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On Principal

( Commerce and Movies and Sex and Television )

Watching the television show is not a lonely exercise. The clothes are pretty, the shoes are shiny, and usually the question Carrie asks – a question like, “Were we all in fact just dating the same person over and over again?” – rings a bell with your own life. Each of the four characters has […]

Thursday playlist: “The One to Beat” edition

( Sounds and Television )

David Archuleta, Murray, UT, age 17. The new Donny Osmond?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWChauDXgw

Any additional thoughts on dropping the opening verses? He kept them here, when he was only 13:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBC6WigZYo

Marketing like that + talent like that = shoe in shoo in? [Ed: oops.]
Whatever the case, that’s a risky song choice, for any number of reasons.
Dig a little deeper? Here’s […]

Lost in Lost

If you’ve never watched the ABC series Lost, there’s a good chance this post will mean nothing to you.
If you’d like to know more, though, click here, then watch the season 4 preview episode called “Lost: Past Present Future,” which should take about 40 minutes.
Or you can watch the entire series and then come back […]

Tidy TV

( Desire and Family and Television )

I like order, progress, and productivity. I feel good when I’ve ironed and tidied and organized. I have numerous lists and love crossing things off. It would be nice to be laid back and go with the flow, but my flow won’t go until it’s tidy.
And cable TV knows I’m out there. […]

“Why We Write” #18: Wendy West

( Death and Life and Television )

Over the holiday, there were a series of essays by big wigs called “Why We Write.”
Whenever anyone asks me why I write, the immediate answer is that I don’t know how to do anything else. I do, of course – I can fill an ice tray like a pro and have on occasion sold sand […]