Cowboys, Communists, and Capitalists in Stoli’s Wild Wild East
What do cowboys, communists, and capitalists have in common (aside from the letter C)?
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
“Superbowl” vs “Super Bowl”: An American Spelling Crisis
America can’t even spell “Super Bowl” correctly. Google Trends proves it.
Steelers and Steel: Sports Teams and Their Respective Commodities
Overthinking It salutes this year’s Super Bowl champions with some totally unnecessary Excel.
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The “Thriller” Musical: Not As Dumb of an Idea As You Think
“Thriller a Broadway musical?” That’s how the Associated Press derisively reported plans to adapt Michael Jackson’s classic song/music video to a Broadway musical. It goes downhill from there; it seems the haters have written this one off about as fast … Continued
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False Dichotomies in Music
Exploring the many logical fallacies of pop music lyrics
“Team America: World Police” in a Post-Bush World
Team America: World Police
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Obama-Man?
Look out, evil-doers: Spider-man swings to President Obama’s rescue in an upcoming Marvel comic book issue.
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George W. Bush: Going Out With a Whimper (on Google)
Overthinking It, and Google, bid farewell to President George W. Bush
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Marty McFly Did Not Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll [BTTF Week]
Nor did he give the song “Johnny B. Goode” to Chuck Berry. Let’s dispel this myth once and for all.
How to “Successfully” Assassinate a Dictator
A comparison of “Valkyrie” to a film about the “successful” assassination of Korean President Park Chung-Hee, “The President’s Last Bang.”