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‘The Big Sick’ Is About Dating and Romance, but It’s Also About Parents and Children
On ‘The Big Sick,’ dating, arranged marriage, and the hard-to-break scripts we use when communicating about love.
Magic’s Three Acts, Penn & Teller’s Three Tricks
Magic deserves to be regarded as a high art, right alongside poetry, right alongside theatre.
Strange Grief: On The Leftovers and Departure
“The undefined, complicated, unresolved trauma makes us messy—how do we tell our story without an ending?”
Evolving the Monster: A History of Godzilla
“What bright flame has drawn our imaginations toward a creature that destroys lives on the other side of the sea?”
‘The Americans’ Is a Great Show, But Its Characters of Color Deserve Better
“The show’s characters of color appear rarely, briefly, subordinately, and often end up dead.”
Origin Stories: Mr. Robot and the Death of My Father
“Tragedy taught me one thing: Bad shit happens, and it can happen to me and the people I love.”
The Mystery of the Woods: Twin Peaks and the Pacific Northwest
“Twin Peaks did much to define the image of the Pacific Northwest in the popular imagination.”
Love in the Age of Prince
“After hearing ‘1999,’ I wouldn’t date any woman that wasn’t down with Prince.”
Bruce Springsteen: The Ultimate Dad
“The dads are here for Bruce; the dads hold these truths about Bruce to be self-evident.”
It’s Okay to Be a Lot: On Watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
“This is what being obsessed is: It is making a huge production in your mind.”