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Is Buffy Turning Girls into Witches?
By
Donna Freitas
We heard about it with Harry Potter in spades: that J.K. Rowling’s beloved series about witches and wizards would somehow corrupt the minds and religious practices of youth all over the world. We heard about it with Philip Pullman, too, that somehow his magnificent trilogy “His Dark Materials” was going to turn kids into atheists.…
Watch Clip: An ‘Office’ Shunning
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dross
In this hilarious montage of clips from an episode of “The Office,” Dwight, played by Rainn Wilson, uses the Amish technique of shunning (other religions have versions of shunning as well), against a co-worker, Andy. Watch the video below.
Parents Coucil Says ‘OMG’ to ‘90210’ Reboot
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Esther Kustanowitz
Have New York’s Upper East Side rich kids set an impossibly high bar for titillation, or will their West Coast Beverly Hills-dwelling teen counterparts kick their six-packs and bikinis up a notch, making the new “90210” a real contender? When the Parents’ Television council called the teen drama “Gossip Girl” (also airing on the CW)…
The Conventions: Life Imitates Art
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Douglas Howe
Did you watch the Democratic National Convention on TV Monday night? No. Neither did I. It made me think back to that “West Wing” episode of a few years ago, where the dramatic twist featured all three major television network presidents informing the White House staff that they would only be covering one hour of…
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