09: TV Time
The Nostalgia Channel
The List Goes On and On, My Friends By BEA DAVILA Like most people, TV is one of my favorite pastimes. It curbs boredom and stress, and it is my ultimate source of entertainment. I was not at all shocked when my friend Marla asked me to write an essay about TV. We were classmates [...]
TV Is My Radar
By CHIARA CUI DISCUSSED: LOST, Accidental discoveries, Making the rest up as you go along Since childhood, TV has been a steady companion of mine. When I was sick I got to stay home from school and watch Mr. Rogers while my mom would make me waffles. It’s a memory I still hold onto and [...]
I Would Rather Be Alone…
At home in pajamas, with my nachos, my beer, and my stack of Friends DVDs By ALICE SARMIENTO DISCUSSED: Friends, Sitcoms, and the Wonderful World of Dating Two people meet in a restaurant. The lights and camera are set, and while it can’t be further from the truth, it always feels as though it’s being [...]
Taste the Rainbow
By LUKAS VELUNTA DISCUSSED: Power Rangers, Power Rangers, Power Rangers, Upgrades, Mass Hysteria, Merchandise, After School Specials The TV dominated our lives before the internet exploded into the giant brain-extension that it is today. I’ve got to say I’m lucky to be part of the transitory generation that still remembers a time without the perpetual [...]
19 Confessions from a Television Pseudo-Junkie
By DUFFIE HUFANA OSENTAL I’ve been watching television since before I could speak—one of my earliest memories is watching a televised broadcast of Star Wars, complete with commercials every five minutes. It was Episode Four, if you’re wondering. I know this because I remember that, for a fleeting moment, I thought a bun-haired Princess Leia [...]
An Elitist Education for Pretentious Children
Toccata and Cadenza in TV Minor By P. RAFAEL MERCADO “Moloch whose mind is pure machinery!” —Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” I. Vivo con fuoco 1. 2. It was always through gross miscalculation that my classmates always referred to me as the genius in class. This was not because I got exam scores higher than them or [...]
Celebrity Skinning: Using Ctrl+V to Go from Zombie to Zen
By NEOBIE GONZALEZ DISCUSSED: zombies vs. robots, poking holes into the egos of Hollywood’s attention-starved, data entry When you’re told that The Zombie Apocalypse is still decades away, continue to doubt it. You see, clips of Miley Cyrus lap-dancing and actually knowing who the Kardashians are can make anyone wheeze “Brainsss…” by the time noon [...]
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