Ted Lasso
Julius C. Lacking explains how this show managed to hook him in despite its lack of postmodern ironic content
Julius C. Lacking explains how this show managed to hook him in despite its lack of postmodern ironic content
Ben Varkentine’s got a little list (“He’s gota little list…”).
On the one Mickey Mouse hand, Makin’ Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows & Movies is the first real successor in interest to Leonard Maltin’s great study of the first 75 years of American animated cartoons, Of Mice And Magic. On the other, it calls The Simpsons “inarguably the finest prime-time animated series ever made.” Ben Varkentine gets animated.
Split EP (My Pal God). Review by Troy Jewell.
Phil Bailey takes a look at some of the finest pieces of molded plastic available, including the Ghost World Enid Coleslaw action doll, The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy playset, and the strange new Japanese fad of Kubricks.
Many toys aren’t intended for kids. Phil Bailey takes a look at some of the more interesting toys aimed at grown-ups, including lines based on the Universal Monsters, The Simpsons, and pin-up queen Bettie Page.
Report, the third, on the massive event recently devouring Orlando, the 2023 Orlando International Fringe Festival, from Carl F. Gauze.
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When witches gather, dinner is who you make it, in Witchapalooza, a play by Kamron Kiltgaard. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
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This week, Christopher Long spots and scores a mint-condition vinyl copy of the 1982 live album from one of his all-time favorite country artists, Tanya Tucker, at his local Goodwill store for a quarter.
Feast of Wire: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Quarterstick). Review by Judy Craddock.
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Director Pietro Marcello follows up his heralded adaptation of Jack London’s Martin Eden with Scarlet, a bold reimagining of Aleksandr Grin’s classic 1923 novel, Scarlet Sails. Lily and Generoso review Marcello’s exceptional contemporary take on this beloved fairy tale.
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