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| better or worse? | October 16, 2008 | After much fiddling about and procastinating the We Can Be Heroes paper has finally been sent back to the editors. One thing I didn’t learn in phd school was how long and drawn out these publication processes can be. This one has been going on for 12 months now of back and forth (and perhaps […] |
| “A wedding…there’s a lot of people to mock”: Seinfeld Series 1, Episode 3 | October 15, 2008 | Episode 3 in Series 1 (The Stake-out) sees the introduction of further key characters and a few recurring jokes. Following the opening standup where Jerry wears a particularly ill-fitting suitcoat and tie, we meet Elaine and Jerry in the video shop. While incidentally discussing pornography, they strike a deal. Jerry will go with Elaine to […] |
| "A wedding…there’s a lot of people to mock": Seinfeld Series 1, Episode 3 | Episode 3 in Series 1 (The Stake-out) sees the introduction of further key characters and a few recurring jokes. Following the opening standup where Jerry wears a particularly ill-fitting suitcoat and tie, we meet Elaine and Jerry in the video shop. While incidentally discussing pornography, they strike a deal. Jerry will go with Elaine to […] |
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| I’ll go if I don’t have to talk: Seinfeld Series 1: Episode 2 | October 14, 2008 | So the first “real” episode(“Male-Unbonding”) of Seinfeld Series 1 following the pilot….now largely recognisable as “Seinfeld” with the opening credits now playing over the opening standup and Julia Louis-Dreyfus added to the regular cast (although only one main scene in this episode). The apartment exterior is now the well-recognised location scene of the nine series. […] |
| I’ll go if I don’t have to talk: Seinfeld Series 1: Episode 2 | So the first “real” episode(“Male-Unbonding”) of Seinfeld Series 1 following the pilot….now largely recognisable as “Seinfeld” with the opening credits now playing over the opening standup and Julia Louis-Dreyfus added to the regular cast (although only one main scene in this episode). The apartment exterior is now the well-recognised location scene of the nine series. […] |
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| they tried…but not hard enough | October 13, 2008 | Almost twenty four hours later I am still unsure what to make of the US version of Kath and Kim. So here are a few random thoughts. Both Molly Shannon and Selma Blair were far too traditional Hollywood good looking to live up to the grotesque feminine aesthetic that was so beautifully realised in the […] |
| they tried…but not hard enough | Almost twenty four hours later I am still unsure what to make of the US version of Kath and Kim. So here are a few random thoughts. Both Molly Shannon and Selma Blair were far too traditional Hollywood good looking to live up to the grotesque feminine aesthetic that was so beautifully realised in the […] |
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| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 13 | October 11, 2008 | Saturday: Suspicion Shadows, shadows everywhere. Hitchcock had a field day with the black and white and the lighting possibilities. Cary Grant was suitably suave yet mildly menacing, while Joan Fontaine was wonderful as the increasingly suspicious wife. The tone of the film was what really struck me here a clever mix of comic (through Grant’s […] |
| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 13 | Saturday: Suspicion Shadows, shadows everywhere. Hitchcock had a field day with the black and white and the lighting possibilities. Cary Grant was suitably suave yet mildly menacing, while Joan Fontaine was wonderful as the increasingly suspicious wife. The tone of the film was what really struck me here a clever mix of comic (through Grant’s […] |
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| “you can’t over-die”: Seinfeld: the pilot | October 10, 2008 | So I begin with the pilot, curiously titled “The Seinfeld Chronicles” rather than just Seinfeld. This is the original version (not the revised version also included on my DVD). It’s exciting watching this episode on my big screen TV too, rather than the little old boxy set. We begin with Jerry’s stand up- a bit […] |