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Culture Clips: Pomp, Circumstance and the Coronavirus
Well, here we are in week…wait, is it week six or seven of quarantine? Honestly, I’ve lost count. Regardless, though the days have started blending
What’s New and Streaming for Families for May 2020
It’s May 2020. And what a big, fat, hairy month it is. In fact, now that we’re in what seems like the third year of
Movies Creeping Back to Normalcy? It’ll Be a Long Creep
Long, long ago—back in March, I think it was—every Monday we would typically recap the biggest, most lucrative movies playing in theaters over the weekend.
Self-Isolation Fosters a Different Kind of Video Gaming
I loved board games as a kid. The competition, the feel of the dice in your hands, the angry siblings turning over the Risk board
What Parks and Recreation Says about Culture, the Coronavirus and Us
Coronavirus, Meet Ron Swanson. Five years after NBC’s Parks and Recreation went off the air, Ron, Leslie Knope and the rest of the show’s gang
Culture Clips: Is Universal Trolling Theater Chains?
A couple of weeks ago—or, in quarantine time, several eons ago—we reported on the initial success of Trolls World Tour as it rolled out on
Some Good News About ‘Some Good News’
Perhaps one of the most exhausting things about the coronavirus epidemic is the nonstop negative coverage about the coronavirus epidemic. And the news can be
Whaddya Mean the Whole Season’s Cancelled?!’
Well, it’s finally here: the NFL draft. For sports fans, it feels like Christmas in April, right? I mean, what’s not to love: Waiting breathlessly
Culture Clips: When Theaters Reopen …
Someday we will publish an issue of Culture Clips that doesn’t contain the words coronavirus or COVID-19. Alas, not today. Today, it’s hard to find
What is This Thing Called Houseparty?
OK, so your socially-isolated kids have burned through their favorite books, games and streaming TV shows and are now asking … pleading … begging you
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