This Is a Test
I “bought in” on The Leftovers even before the first episode aired. The pilot met all my expectations while the second episode left me…
The Leftovers: Cynics, Fools, and Prophetic Hyperbole
Yesterday morning at church, we discussed Jacques Lacan‘s notions of the cynic and the fool and their application to the Jesus narrative. In…
Cross-Watching ‘Looking’ and ‘Tales of the City’
Perhaps it’s fitting for a television show located in San Francisco that such a fault line should have formed through the HBO series…
The Grammy Wedding: ‘Same Love,’ Different Interpretations
Last night, we were treated to one of the stranger spectacles in awards show history, even taking into account Miley Cyrus’ twerking on…
How do I love my neighbor Phil?
In a previous post outlining the homophobic comments of Phil Robertson, prior to the controversial GQ article that got him suspended from…
Phil Robertson Comes Out
The news is splashed all over the Internet today about Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s homophobic and racist comments in the January 2014…
The Horror of the American Story
With work and moving taking up so much of my time these past few weeks, I’ve neglected my Halloween season of horror movie…
A ‘Glee’ Farewell to a Fallen Hero
Editor’s Note: Rev. Philip Tanner is a committed ‘Gleek,’ and was, like all the fans and admirers of the show, devastated by the…
An Americana Cocktail
Of all the new series premiering over the next several weeks, this nerd’s excited about two, one of which is Fox’s Sleepy Hollow…