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Class to dissect ‘The Good Place’ during fall semester as part of joint endeavor by television, philosophy departments

Courtney Becker | Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Students interested in receiving academic credit for studying “The Good Place” and philosophy should start trying to earn points for their positive actions. This fall, the departments of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) and Philosophy are joining forces to create “The Good Class,” a six-week, one-credit class that will serve as an interdisciplinary study of

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‘Sex Education:’ Bildungsroman for a sex-positive generation

Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Otis Milburn, the high school-aged protagonist of the new British Netflix series “Sex Education,” dreads having new friends over to his house. It’s hard to blame the kid. His mother, Dr. Jean Milburn, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, and the Milburn home bears the evidence of her profession: sculptures and paintings of larger-than-life sexual organs, instructional videotapes

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Scene’s Year in Review 2018: Insider

Nora McGreevy | Thursday, December 6, 2018

Snowflakes gently falling, a cold breeze cutting through South Quad, Sufjan Stevens on the record player — there’s only one thing it could all mean: It’s time to rank stuff. Welcome to Scene’s Year in Review, a week when Scene Writers take stock as the calendar year creeps to a close. Click below to read Scene Writers’

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Tune in to ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’

Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Dun-Dun. If you’ve ever watched Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, you know the sound. I’m not really sure what the sound represents, but it definitely hints that some heinous crime is about to go down, and some perpetrator (“the perp” if you’ve watched more than five episodes) is going to be pursued by Olivia

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‘This Is Us’ provides a sentimental story of catharsis

Nicholas Ottone | Tuesday, February 13, 2018

After the Super Bowl, 27 million viewers tuned into “This Is Us” to watch Jack Pearson, the show’s beloved patriarch, die. Fans of the show realized the culmination of a season’s worth of emotional groundwork, an episode rooted in grief and guilt, while everyone else probably stared in confusion. “This Is Us” premiered in the

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‘Hot Streets’ is a bizarre, mediocre outing from Adult Swim

Owen Lane | Friday, February 2, 2018

“Hot Streets,” the brand new animated comedy from Adult Swim, appears true to the Adult Swim ethos of being jarringly weird and uncomfortably graphic with a fundamentalist fervor. However, unlike the network mainstays “Rick & Morty” and “The Eric Andre Show,” there does not appear to be much happening underneath the show’s bizarre exterior that

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‘High Maintenance’ returns with stellar start to season two

Ryan Israel | Thursday, February 1, 2018

“High Maintenance” has undergone an evolution that few other television shows experience. Creators and partners Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair teamed up in 2012 and made a series of low-budget shorts on the streaming service Vimeo. As the videos accrued more and more buzz, Vimeo decided to fund the production and make it the

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2017 in Television

Adam Ramos, Nicholas Ottone, Matthew Munhall and Mike Donovan | Monday, December 4, 2017

The era of “Peak TV” continued in 2017, with hundreds of programs airing on network TV and streaming services alike. Netflix alone spent $6 billion on original programming this year, ensuring not only a high volume of content to binge watch into the early hours of the morning, but a diverse range of serieses from

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‘Runaways’ Review

Nicholas Ottone | Thursday, November 30, 2017

Expansive, empty mansions sprawl across the Southern California landscape, housing moody teenagers squabbling with their parents. An unspoken tragic backstory clouds the sight of our six main characters. We see them shuffle through meaningless high school days, far from each other and the happiness they once shared. Can they mend bonds broken, or will they

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Gender Relations Center addresses depiction of violence in media

Lucy Lynch | Friday, November 17, 2017

The Gender Relations Center presented a panel discussion about “Violence in Media” in LaFortune Student Center on Thursday night. The panel explored the portrayal of violence in scenes from both television and film, and included Mary Kearney, an associate professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, as well as director of the gender studies

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