UncategorizedDickens and MeI love today’s 200th birthday boy, Charles Dickens. I read him a lot in high school, and my favourite things of his were the...
UncategorizedThe Scary Ad that Sold Out Dirty HarryThe latest manufactured controversy in the world of punditry is over this ad, which ran during the Super Bowl to tell viewers that...
UncategorizedPeople Who Think About Televisual EntertainmentationTwo links to people doing some smart thinking about television programs: - Robert David Sullivan, whose work I’ve been reading and...
UncategorizedYou can’t do that on TV, but you can do thatWill M.I.A.’s middle finger change TV the way Janet Jackson’s nipple did?
UncategorizedMusical AddendumWatching Smash , and thinking about untold stories about the making of a musical, reminded me that I recently enjoyed reading...
UncategorizedQuick Thoughts on "Smash"The thing about Smash that was most striking to me, almost from the first non-musical scene, is that it is one of the...
BooksREVIEW: I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of PrivacyBook by Lori Andrews
UncategorizedSimon Cowell Fires EverybodyI don’t really know what to say about the X Factor fire-pocalypse , with everyone except Simon Cowell being booted off the show as...
BusinessCan YouTube replace TV? By tapping into niche markets ignored by cable, the Internet can fill a void