Bruce Wayne versus Batman
When Bruce Wayne realizes that dressing up in black and punching people in the face isn’t the best way to clean up Gotham, what comes next?
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Fractal Characterization in Inside Out
Writing a well rounded character is a lot like measuring the coast of Britain, or at least, that’s what Pixar’s Inside Out seems to be telling us.
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The Mushroom Industrial Complex: The Dark Economy of Princess Peach’s Mushroom Kingdom
Sure, Bowser seems like a bad egg. But are his attempts to kidnap the sitting head of state the main thing keeping the Mushroom Kingdom’s economy afloat? You say “evil tortoise wizard,” I say “job creator.”
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Is Doctor Who Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Can quantum mechanics help us answer the age-old question about whether the Doctor is primarily a space adventurer or a wizard?
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The Road to Brotherhood
We compared Blues Brothers and O Brother, Where Art Thou. The similarities that we discovered will surprise you!
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The U.S. Constitution is a Poem
The Constitution of the United States was ratified 228 years ago today. How did we celebrate? By translating it into iambic pentameter, of course!
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Beyond Winners and Losers: Failure and Learning in the Meta-Game of Thrones
Why short-term failure might be the key to long-term survival in Game of Thrones.
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A Meta-Game Theory of Thrones
Can game theory help to explain who wins and who dies in Game of Thrones?
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In Trainwreck, The Women are Men, and The Men are Right
What happens when you combine genre mechanics and familiar gender roles with box office performance anxiety?
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Schizophrenia and Superheroes
The American Myth Factory as a production producing process.