Monthly Archives: September 2016

Today in my theatre history class we were discussing Plautus’ play The Brothers Menaechmus, a farce from ancient Rome. A lot of this play deals with mistaken identity between twin brothers and involves many doors through which characters enter and … Continue reading →

(Leah Haynes) Just to briefly comment on this week’s examination of the family/marital sitcom: Landay’s chapter and interview corresponded nicely to my original reactions to the I Love Lucy episodes we watched this week, especially “Job Switching.” After watching the episode, … Continue reading →

Karly Morgan Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is awesome. Tina Fey is the HBIC in the writing room, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, and Jane Krakowski dominate the screen, and the story follows Kimmy Schmidt (Kemper)’s adventures in New York City. What was … Continue reading →

The League is a sitcom centered around five grown men that obsess over their fantasy football league. While the idea behind the show starts with fantasy football, the true comedy in the situations stems from the individual storylines of how … Continue reading →

In Chapter 2 of the reading, Judy Kutulas explains the evolution of the sitcom family by stating: “Our families today look and function differently from the way they did when the family sitcom began, as does the relationship between series … Continue reading →

By: Andrew Guido Still from Modern Family, Season 3 episode 20;“The Last Walt.” As we discuss the dynamics of the nuclear family in the 1950s, I find it fascinating at how much this ideal has changed. Personally, I find the expectations of … Continue reading →

Later on this semester, students in my undergraduate and graduate Culture and the Sitcom seminars will watch the iconic South Park episode on Scientology.  If you’re a fan of the show, you’ve undoubtedly seen “Trapped in the Closet” at least once. … Continue reading →

By: Ayla Acosta Currently, I am taking the COM class Sports, Media, and Communication, in which we have discussed the importance (and quite frankly annoying) presence of politics in sports. It seems obvious that sports and politics should remain separate, but … Continue reading →

By Samantha Moore Back with another edition of applying psychology to television shows! Have you ever thought about why certain plot lines and stories appeal more to you than others? Well, it’s partly because of the Self-Determination Theory. The theory … Continue reading →

REECE GUIDA In life, TV shows blur their fiction with reality. While reality is thought of as usually being blurred (or altered) through television, especially with idealistic sitcoms, I notice more those instances where the medium’s deception no longer works: … Continue reading →