The Spider House Rules
So last May (that’s May 2007), Matt “Call Me the Webmaster” Wrather and I were taking in The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard. It covers the part of Russian history most people don’t know a … Continued
Fallen Heroes on Overthinking It
“Watch the YouTubes. Watch the f***ing blogs.” (Ice-T Responds to Soulja Boy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7FhIUuo6tE We at OTI were pretty much last on last summer’s Soulja Boy bandwagon, so to rectify the situation, we are taking a pro-active stance in reporting Soulja-boy related news. In case you haven’t heard, Ice-T be beefin wit Soulja … Continued
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Hillary Clinton As Norma Desmond
I’m a little late to the party on this, and I’m reticent to go too political in this blog, but this piece of overthinking is too good and right up our alley to go unremarked. By the way, this isn’t … Continued
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Episode 9: Indy Movies
All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather is joined by Belinkie, Fenzel, Shechner, and Stokes to rate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on a 5-whip scale. (Spoiler alert: The movie earns a “whip it”, but not a … Continued
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Can Theatre Really Be Considered *Popular* Culture?
Since you are no doubt eagerly awaiting news of your favorite ex-Broadway show, the NYT has done a post-mortem on Glory Days (obligatory joke: “Don’t you mean… Glory Day? Ha!”). From the article: But neither Mr. Blaemire nor Mr. Gardiner … Continued
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A Lesson in Comedy
I have had a love-hate relationship with Family Guy. Or, more precisely, a love-indifference relationship. Honestly, it wasn’t even on my radar during the first Fox run, though I was of course aware of occasional gems. I didn’t watch it … Continued
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R.I.P. Hearty Italian
Recently, I visited a Subway restaurant near where I work. I had been looking forward to a meatball sub. But instead, my stomach was filled only with sadness. Hearty Italian, my favorite bread, has been discontinued. Obviously, I’m a very … Continued
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Where has fenzel been?
Well, he’s been busy. For one, he helped make this, for the Boston 48 hour film project: Don’t worry, OTI fans, he’s back. More overthinking of it is on its way.
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Episode 5: Nasty, Brutish and Short
All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Amid a large number of semi-relevant digressions, Matthew Belinkie, Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss the trainwreck phenomenon of Britney Spears, the alarming link between corn and horror, and the terrible things that … Continued
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Overthinkingit.com: the depressing edition
Many of the people reading this — and surely all of those likely to care — are already aware the wildly popular fantasist/satirist Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease last year. (Announcing the diagnosis to his fans, Pratchett … Continued
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