Casablanca on the Big Screen
In June, The Michigan Theater (in Ann Arbor, MI) kicked off its 2010 Summer Classic Film Series with John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and it ends next week with Fritz Lang’s newly restored Metropolis, which will feature a live organ accompaniment of the 1927 original score. …
Why I Use Tweetdeck (and You Should Too)
Disclaimer: I’m writing this post primarily with my film students in mind, but I would argue the same for non-students.
From what I can tell, most of my film students — who are required to use Twitter this semester — are turning to the Web to tweet. Since this is where …
Teaching 200 Students How to Tweet: The Challenges
For three semesters I have attempted to incorporate Twitter into the college classroom, even once relying on the service to arrange a win-a-free-textbook contest for my Film Noir students. But overall, these attempts have failed miserably as the majority of college students — at this point in time anyway — …
Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld
Regular followers of Unmuzzled Thoughts have heard me blabbing that one day I’m going to publish an essay explaining why those who loved the sitcom Seinfeld should theoretically also love the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Well, that day has come. I finally gathered my thoughts, supported them with evidence (sifting …
The Thrill of the Long Shot
Over the weekend, The Film Dr. tagged me in a blog meme begun by Stephen Russell-Gebbett who blogs over at (the interestingly titled) Checking on My Sausages and MovieMan0283 who blogs at The Dancing Image. According to the guys, the person tagged is to submit a gallery of images that …
My third column for Flow TV is now online (in case you didn’t catch the first two, they considered David Letterman’s sex scandal and star image and the working-class male in ABC’s The Middle).
Here’s a taste of my latest thoughts, this time on Glee and why the first season feels …
Last week, FlowTV published my essay on the changing star image of David Letterman, “Privacy, Openness, and a New Persona: Why David Letterman’s Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise.” Essentially, I argue that one reason Letterman’s recent sex scandal shocked me (as well as the media and social …
To put it mildly, David Letterman hasn’t had the best year. Yes, his ratings (finally) surpassed Conan O’Brien’s and Jay Leno’s. And yes, he did land an interview with President Barack Obama. But the host also inadvertently made headlines when he joked that Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter got “knocked up” …
