Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
Your Christmas Viewing Guide
Wondering how best to wile away those hours of vacation time this Christmas? Hoping for some good family activities to help you all slow down and enjoy one another’s company? Look no further. The Examined Life’s Lindsay Marshall has some holiday movie tips, complete with suggested questions...
December 20th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Film, Media, Television | Read More
An Affair to Remember in Words Soon Forgotten
An entire year of planning goes into the brief, televised announcement. A network of hundreds of experts vet every point. Presentation is everything. The words, carefully chosen, have the power to define the successes of the last year and set expectations for the next. But after countless hours of...
January 27th, 2011 | Conservative/Liberal, Democrats, Film, History, Libertarians, Other, Politics, Republicans, Television | Read More
Farewell to LOST
Epic.
That was the first thought that came to my mind after the finale of LOST. There was a lot of emotion, triumph, a few more questions answered, and ultimately, closure. Yes, I even had tears in my eyes during the last 10 minutes or so of the finale. While I can’t throw myself into the ultra-fan...
May 29th, 2010 | Television | Read More
Women, Mermaids, and Mystique: Why We Don’t Really Want to Be Part of Your World
“I want to have fins”, she sighed, gazing longingly at an advertisement for Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
I could hardly have been more relieved; for a moment I’d thought I’d walked in on every modern mother’s nightmare – a preschooler who longs to be thin. It’s not healthy for a four...
May 26th, 2010 | Culture, Film, Media, Philosophy, Television, Worldviews | Read More
You, Me and Television: “Fringe” and Human Nature
Despite the downsides of television, and the fact that we probably don’t need to be watching more, small screen narratives offer profound insight on the human condition.
Before the birth of “TV,” 18th Century British author Samuel Johnson once argued that a story was only truly superior if it was...
April 28th, 2010 | Culture, Television | Read More
The New Doctor Is In
People around the world look forward to Easter weekend for a variety of reasons: the beginning of spring break, the end of the great fast of Lent, the ears of a chocolate bunny and an Easter egg hunt. But in five years, Russell T. Davies has transformed Easter weekend for Great Britain. In Britain,...
April 17th, 2010 | Media, Other, Television, Worldviews | Read More
What’s in the Bible? And Why Should You Care?
Look out, Larry the Cucumber. You’re about to be challenged by the blue-haired, bespectacled Sunday School Lady. She’s a stickler for historical and theological accuracy, and she won’t go easy on you—or on the young viewers you both share.
What’s in the Bible is Veggie Tales creator Phil...
March 23rd, 2010 | Culture, Evangelicals, Film, Media, Other, Religion, Television | Read More
The Funny, the Serious and the Social: A Reflection from the Leno/Conan Controversy
It’s been an odd couple of weeks in the news recently, with a number of articles and video segments frantically reporting on the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno fiasco. “I’m with Coco” fans’ dreams for the future of The Tonight Show were laid to rest when NBC executives officially announced a little...
February 4th, 2010 | Media, Television | Read More
It’s a Mad (Men) World
Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen the Season 3 finale and still want to, read no further.
AMC’s Emmy-winning, media darling Mad Men wrapped up its third season last week with a bang and a whimper. In the season finale, “Shut the Door. Have a Seat,” ad agency Sterling Cooper...
November 23rd, 2009 | Culture, Television | Read More
Desperate Housewives and Democracy
Desperate Housewives, about to enter its sixth season, is a Gothic television series about a set of women who are stuck in suburbia. Though none of them are “housewives” in any traditional sense, the show plays on the 1950s stereotype. The community within the show is strikingly insular:...
September 3rd, 2009 | Culture, Other, Television | Read More
