Television

The Three Episode Cut Line, Part 1 – In Which Two NBC Comedies Are Judged

As a general rule, I give a new television show three episodes to hook me.  This may seem unfair, considering a show generally is still finding its voice at that point.  I agree.  It is absolutely unfair. It’s also necessary, because I watch a lot of television.  I try to watch every new show that…


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Television

What You Should Watch Based Solely On First Impressions, Part 2

Another week means another slew of shows that I consider allowing to record on my DVR all season (or until they get canceled)!   Revolution (NBC, Monday 10/9c) What: All the power in the world went out.  Then people try to keep surviving while also some other people are trying to decipher what went wrong…

Film

Knuckleball!

Documentaries can tell amazing, compelling stories that you really couldn’t make up (or at least, if you did, you’d be told that the script was far too unrealistic).  Sports documentaries often cover the weird, the most unlikely of victories (or defeats). Tomorrow a documentary about the knuckleball, the most insane pitch in baseball, releases in…

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Improv

Learn By Watching

This is a post about improv. There are, they say, three fundamental ways to learn things.  You can learn by doing.  You can learn by reading.  You can learn by watching/listening (lectures also fall into this third category).  I’ve always been pretty good at learning by any method, although the “learn by doing” method generally…

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