Category Archives: Media
Dog-Tired of Perception and Reality Games
In my field, it’s that time of year when best-movie lists are announced, and while sequels like Transformers 3 and Twilight 4.1 have dominated the box office this year, they’re not showing up on critics’ lists. Instead, critics are touting … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 Election, Feuds, Health Care Reform, Media, Movies
Happy 30th Birthday, MTV, For “Shore”
MTV, which marks its 30th birthday today, has changed a lot since I wrote this Boston Phoenix article marking the channel’s 10th birthday.But one thing remains the same: it’s still a channel that’s all about the search for identity. Well, … Continue reading
Mark Twain, Sarah Palin, Tucson, and the Follies of Censorship
Your elites don’t trust you. They don’t trust you to be able to read certain historical or literary documents, listen to TV and radio pundits, or even look at certain billboards and posters without getting the wrong ideas and letting … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Books, Censorship, Media, TV
“The Other Guys”: Goofy Comedy Hides Serious Anti-Corporate Critique
‘The Other Guys’ End Credits: Giving a Silly Co…, posted with vodpod As I wrote when Avatar came out, it seems futile to me for a filmmaker to try to embed an anti-corporate message in a film whose very financing … Continue reading
“Lost” vs. “24″: A Tale of Two Americas
It’s fitting that both Lost and 24 should come to a close within 24 hours of each other at the dawn of new decade. Both summed up what it felt like to be an American in the George W. Bush … Continue reading
Filed under Feuds, Media, Middle East, Religion, TV
“Miss Gorightry, I protest!”: Racism in the Movies
I really don’t want to be the movie-racism police, especially after the flame war that started after I pointed out the lazy and thoughtless stereotyping in Avatar, but hey, Moviefone asked me to, so here’s my commentary on this Complex.com … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Censorship, Feuds, Media, Movies
“Avatar” Makes Me Blue Over Our Dumb Discourse
When I launched this blog a year ago, one of my hopes was that it would support the tendency of our popular culture to serve as a medium of discussion through which people of all ideological stripes comment on issues … Continue reading
Gary Susman is an editor, writer, reporter, and critic. He has been a journalist in print and online for more than 20 years. He blogs daily for AOL's entertainment sites, including Moviefone, TV Squad, and PopEater. His work continues to appear in Entertainment Weekly, where he spent nearly eight years as Senior Writer. Other outlets have included MSNBC, People, the Village Voice, the Guardian, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Boston Phoenix, for which he has written since 1989. 
