with scaring you than with making you question the essential goodness of mankind. I don’t really want to write about most of these movies, because it means that … Continued