The Devil In You And Me: Making the Metal Sign
Satan! Sex! Heavy Metal! Dialectic!
Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Geek Week Rewind: “Gold chains and social capital: Subaltern strategies of resistance and the coercive authority of the state in Mr. T-oriented fool-pitying”
The highlight of our Geek Week performance, in which Fenzel, Sheely, and Shechner present the political and sociological implications of our favorite hero, Mr. T.
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A Brief History of Fool-Pitying: Origins of the Phrase “I Pity the Fool”
An exploration of fool-pitying through history.
“Street Fighter” and the Role of Multilateral Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War World
America’s struggle between multilateralism and unilateralism as demonstrated by Col. Guile in the "Street Fighter" movie.
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Hot Tub Wish-Fulfillment Deconstruction Machine
A deep dive into the dark undertones of “Hot Tub Time Machine”
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The Musical Talmud: “One Less Lonely Girl” by Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber shows us the path out of America’s recession through auto-tune and baby-faced good looks.
Analyzing the 2010 Oscar Acceptance Speeches
Oscar winners used 1,934 words in 24 acceptance speeches. Some of them actually made sense.
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“Tik Tok”: The Blues Version
“Tik Tok” as a Muddy Waters-esque old school blues song.
EXCLUSIVE: The Future of the Terminator Franchise
Can Terminator get any worse than it is already? Oh yes, it can.
Bad Things Happen To You When You Use Our Product
1) Depict usage of product in TV commercial. 2) Show bad things happening to people using the product. 3) ??? 4) Profit!