For the most part, Shameless the American (and British) running TV show is a brilliant representation of the use of the word shameless. The show is about the Gallagher family, a low income household with a drunk father, severely bipolar mother and kids that practically raised themselves, with help from
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The Netflix TV series,13 Reasons Why, based on a book by Jay Asher has recently became the most talked about show on social media. It tells the story of a teen girl who committed suicide and taped the 13 reasons why on cassette tapes which are given to those she
Prostitution and Happy Endings. A woman is faced with debt, single- parenthood, mounting bills, and more after her husband leaves her without notice. She struggles and manages to survive with the help of her family, friends, and new job as a massage therapist at a parlor called “The Rub” where
The clip showing dexter getting ready in the morning made me cringe while watching it. Although it did not show any direct form of violence or even a crime, it is very suggestive. For example when Dexter is squeezing the orange, it looks like blood and guts are coming out.
North Korea is a mysterious country in which many of us are not informed about. The country is closed off from most of the world and therefore the practices that go on in that country goes unknown. The article titled “Real Life Hunger Game” by Kassie-Taylor intrigued me at first
American Horror Story has become an award-winning TV show whose seasons take on some very controversial topics. These include serial killers, slavery, and the objectification of the disabled. Starting all the way in season 1 called “Murder House” we see the Black Dahlia and the Richard Speck massacre are artfully
In 1998, a new segment aired on a Japanese television show. Called “Sweepstakes Life,” it featured a comedian who had just been chosen out of a casting call for a new reality tv show. Immediately he is blindfolded by producers and taken to an apartment. The room is bare except
There isn’t a lot that surprises me anymore, but I had to say I was disturbed when I heard about this recent, and failed, Amazon television series campaign. I suppose what happened here was Amazon sought to promote it’s new show, The Man in the High Castle. No issues here.
Recently, Amazon released an episodic adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle through their TV streaming service. The show, like the book on which it is based, follows the fate of an alternate United States taken over by the Axis powers following the Second World
In the 1970s, blockbuster movies in the United States helped fuel the perception that killing society’s worst criminals was a heroic act made necessary by a legal system with loopholes that allowed them to evade punishment. Movies like “Dirty Harry” and “Death Wish” featured white men who, fed up with