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Coping with Sitcoms

I didn’t plan to binge-watch all nine seasons of The Office throughout April but that’s exactly what I ended up doing. Before quarantine, I had never really been interested in watching sitcoms, and I never had the time to sit down and watch 10 consecutive episodes of a show. Once […]

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“Guilty Pleasure” Music is Stupid

Have you ever turned on Spotify’s “private session” function to listen to music anonymously, away from the eyes of potentially judging peers? Have you ever described your music as a “guilty pleasure” before? All too often I’ll find people who sheepishly admit to listening to artists like Billie Eilish, Ariana […]

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After “Jesus is King,” Who is Kanye?

In his first solo full length album since the brutally honest “Ye”, Kanye West has returned in full force. After months of strange political activism, offhanded comments about slavery and femininity,  and  his  avid support for President Donald Trump, Mr. West has released his first gospel album, Jesus is King. […]

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1917: The Movie Shot in One Take

This movie seems like it is filmed in one shot. One very long shot. Sam Mendes’ upcoming feature film, “1917,” follows the journey of two British soldiers tasked with transporting news across devastated WWI landscapes and behind enemy lines to another British battalion of 1600 troops to warn them of […]

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How “The Good Place” Redefines Sitcom

“The Good Place,” a fantasy comedy television series, describes the lives of four friends in the afterlife. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), who discovers after speaking with the angel-architect overseeing the Good Place neighborhood, Michael (Ted Danson), that she was mistakenly put in the Good Place, a heaven-like […]