Art Imitating Art
Coincidence? You be the judge.
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Scott Pilgrim and Foursquare vs The World
Is “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” a vision into our all-video-game-all-the-time future?
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Pop Culture Awareness of Characters in Movies, or, Why Nobody in “Inception” Has Seen “Total Recall”
Apparently, no one in “Inception” watches movies, but everyone listens to French pop music.
Racebending: Guy Aoki on “The Last Airbender” Casting Controversy
One of the organizers of the boycott of “The Last Airbender” takes M Night Shyamalan and Paramount to task for casting Asian roles with caucasian actors.
USA at the 2010 World Cup: Pop Culture Roundup
Dodge Muscle Cars, “Team America: World Police,” and Elvis: staples of America’s World Cup pop culture hegemonic discourse.
The (CI)A-Team
Dangerous practitioners of extra-legal violence: the CIA, the A-Team, or both?
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The Karaoke Quotient, Part 2: Is “Summer Nights” The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time?
Is "Summer Nights" The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time? Tell me more, tell me more!
Episode 101: An Instructional Film About Forklift Operation
The Overthinkers tackle our best & worst karaoke experiences, the last part of our 2010 Summer Movies preview, the misleading film titles of Angelina Jolie, and how to decide on a movie when you’re on a date. Don’t blame us when you get dumped over seeing The Expendables.
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The Karaoke Quotient
A formula for calculating how appropriate a pop song is for karaoke. Find our what your favorite song’s Karaoke Quotient is–and if it might the best karaoke song of all time.
Episode 99: Of Course It’s An Electric Dog
The Overthinkers tackle Lost (or rather, not watching it), the western video game Red Dead Redemption (aka Grand Theft Horse), Troll 2/Best Worst Movie, the nature of camp, and the bleak existential desert that is reality.
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