Posts by Tess Lynch
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Then They Came for Our Avatars: The NSA Leaks Just Got (Virtually) Real
Yesterday, Time chose its person of the year: the pope, who was, apparently, not the people’s choice. Nothing against Pope Francis, of course, but, as The New Yorker’s John Cassidy pointed out when Time released its list of finalists, “even the radical new Pontiff can’t compete with another troublemaker on the list: Edward Snowden, the […]
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Learning to Accept NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby Miniseries
Rosemary’s Baby is one of my favorite movies of all time. It plays on all of my biggest fears: intrusive neighbors (maybe without dishwashers) who force you to eat things they’ve prepared, the plight of struggling actors (“Nobody Loves an Albatross” was probably non-union), being compelled to munch raw chicken in a moment of pregnant […]
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What Will NBC’s Follow-up to The Sound of Music Live! Be?
Ah, you’re thinking, Tuesday. A safe distance from last Thursday, when my virtual social world was overtaken with The Sound of Music Live! reactions. A page turned from Friday, when my favorite website, Grantland, ran not uno, but dos brilliant essays on NBC’s spectacle. SNL has dealt with Carrie Underwood & Co., and so it […]
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SNL: Paul Rudd Battles for the Spotlight in a Cameo-Filled, One Direction–Hosted Episode
I know it’s been mentioned a thousand times, but I’d be failing in my duties as a recapper if I didn’t note that Paul Rudd has obviously made a deal with the devil. Or scientists. Maybe a vitamin company. He is 44 years old, but he is not 44 years old. Why has his face […]
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Mike Birbiglia
The Girls discuss HBO’s ‘Ja’mie,’ Chris Lilley, and racism, and then talk to comedian Mike Birbiglia about his new special, ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend.’
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: With Special Guest Mike Birbiglia!
The hoodies are reunited, and it feels pretty great! Today we welcome a very special guest to the pod: Comedian, actor, and director Mike Birbiglia is here to discuss his great new special My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend. But first, we chat about Chris Lilley’s Ja’mie: Private School Girl, a very funny series brought to us by […]
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HBO Freshens Up Real Sex for Round 2 With Sex/Now
Here is a triptych for you: HBO’s Real Sex and Cathouse flanking an image of Sue Johanson, Oxygen’s Talk Sex educator, adorned with a halo. These three shows are ostensibly about sex, but I’ve never found them sexy — which doesn’t mean I don’t love them, because I do. They celebrate the plain dealing of sex: […]
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Cats: The Motion Picture Is Coming. Maybe. Get Excited, Either Way.
You can’t explain Cats. You have to experience it. The show is light on plot and heavy on chillingly, embarrassingly absurd lyrics and visuals. It’s a show that gets into you, infecting you with sillies; you will die with traces of Cats in your blood once you’ve been exposed, like those parasites in the litter […]
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The Wolfman Cometh to NBC, Courtesy of Dracula Producer Daniel Knauf
They must not make monsters like they used to. NBC is taking another spin on the vintage monster merry-go-round with The Wolfman, a series based on the 2010 werewolf film The Wolfman, which starred Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. The 2010 feature was itself a remake of the 1941 Lon Cheney vehicle The Wolf […]
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Elan vs. Diane: Missing Manners in the Latest Viral Twitter Hoax
Lately, we’ve been really digging Twitter-feed field reporting. Remember when Kyle Ayers documented a couple breaking up on his rooftop? As concerned as we are over the NSA, we can’t help but spy on each other whenever we’re commingling in public places. Eavesdropping now belongs to tweets-or-it-didn’t-happen territory, even though Twitter proof is flimsy at […]
