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Beautiful, showy costumes. Silly banter from the judges. Entertaining performances. Clues to the secret performer so the audience watching live at home can outsmart the judges and post their thoughts on social media. What makes The Masked Dancer fail is what makes The Masked Singer great. First time’s a charm. The second time is just […]
Another week, another disappointment. Enzo got the ball rolling by winning a ball-rolling Head of Household competition that was rather mundane and boring and nominated two players America actually liked, Kaysar and Kevin. Kaysar was still reeling from losing Janelle, his half-duo partner (and America was still in mourning for Janelle). So we already knew […]
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once said in a film review of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial that “This film made my heart glad.” And I couldn’t help but think of that review when I watched the season premiere of this season of The Challenge. I was still thinking of that when I watched episodes two and […]
One day you’re in, and the next day you’re out. Heidi Klum is back (sans that phrase) being all “judgy” (pardon my pun) and Tim Gunn is back in a supporting role (the puns just continue, don’t they) in Amazon Prime’s new fashion reality show Making the Cut, a 10-episode series that drops two episodes […]
There is a haunting Ray Bradbury story from 1950 set in 2026—haunting only because it’s yet another one that seemed so far-fetched that seemingly has become true—about a technologically advanced house that lived on well past its owners. In “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the main character of the story is the house. It’s run […]
I’m not a fan of cat videos on the Internet. I don’t like when people re-watch TV series (no matter how good they are) instead of watching new TV (because they should be reading books after all). I don’t understand how people can spend hours on Instagram or Pinterest. So the mere idea that grown […]
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 […]