Monthly Archives: October 2014

This is an adapted version of my first essay for Gender and Hitchcock. A critical look at Hitchcock’s films can reveal an interesting relationship and portrayal of masculinity and femininity. In many of his films, there are two central characters … Continue reading →

Here’s a reflection on some of my scariest viewing experiences on my Huffington Post blog, a place where I occasionally place reflections on things that are (hopefully!) of general interest.

I had a thought last Thursday…….I miss The Office. Every Thursday at 9 pm I used to have the joy of watching a bumbling buffoon with his assistant to the regional manager by side make a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvannia … Continue reading →

Below is a shortened version of my first essay: As the 1990s approached, television stations started airing new sitcoms that diverged the focus from the typical “family sitcom” and instead, developed more complex storylines. One of the first sitcoms to participate … Continue reading →

This afternoon at the Grande I saw an incredible film called Dear White People, and as I raved about it to everyone I saw this evening, I was shocked to find out how few people have heard of it. Here … Continue reading →

This post is adapted from my longer essay #1. Familial life has long been the center of situation comedies’ plots, as this form of sitcom is intensely popular with both advertisers and audiences.  This is partly due to the fact … Continue reading →

Georgia Parent In my first essay, I talked about Desperate Housewives and how it not only plays into sitcom conventions of a domestic housewife, but it also inverts them. I looked specifically at Bree Van de Kamp and Susan Delfino … Continue reading →

Brooklyn Nine Nine is a hilarious, highly-rated and award-winning show in its second season on Fox. Combining elements and influences from series like The Office and Arrested Development, it’s a single camera sitcom about the NYPD’s idiosyncratic 99th police precinct in … Continue reading →

Next week we are going to watch some of the Cosby Show in class. I am going to be watching it with a very different take than previously. I just read a fairly graphic account of one of the 13 … Continue reading →