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We all know Survivor is about taking the measured risk, so it is only fitting to see what risk players would be willing to take now that Amber and Natalie are on the “Edge of Extinction.” But surprisingly, the risks are few as the tribes take measured steps to readjust alliances and not over-react early […]
Early on in the first episode of Survivor 40: Winners at War, host Jeff Probst turned to one of the beloved returnees, Amber, and asked her what it was like to be back 20 years after she was first on the show. He reminded her, “Last time you were on this show the iPhone didn’t […]
Usually I watch TV previews over and over again for shows that look impressive. When it came to the Fox drama Deputy, I actually re-watched the preview several times thinking, “Someone actually thought this would make a good show in 2020?” So imagine my surprise when the pilot turned out… entertaining. And fun. There are […]
Cheerleaders with deep, dark secrets. Friends that are sometimes besties and sometimes frenemies. A growing attraction to a coach. Families that are so fraught with dysfunction, it’s no wonder their children act monstrous. And eventually, a murder that results in lots of double-crossing and even more secrets. Sound interesting? It’s the plot of the 1998 […]
I don’t just watch TV (gasps aloud). I teach English. I frame AP Literature as a study of gender through works such as Ethan Frome and Anna Karenina. Jane Eyre and Medea. Beloved and King Lear. If I eavesdrop on a conversation a group is having, I may ask an essential question like “Is Bronte […]
Shoes. Ice Cream. Tattoos. Denim. Coffee. Cosmetics. What is the story behind simple things that cause us so much enjoyment? These are the questions Jeff Goldblum poses in his Disney+ series The World According to Jeff Goldblum, produced by National Geographic and Nutopia. While the concept may be simple, the product is a confusing mess. […]
You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake… There is nothing that better captures the magic of late 1980s/early 1990s Disney than the Disney character Sebastian trying to convince mermaid Ariel that the “human world” is a mess in the film The Little Mermaid, but Sebastian (this time played by Shaggy) […]
NEW YORK–Do humans create evil or is there a supernatural or unexplained force that may be at play when things go terribly wrong? That is the driving question behind the new CBS drama Evil, and the creators and cast talked about their inspiration for the show and what drives their characters forward last weekend after […]
NEW YORK– Rebelliousness, sexuality, and Wiz Khalifa guest-starring as Death riding around a carriage that only Emily sees. Yes, you heard me: rapper Wiz Khalifa as Death. (And the inside scoop: he brought his mom with him to the set to film his scenes!) This isn’t your AP English teacher’s Dickinson. AppleTV+ helped launch Dickinson […]
Stephen Sondheim may have said it best when he wrote about comedy: “Nothing with kings, nothing with crowns/Bring on the lovers, liars and clowns!” After the heavy-handed Game of Thrones finale, your own personal weekly cry session of This is Us, and well, pretty much anything in the news today, we look for comedy to […]