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Barack and Hillary: Paving the Way for Tomorrow's Fictional Presidents?

I just did an appearance on KCRW’s To the Point with Warren Olney, about my Hillary-and-SNL column and the larger subject of pop culture and the election. I think KCRW will have a streaming link eventually KCRW has a streaming link of the audio, and I’m pretty sure To the Point is on teh podcasts, [...]

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Monstergate: What Is "Off the Record"?

Not to get too Swampland-y in here, but the political press is abuzz this morning over the resignation of Samantha Power, an Obama aide adviser (and TIME contributor) for having called Hillary Clinton a “monster” in an interview. (A smoke monster? A Godzilla / Cloverfield type creature? Where was the follow up?) The Tuned In [...]

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TV Weekend: Things That Are Not The Wire

As we prepare to send off TV’s greatest drama, a few moments to remember your other options this weekend: * The finale-that’s-not-really-a-finale of Breaking Bad. The series, originally intended to have a ten-episode order, was unceremoniously cut to seven by the strike, which means that the final episode ends the season arbitrarily. It’s a strong [...]

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The Morning After: Down to a Dozen

I’ll save the spoilers on last night’s American Idol elimination for the comments, but suffice it to say I got a couple of my predictions right, and a couple very wrong. Did America get it right, America? And how do you handicap the remaining finalists?

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Lostwatch: Prospero's Books

Ben plays let’s make a deal with Locke. / ABC: MARIO PEREZ SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, go to the safe behind the picture in your living room, enter the combination 36 – 15 – 28, get the videotape inside, and watch Lost. I taped over the Red Sox game. The Tempest is the [...]