Episode 826: Disappointingly, the Show was Excellent
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the NY Times’s take on “Mid TV.”
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New York Times on Overthinking It
Episode 324: Skeptical as a Schoolgirl
The Overthinkers tackle Adulthood in popular culture and A. O. Scott’s New York Times article saying we’re idiots for liking The Hunger Games.
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Episode 230: There’s Nothing New under The Hipster Cowboy Hat
The Overthinkers tackle “How to Live Without Irony” from the New York Times
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Golden Phone Award: The Article That Just Names Some Reality Shows and That’s the Joke
Back in 2009, on the day before Barack Obama’s inauguration, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen chose to mark the occassion with a truly awful rewrite of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” A sample: ACT UP, Infinite Jest, O.J. Part … Continued
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Open Thread for March 18, 2011
Nurse that post-St. Patrick’s Day hangover with that Hair of the Dog we like to call the Overthinking It Open Thread. This is probably of interest to our readership: Simon Pegg’s geek fan-service alien movie Paul is opening this week. … Continued
Maybe Old Media Deserves to Die
Congratulations New York Times, you’ve outdone yourselves.
The End of Black Politics. The Beginning of iBlack Politics.
This week’s New York Times Magazine prominently features an article on Barack Obama and the supposed “End of Black Politics,” but before I could starting reading it, I couldn’t help noticing something familiar about the picture that accompanied the article. … Continued
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