The Last Man on Earth, whose first season finale aired two Sundays previous, on FOX, theoretically could be–and arguably should be–sued for false advertising, for the high concept bait-and-switch it perpetrates at its own expense. […]
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2014 Top Ten Lists With Zero Explanations
Top 10 Movies of 2014 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. Whiplash 3. The Lego Movie 4. Obvious Child 5. Snowpiercer 6. Boyhood 7. Noah 8. Birdman 9. Edge of Tomorrow 10. Under the Skin x Top 10 TV Shows of 2014 1. Transparent, Season One […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Mulaney Pilot
The three best American stand-up comedians currently living are, in my opinion and deliberate order, Mike Birbiglia, Louis C.K., and John Mulaney, whose eponymous sitcom, Mulaney, premiered last night on FOX. Under no circumstances should you watch […]
Should Lena Dunham Have to Pay Her Art Slaves?
The question of proper monetary compensation for artists should have precisely nothing to do with Lena Dunham, whom is neither an artist nor a person raised by artists, but her momentary association has–albeit inadvertently–injected a semblance […]
Speculative Fan Fiction: True Detective Season 2
News broke yesterday that Vince Vaughn (The Dilemma) and Colin Farrell (Ondine) would be playing two of the four purported leads in the second season of HBO’s popular existential cop drama True Detective. According to a confused unpaid […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Knick Pilot
Healthcare is currently the largest industry in the United States of America. Thanks in large part to momentous advances in sanitation and medical technology, human life expectancy has nearly doubled over the last 100 years, […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Leftovers Pilot
In The Leftovers, HBO’s new prestige drama, two percent of the world’s population spontaneously disappears into thin air. The pope vanishes. Gary Busey dematerializes. Car seats are left barren all over the world. No explanation is […]
Andi Dorfman As Religious Experience
Almost anyone who loves The Bachelorette and follows the show and its many offshoots on television has, over the last year, had what might be termed Dorfman Moments. These are times, as you watch the […]
My Bachelorette Questionnaire Answers
The contestant bios for the tenth season of The Bachelorette have been released, confirming that my application for the competition has been rejected for the tenth consecutive year. Once again, twenty-seven mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers will vie for […]
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