Pop Culture How Steven Spielberg Whitewashed West Side Story by Misunderstanding Musicals A lack of understanding of how musicals work results in a West Side Story which centers the white characters more than the original does.
Pop Culture The Mitchells vs the Machines: A Good Movie, But is it Oscar Worthy? The Mitchells vs the Machines raises the bar for quality animation but how does its story (and queer representation) stack up against fellow Oscar nominee Encanto?
Pop Culture Why Tick, Tick... Boom! Matters And Why Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield Deserve Oscars Why Tick, Tick... Boom! matters to Broadway history as well as the unique perspectives that Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield brought to the creation of the movie.
Pop Culture Marvel's Eternals: Why Wasn't This A Better Movie? Eternals had so much going in its favor. Why wasn't it able to stick the dismount and be a movie as great as it had the potential to be?
Pop Culture How Disney's Encanto Uses Clothing and Color To Tell a Story About Mental Health Why Encanto's god tier use of clothing, color, animation, music, and more is so good it defies description.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: So This Is Christmas? What made Hawkeye one of the best of the MCU Disney+ shows as well as, of course, more about Rogers: The Musical.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Ronin The good and bad of the fifth episode of Hawkeye and more discussion about filming Deaf characters and actors.
Pop Culture Why Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the Best Movie Ever A look back on just some of the things that made Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse set all new standards for how good a movie could be.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Partners, Am I Right? Why Hawkeye's fourth episode worked so well, how MCU Clint compares to his comics counterparts, and still more about Rogers: The Musical.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Echoes Hawkeye's third episode is the best so far and not just because of that car scene. Also we talk about its handling of Deaf characters.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: Hawkeye Never Meet Your Heroes / Hide and Seek A deep dive into the first two episodes of Hawkeye, their comics counterparts, and of course Rogers the Musical.
Pop Culture How Does Shang-Chi Compare to Marvel Movies Like Black Panther? Now that Shang-Chi is available for viewing via streaming, how does the movie hold up compared to the best of its MCU companions?
Announcements Fourth Ko-Fi Goal Reached! Hitting the fourth and final goal for 2021 and hints of what will come for 2022.
Disability Life Requesting Reasonable Accommodations At Work What is the most important step to remember when requesting disability accommodations and what resources can increase your chances of success?
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath? The first season finale of What If...? ties everything together and shows how stories like this can be done.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Ultron Won? Episode 8 of What If...? begins to tie the season together but raises questions about how it fits into the larger MCU.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What if... Thor Were An Only Child? Why the seventh episode of What if...? isn't the worst but neither is it the best, and why Thor loses to MODOK.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? How does the sixth episode of What If...? handle the balance of Black Panther and the first Iron Man movie? And what is going on with the marketing for the show?
