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| Wendy’s Week of Television Part 4 | August 9, 2008 | It was a poor week for television viewing. I think all networks are scheduling rubbish in preparation for saturation Olympics broadcasting for the next two weeks. Also I was out every night except Friday which made TV viewing a rare occurrence.Sunday: The Einstein FactorI love it when there’s a topic of which I have a […] |
| Wendy’s Week of Television Part 4 | It was a poor week for television viewing. I think all networks are scheduling rubbish in preparation for saturation Olympics broadcasting for the next two weeks. Also I was out every night except Friday which made TV viewing a rare occurrence.Sunday: The Einstein FactorI love it when there’s a topic of which I have a […] |
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| naughty poststructuralist language….. | August 8, 2008 | An article by Frank Devine in The Australian today on The Hollowmen spent some time dissecting what he thinks is wrong. Chiefly, the problem seemed to be that it isn’t Yes Minister/ Yes Prime Minister. He observes that the program is “short of a finished product”, “lacking in character, motivation, conflict, suspense, denouement”, “with no […] |
| naughty poststructuralist language….. | An article by Frank Devine in The Australian today on The Hollowmen spent some time dissecting what he thinks is wrong. Chiefly, the problem seemed to be that it isn’t Yes Minister/ Yes Prime Minister. He observes that the program is “short of a finished product”, “lacking in character, motivation, conflict, suspense, denouement”, “with no […] |
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| Solzhenitsyn | August 4, 2008 | I see a great Russian writer has died. Maybe I should now finally make myself read Ivan Denisovich. (Why did the ABC website post this under “Entertainment” I wonder?) On a very shallow note, whenever I hear the phrase “Russian writer” I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine made a fool of herself, […] |
| Solzhenitsyn | I see a great Russian writer has died. Maybe I should now finally make myself read Ivan Denisovich. (Why did the ABC website post this under “Entertainment” I wonder?) On a very shallow note, whenever I hear the phrase “Russian writer” I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine made a fool of herself, […] |
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| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 3 | August 2, 2008 | Sunday: Offsiders Really I just wanted the Tour de France update, even though I knew Cadel Evans had failed to take back the yellow jersey in the time trial. His second place certainly hadn’t impressed the panellists, and I had to sit through 15 minutes of football code argy bargy before the cycling was even […] |
| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 3 | Sunday: Offsiders Really I just wanted the Tour de France update, even though I knew Cadel Evans had failed to take back the yellow jersey in the time trial. His second place certainly hadn’t impressed the panellists, and I had to sit through 15 minutes of football code argy bargy before the cycling was even […] |
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| David Brentski | July 29, 2008 | I see a Russian version of The Office is going into production. I adored The Office in its Ricky Gervais original. It’s right up there in my list of all time great sitcoms. However I was a little skeptical that it would make a successful translation to the US. Ratings and critics have proven me […] |
| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 2 | July 26, 2008 | Tuesday: Time TeamReasons to watch Time Team on Tuesday evenings 1. Baldrick (oops…I mean Tony Robinson) – who manages to make archaeology (which I think is a distinctly untelevisual topic) even mildly interesting 2. The crazed hair archaeologist Phil – who gets excited at dirt of all consistences and colours 3. The other white haired […] |