Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture

Well, it’s clearly been doomed for a while, but it still pisses me off that Arrested Development – which, along with The Office (which I find so brilliantly humiliating that it’s actually very hard for me to watch) is the … Continue reading →

Interesting New York Times article about a new revival of what may be my favorite musical, Sweeny Todd, on Broadway. In this production, the entire action takes place inside an asylum, and the actors are also the orchestra. When I … Continue reading →

(Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!) Thank goodness! Because if there’s one thing that “Lost” has too many of, it’s female protagonists.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead.) Just watched the “Commander in Chief” premiere. Politics aside, it just isn’t a very good show, is it? The damn thing is so earnest – there were a couple of jokes (including a funny running gag about … Continue reading →

As the studies accumulate in this new era of pseudo-science, it seems that some school systems are embracing the gender studies with a frightening enthusiasm that could prove extremely detrimental to future gender equality. Continue reading →

Charles, Elkins and I watched “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” last week. This is the third time I’ve seen this movie, which I love – I love all the Charlie Kaufman movies I’ve seen – but the first time … Continue reading →

I was having lunch with Shoshanna, the blogger behind Dreams Into Lightning, last week, who mentioned that children’s book illustrator Trina Schart Hyman had died of cancer late last year. I somehow hadn’t known that. Like most Americans of my … Continue reading →