The Case of the Week Quotient Returns!
How does a TV series change over time? And can we measure it?
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Excel on Overthinking It
“Movies” vs. “Films”: Oscar Speeches Versus the World
Adding statistical and linguistic fuel to the “Oscars are out of touch” fire.
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Trucks in Country Music Lyrics, 2005-2014, Part 2
Ford vs. Chevy, Men vs. Women, Obama vs. Country Music Fans.
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Trucks in Country Music Lyrics, 2005-2014
Just how often do country songs reference trucks, and why?
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Have We Reached Peak Superhero? Part II: The Winter Statistician
A revised look at the statistics of superhero movies and if there’s any indication that they’ve hit their peak.
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“Movies” vs. “Films” in Oscar Speeches, 2005-2014
Is it useful or constructive to have a shorthand way of distinguishing between popular cinema versus arthouse cinema?
The Evolution of Escapism in Romantic Comedy
Changes in male and female income in romantic comedies over time… with a graph!
The Desolation of Statistics: Book Length vs. Movie Length, Part 2
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?
An Unexpected Journey: Book Length vs. Movie Length in Adapted Franchises
We crunched the numbers on novel length vs. movie length to see who’s guilty of “Hobbiting” a single book into multiple movies.
Movies Gone Rogue: The Increasingly Negative Portrayal of the US Government in Movies, 2001-2012
As public trust in the US government declines, it’s depicted less favorably in Hollywood.