In this Musical Talmud edition of the Overthinking It Podcast, Mark Lee analyzes a series of songs called “American Girl” and discovers the true nature of American greatness.
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Mapping “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and “The World’s End” to the Hero’s Journey Monomyth
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Does the density of a movie adaptation of a book have any effect on its quality? Is there an ideal length of a movie based on the book’s word count?
We crunched the numbers on novel length vs. movie length to see who’s guilty of “Hobbiting” a single book into multiple movies.
As public trust in the US government declines, it’s depicted less favorably in Hollywood.
An attempt to use economics to justify watching the entire first season of this mediocre show.
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In which we explore the creation of syncretic postmodern identities in Taylor Swift’s “22.”
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This singer didn’t even want to enter Eurovision. AND YET, here he is. Pity this poor hipster who will be eliminated in the Semifinals.
Mark Lee ponders how this song might help Italy return to its former Roman imperial glory.
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A great song, and an even better tribute to the Hunger Games.
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