Left on the Cutting Room Floor: “Deadlock,” Editing and Soap Operatic Indulgence
Left on the Cutting Room Floor: “Deadlock,” Editing and Soap Operatic Indulgence Last weekend, still stewing in frustration over “Deadlock,” [my review] the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica, I...
View ArticleThe Amazing Race Season 15 –“Cambodia”
“Sean Penn, Cambodia, Here We Come!” October 11th, 2009 The job of being an editor on The Amazing Race is really a tough one. In each episode, you need to turn the unsuspenseful into the suspenseful,...
View ArticleThe Amazing Race Season 15 –“Episode 9 (Estonia)”
“We’re Not Meant For the Swamp” November 15th, 2009 When you’re down to five teams, all bets are off on The Amazing Race. This is a sentiment that goes for the teams themselves, certainly, but also...
View ArticleCultural Catchup Project: New Beginnings in “The Freshman” and “City Of”...
New Beginnings in “The Freshman” and “City Of” June 19th, 2010 You can follow along with the Cultural Catchup Project by following me on Twitter (@Memles), by subscribing to the category’s feed, or by...
View ArticleWho is Miles Mendenhall? Confronting Work of Art‘s Enigmatic Antihero
Who is Miles Mendenhall? Confronting Work of Art‘s Enigmatic Antihero August 4th, 2010 To take a page out of Mad Men’s book, “Who is Miles Mendenhall?” In basic terms, Miles Mendenhall is one of the...
View ArticleWorked Over: Jaclyn Santos’ Online Reclamation of her Work of Art Narrative
Worked Over: Jaclyn Santos’ Online Reclamation of her Work of Art Narrative August 7th, 2010 In profiling Work of Art contestant Miles Mendenhall, I highlighted how his behavioural multiplicity both...
View ArticleFunhouse Transparency: The 2011 Oscar Nominations
The 2011 Oscar Nominations January 25th, 2011 On Twitter, I suggested that I was relatively bored with this morning’s Oscar nominations…or, more accurately, I tweeted “Oscar nods = yawn,” which...
View ArticleRe-Lived Liveness: NBC’s Tape-Delayed Olympics Commentary
While I’ve spent some recent late nights leaving lengthy comments over at The A.V. Club’s nightly Olympics coverage, where my colleagues have been breaking down each night of NBC’s Primetime coverage,...
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