intolerant or downright assholes. It’s far, far too early to enterThe Good Placeinto any such pantheon, but it’s relevant in pinning down why the latest comedy from Michael Schur (The Office
An enticing combination of The Devil Wears Prada and Jim and Pam's The Office romance, Set It Up makes workplace love almost seem like a good idea. Almost. Starring Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell as two overworked assistants intent on making their bosses fall for one another, this breezy come...
Yarros isn’t about to emulate previous decades’ tropes. She wants to get to the chemistry and build-up. I will say that the sex when it happens is rather fun, the explicitness muted by character development. It’s also comical on purpose. And, given that the romance leads of this boo...
When I’m not at the library, I’m watching TV or making potholders in my basement workshop. Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). The Daily Trope is available on Amazon in paperback under the title of The Book of Tropes for $9.95. It is also available in ...
48. The Good Place If you took the time to explain everything that happens on The Good Place, from Parks and Rec’s Michael Schur, to someone else it would truly sound insane. Like a fantastical, hilarious modern version of Dante’s Inferno, The Good Place follows four recently-deceased ...
Where Evil Lurks(2023)skillfully employs well-known horror tropes—such as viral infection and monstrous transformations of humans—to deliver a fresh and intense experience. The film taps into the fear of contagion, using the idea of a mysterious, spreading evil that corrupts and distorts its vi...
In traditional Lear fashion, it blends contemporary social issues with great characters and good-natured laughs. -Liam Mathews [Trailer] Invincible For fans of: Fresh superhero stories that don't stick with the tropes, family drama, cartoon violence Number of seasons: 3 Invincible Prime Video ...
We didn't choose the title, indeed edited it. Ignore some of the inanities of the introduction then read Alex Ross attempt to bring some clarity to the usual tropes. The interviewer warms up well as it continues, also. We talked to New Yorker... ...
TV Tropes (tvtropes.org) describes the trope as one where “gay characters just aren’t allowed happy endings.” While it makes sense that in older works this might have been more prevalent–especially with lesbian pulp fiction where one author was told that the gay characters were not ...
And “Maude,”“The Jeffersons” and “Good Times” featured characters with a completely different mindset from “All in the Family’s” Archie Bunker.Try as TV executives and creators might, it’s nearly impossible to replicate success in the same world or with many of the same characters....