Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Historically blackface was about the perpetuation of narrow, ugly and stereotypical depictions of blacks. But has the history of black face been watered down by its modern day likeness in such entertainers as, say, Flava Flav?I wrote a column about his minstrel show, VH1’s “Flavor of Love,” three years ago and watched, no endured, one episode. The TV series is a knock-off of ABC’s...
Media News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
"Some suicide prevention groups aren't laughing over a scene in 'The Office' where Steve Carell's character tries to scare young children by struggling in a hangman's noose. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and other mental health organizations say NBC and other entertainers should stop using suicide as a punchline. They worry that depiction of a method of suicide might encourage...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Link-O-Rama Last spring, when NBCSports.com began planning to launch a new baseball blog , Matthew Pouliot and I were asked to think of a third writer to possibly bring into the mix. We both immediately suggested Craig Calcaterra , who has predictably been a perfect fit at Circling the Bases . In fact, he's such a great fit that Craig has decided to quit being a lawyer to become a full-time blogger....
TV or not TV (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
We are currently in the midst of a delicious seventh season of the wonderful ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ starring the genius that is Larry David. I feel confident in saying that it’s not just the fact that I’ve been Jonesing for a Larry fix these last nine or so months that makes me feel like this has been the best season so far. To celebrate ‘Curb’s glorious return I...
Opinion of a Minion (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I’m picking on Andrée Seu again today. She was the one whose commentary I tsk’d over in regards to how women dress. Today her gripe is with Larry David’s character urinating on Jesus in a recent Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. I admit that I can agree with her assumptions of quality television. One good [...]
Britney Spears Gossip (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Leave it to Larry David to piss off the Christians (no pun intended…ok we confess, pun intended). In a recent “Curb Your Enthusiasm” episode on HBO, Larry David’s antics have him in using the bathroom in someone’s home. Larry’s character had been having string urination streams recently and as he was peeing, some pee splashed [...]
Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I. A salute to Claude Lévi -Strauss (11/28/1908-10/31/2009), the 100-year old hepcat anthropologist. Along with my sister Linda, who is a practicing anthropologist/archaeologist, and our mother, who is a very engaged reader and thinker, I've practically always enjoyed anthropological ways of seeing the world. Anything that gets at what underlies cultural codes is cool by me. II. Together with...
SOLE COLLECTOR: Sneakers (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Curb your Enthusiasm, season 7, Sunday Nights 9:00 PM
CVSTOS FIDEI (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
CVSTOS FIDEI TVESDAY EDITION Opposition to Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill Jumps - Steven Ertelt, LifeNews Obama Made Promise, Now He Must Keep It - Abp Chaput, Archdiocese of Denver Obama Violating Pledge For No Abortion Funding In Health Care - S. Ertelt, LN Movie Review: The 13th Day (new Fatima film) - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS? Planned Parenthood Boss Resigns After Viewing Abortion - T. Edwards,...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
by Amanda Marcotte I’m sure you’ve seen this before, but it’s so funny I have to post on it. The War on Christmas annual freak-out is nigh---and it’s going to be a doozy this year, as True Believers are going to believ...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Besides laughing my head off at Mr. Newt’s belated conversion to the cause of conservatism now that the elephant-backed Dede Scozzafava has crashed and burned in NY-23, the second-funniest thing I’ve seen lately is the now-infamous Curb Your Enthusiasm episode in which the world’s second-greatest living neurotic, Larry David, made fecund in his stream by unnamed prescription drugs,...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Larry David is a man after my own heart. After a wildly uneven episode during which he tried to do too much with his series, David took "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in a far more streamlined direction[...] Read more!
Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In science, a black swan relates to an event that is impossible to predict because it exists outside the realm of normal expectations. Within the off-kilter world of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," most of the consequences of Larry David's actions could...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Are the nutters really so stupid that they don't know what's truly meant to offend them? by Ken We all find ourselves on e-mail lists from the Other Side -- the Dark Side, the Utterly Loony Side -- and it's usually more trouble than it's worth trying to get off. (Not to mention, does one really want to make contact with those people?) Earlier this week I was privileged to receive such a communication...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The Cultural Marxists call this diversity: A friend of mine frequently gathers information on the Internet regarding attacks on Jesus Christ in the modern culture. It is really quite amazing what is out there: from Jesus on the Cross dress-up...
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