Vampires, Race, and a Global Pandemic: Standing with Bonnie Bennett

If you casually peruse my posts, you might be fooled into thinking I only watch things if a particular genre. That’s not true. But maybe there is a pattern I should think more deeply about. Anyway, that’s not what this is about. As I am writing this, I am enduring, like many, the realities of… Continue reading Vampires, Race, and a Global Pandemic: Standing with Bonnie Bennett

Sweet, Raw, Refined: Fictions of Development in ‘Queen Sugar’

So I’ve recently started watching Queen Sugar (2016). Thanks, Hulu. I’ve settled into the fact that I’m always late to the party with shows that aren’t on basic cable – and I’m ok with that – so I hope this piece isn’t me beating a dead horse. At the outset, let me say that I… Continue reading Sweet, Raw, Refined: Fictions of Development in ‘Queen Sugar’

A Hard Look at ‘The Magicians’

I was going to write a post about my issues with one of my favorite TV shows, The Walking Dead. I just finished binge watching the last several episodes of the current season. But I got sidetracked when I stumbled upon a little new show called The Magicians on SyFy (well, I found it on… Continue reading A Hard Look at ‘The Magicians’