“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. –T.S. Eliot There’s been a lot of hubbub lately about Childish Gambino (Alter Ego: Donald Glover) and his apparent plagiarism of underground rapper Jase Harley’s “American Pharaoh” in his nation-sweepingContinue reading “The Unique Artistry of Childish Gambino”
Category Archives: Television
Watching Ninja Warrior
Since 2009 American Ninja Warrior has been growing in popularity. Originally aired on the esquire network and then relegated to a late night slot on NBC, it now inhabits primetime on monday nights. For all its red,white, and blue motifery, ANW is actually a western spinoff of a popular Japanese program called “Sasuke”. Unlike Sasuke,Continue reading “Watching Ninja Warrior”
The Wire: Season 2
After the gripping first season of David Simon’s show about life in Baltimore, I vigorously took to watching season two. Instead of taking us down the dark alleyways of the inner city this time, Simon takes the story to the city’s waterfront shipping economy. When a crate of dead bodies arrives in court, a policeContinue reading “The Wire: Season 2”
The State of our Sitcoms
The Sitcom; at best, It can be a thirty minute escape to a place of humor with characters that are worth knowing; at its worst, it can be a half hour that feels twice as long slogging through failed humor and jokes that just don’t land. In this post I’ll talk about some of myContinue reading “The State of our Sitcoms”
Stranger Things
In 2014 the creative minds of Henry Gayden and Andrew Panay brought us Earth to Echo, a labor of love, in the vein of 1980s coming of age films, but updated for the digital age and flecked all about with cell phones, cameras, and other hallmarks of generation Z living. I found the film to beContinue reading “Stranger Things”
Into The Badlands Season 1
Into the Badlands, by now, is a show that everyone probably knows of, if not about. With the mass popularity of other AMC shows like Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead, high viewership was not difficult for the show to obtain. I checked it out on a whim back in 2015, and was instantly flooredContinue reading “Into The Badlands Season 1”
Legion
Legion, the comic character is one of the most unsettling characters I have ever read. His insanity (and his gravity defying hair-do) really don’t jive with the rest of the X-Men, or even the Marvel universe for that matter. I checked out Legion as an obligatory measure, fully expecting it to choke on its own mediocrity,Continue reading “Legion”
The Wire: Season 1
As a lifelong resident of Baltimore there is a certain interest I took in The Wire; simply because it is set, and was filmed barely an hour from where I live. The location of the show plays a major part in the show’s progression as it is partially based upon the accounts of the show’sContinue reading “The Wire: Season 1”
