tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2609554085848351783..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Last Week in Pop Culture #11Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26734761128319717972013-12-27T22:55:11.229-06:002013-12-27T22:55:11.229-06:00Sleepy Hollow: Sanctuary
I'm with you on the ...<br><b><i>Sleepy Hollow</i>: Sanctuary</b><br /><br />I'm with you on the potential drag of Irving's family storyline — as well as its potential, um, potential. My big issue with it is actually how it seems to be waving around a future reconciliation between the captain and his ex-wife; relationships are complicated, sure, and there is a child involved, but all the more reason for it to seem too pat that if only his pesky dedication to / obsession with his job could go away they'd still be married. Have I seen couples get back together? Yeah. Does this have an only-in-a-TV-drama sheen? Kinda. And it's also a reminder that we'll believe all sorts of crazy, out-there plot threads when they're legitimately fantastic while the relatable human stuff has to pass a harsh gut check.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-37971643708157999102013-12-27T22:45:22.218-06:002013-12-27T22:45:22.218-06:00Glee: A Katy or a Gaga
// The whole Katy/Gaga thi...<br><b><i>Glee</i>: A Katy or a Gaga</b><br /><br /><i>// The whole Katy/Gaga thing felt really forced. Katy Perry may not be as calculatingly-banannas as Lady Gaga, but she's far from vanilla. //</i><br /><br />I was really tripped up by that, particularly in the way they were equating Marley with Katy Perry as if Perry were some kind of sweet, virginal icon when in fact what I picture when I think of her is her lying butt-naked on a cotton-candy cloud and shooting whipped cream out of her sundae boobs in that "California Gurls" video or her in the super-tight, cleavage-bearing Elmo shirt on <i>SNL</i> in reaction to the uproar over her nixed <i>Sesame Street</i> appearance.<br /><br /><b><i>Glee</i>: The End of Twerk</b><br /><br />Just all of what you said, really. I know that we're supposed to be on the side of Will and the glee club vs. Sue, except for the times that the show uses her as a mouthpiece to point out how ridiculous things are, but in the real world he'd be out on his ass <i>lonnnggggg</i> before he made "Blurred Lines" the wrong kind of lesson.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40287015546460542132013-12-16T12:25:50.128-06:002013-12-16T12:25:50.128-06:00@Sarah: Like, yes, i know it's a parody and st...@Sarah: <i>Like, yes, i know it's a parody and stuff, but it still needs to be funny and for me, a lot of it wasn't</i><br /><br />That's pretty much how I felt about the <i>August: Osage County</i> parody episode: great parody, not so funny. <br /><br />This one, for whatever reason, even the stuff that was just straight parody made me laugh, like the randomness of Toshi in the corn, Barry beating up Snot's Mud father, the vending machine epiphany (because of COURSE there's an epiphany triggered by the otherwise mundane), the magical minority maid (because of COURSE there's a magic minority to impart a life lesson). I laughed even while I nodded at the story beats they were checking off. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-14139927163637181642013-12-16T11:15:47.142-06:002013-12-16T11:15:47.142-06:00we were not a fan of that AD episode. I mean, we l...we were not a fan of that AD episode. I mean, we liked the whole pixe girl part, but the other stuff just dragged on. Like, yes, i know it's a parody and stuff, but it still needs to be funny and for me, a lot of it wasn'tSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.com