Tag: television
Why We Should Jettison the “Strong Female Character”
The trailer for the latest Star Wars movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, was released last week. Following the success of the revival of the franchise in last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, anticipation is unsurprisingly at a...
A Faithless House–Religion in Fox’s “House”
Berny Belvedere is a professor of philosophy and a writer based in Miami, Florida. Follow him @bernybelvedere on Twitter. Check out more of his writings at www.belvyland.com. It’s a strange thing that over 177 episodes scattered across eight seasons Fox’s...
Don Draper is an Ad, Man
Mad Men, one of the best television shows in history, will always be known as “more than just a show about advertising,” in the same way Friday Night Lights is “more than just a show about football.” And yet Mad...
Should Christians Watch Mad Men? A Rejoinder
Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Nick Olson, who writes film reviews at a host of places including Filmwell and Christ and Pop Culture. I have a confession: when watching seasons 1 through 4 of Mad Men a couple...