We love to watch bad guys on TV. Why do we love to hate their wives almost as much?
Jon Hamm’s compassionate sneer manages to capture the Zen koan of Draper’s ambivalent soul.
‘Guys With Kids’ Broadens TV Landscape of Black Men and SAHDs
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Zombies Ate My Baby: 7 Parenting Lessons from The Walking Dead
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Dan Coxon prepares his children for their post-apocalyptic future with advice from the AMC hit TV show, ‘The Walking Dead.’
Five Films That Changed the Game
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The Seventies were a decade of smashing taboos in filmmaking: in dialogue, depictions of history, and the image of the leading man.
Handsome Men with Unattractive Women (A Combination the Media Will Never Show You)
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The Reason You Find the Volkswagen Commercial Racist
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50 Movies You Should See Before You Die (in No Particular Order)
November 6, 2012 by 12 Comments
From ‘Cop Land’—who knew Stallone could act?—to the original ‘Postman Always Rings Twice,’ Steve Jaeger on why these are movies worth watching.
“Breaking Bad” with a Crotch Grab
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Of Mice and Mobsters
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Jamie Reidy credits Mario Puzo for teaching him about sex, and calls out Coppola for the pathetic portrayal of the most dangerous member of the Corleone Family.
Writing Outside the (Idiot) Box
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Dream of churning out laughs for the Hollywood machine? Do it from home, counsels Greg White, who finds freedom writing for anything but TV.
Transformers as an Allegory for Transsexualism in America
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Embracing My Inner Nerd
March 8, 2012 by 8 Comments
After 33 years of shame and denial, Matt Crowder finally confesses that he is, and always has been, a nerd. And he’s proud of it.
The World Needs More Teds Than Barneys
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Mark Radcliffe laments that the guy who’s a great catch in the long run doesn’t always make the best first impression.
The Men of ‘How I Met Your Mother’
January 12, 2012 by 21 Comments
When it comes to combining comedy and the diversity of masculinity, Maria Pawlowska writes, not many do it better than Marshall, Ted, and Barney.
Two and a Half Shades of Masculinity
January 11, 2012 by 26 Comments
Joanna Schroeder hates the show Two and a Half Men, and wonders if she’s the only one.
Hal’s Husbandry
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Ralph Schroeder finds lots of men to admire on television, but only one surprising TV dad really resonates for him.
“Caregiver day is a wonderful idea, becase when you love your children, every day is a day you get to be with and celebrate them.”
This is a comment by CJ on the post “What to the Child of Domestic Violence is Father’s Day?”
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