NYCC 2015: Tom Angleberger and the Power of the Force
Middle school: you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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Children’s Entertainment on Overthinking It
Gary Coleman (1968-2010)
Gary Coleman, the African American actor and gubernatorial candidate who, along with Emmanuel Lewis, reinvented a performance paradigm for the “child star” that, for a decade in our history occupied a central place in the public consciousness, has died at … Continued
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The Bittersweet Dramatic Irony of Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars
Who’s gonna tell all the eight-year-olds how this war ends?
The Princess and the Frog: A Comparative Analysis
Welcome to the Plastics, Tiana.
Yankee Swap Book Review: On the Court with… Hakeem Olajuwon
Does the Dream even know he has biographies for sale for a cent at Goodwill?
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The Smooze: Anatomy of a My Little Pony Villain
How do you write a villain for a hero who doesn’t do anything?
Big Brother is Hugging You
The moral values that have held together this country and this world are in an advanced stage of decay. From schools to shops to our own homes, we turn on one another — race against race, religion against religion, nation … Continued
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