Can You Hear the People Graph Les Miserables?
Visualizing the peaks and valleys of Tom Hooper’s six-inches-from-your-face historiomusical epic.
Musicals on Overthinking It
Episode 235: Eponine Can’t Ask Out Her Gay Boyfriend
The Overthinkers tackle 48fps, Les Miserables, and your pop-culture New Year’s Resolutions.
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Episode 192: It Could Be Kabuki
The Overthinkers tackle NBC’s new musical-theater show Smash.
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From Stage to Screen: “Rock of Ages,” Urban Planning, and the Culture Wars
Why is the villain in the “Rock of Ages” movie a Bible-thumping prude instead of an evil real estate developer?
#OccupyBroadway: “Newsies” and Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is kind of like “Newsies,” except with less singing and dancing. And vastly different historical contexts.
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Episode 51: Felt Goatees for Everybody
Sheely, Stokes, and Wrather consider Community’s parody of Glee.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark”
Well, gender politics and the economy, for starters.
Episode 140: Hulk: Turn Off the Smash
The Overthinkers tackle Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
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Newsies, Rent, and Santa Fe
Apparently, all New Yorkers long for adobe.
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Final Destination: “Grease” and the Afterlife
Golden lads and girls all must…
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