Is genius adaptable? The answer really seems to depend on the compatibility of the geniuses in question. Even across mediums, sensibilities need to align somewhat; if not in action, then in spirit, theme, effect. A […]
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My Five Favorite Absolutely Horrifying Things About Football
I consider myself a football agnostic. Outside of the Todd Road Thanksgiving Bowl, I never played the sport as a kid. The liberal arts college I attended didn’t have a football program. Though I follow the […]
LATEST: ESPN Fires Bill Simmons, Will Replace With Charles Barkley
Amidst a sea of scandal and scrutiny, ESPN has announced that it has relieved Bill “Sports Guy” Simmons of his editorship at Grantland.com. He will be replaced by Charles Barkley. In a leaked report obtained by […]
BREAKING: Joe Scarborough is a Talking, Human-Shaped Dumpster
Fans of MSNBC political pundit Joe Scarborough, who recently “made waves” with an impassioned tirade about the post-Ferguson demonization of police officers, will be shocked to learn that Mr. Scarborough is actually a talking, human-shaped […]
An EXCLUSIVE Excerpt from Jonathan Franzen’s New Novel “Purity”
If the beautiful, perfect heart in the chest of Philip Roth ever stops beating, which it shouldn’t, Jonathan Franzen will become the greatest living American novelist. When news broke yesterday that Mr. Franzen’s new novel, Purity, […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Interstellar
Christopher Nolan has serious issues with gravity. In both senses of the word, gravity is the unifying force that holds together the dark universe of the caps-intentional Christopher Nolan Blockbuster, damning and defining his films […]
My 2014 Senate Race Predictions
Since November of 2010, the Advanced Analytics Department of Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators has been working tirelessly to predict the outcomes of the 2014 Midterm Elections. Using a hybridized version of FiveThirtyEight’s poll consolidation algorithm, which […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Birdman
The (clearly discontinuous) continuous take that presents all of Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as a single, unbroken shot is meant to recreate the effect of live theater, a literally ancient […]
Song of the Week: “Push” by Lorde
When news broke that Lorde was actually a 40-year-old male geologist from Colorado, not a gothic female middle schooler from New Zealand, many assumed her career would be over. Though much of the success of […]
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