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-74 posts tagged "Television"
Nia Sylva | Friday, October 9, 2020
The state of bipartisan political relations in this country is dire, to say the very least. Anyone who had the pleasure of witnessing last week’s mudslinging presidential debate knows that to be true. The disrespect that tends to abound in the public sphere — between the men and women who are supposed to be working
Meghan Cappitelli | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
“You are what you eat,” they say. Well I say, “You are what you watch.” I think sometimes we forget that many of us spent countless hours of our childhoods sitting in front of a television. Before school, after school, in the car — it was always there. As younger me sat on the couch,
Gina Twardosz | Monday, November 4, 2019
October’s over and, while some of your friends might have already started playing Christmas music, if you’re like me, you might still be looking to watch one last strange and creepy show to close out spooky szn. Undeniably, one of the most recent comedy series to completely hit the mark while still being creative and
Hanna Kennedy | Thursday, September 19, 2019
Philosophy asks the tough questions: What does it mean to live a good life? How can I be a good person? What do I do if I see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up people and I have the power to save those five at the expense of one? But you’re in luck. TV
Charlie Kenney | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
As HBO’s record and heart-breaking series “Game of Thrones” came to its regrettable conclusion this past May, I found myself looking for a show both to fill the hole its finale left in my heart and to make my HBO subscription worth it. So, as any good capitalist would, I decided to jump on the
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
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
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’
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
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