Author Archives: Theresa Basile

Blog PostsWomen, Romantic Comedies, and the Grand Romantic Gesture

Last week on Glee, Blaine and the Warblers performed their rendition of “When I Get You Alone” to serenade an employee at the GAP. I loved this scene for two reasons. One, despite Glee’s many, many problems, I will be … Continue reading

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Blog Posts2/13/11 – Links I Like

I didn’t bother posting links I liked last week (hi, alliteration!) because I figured everyone would be watching the Superbowl and not paying attention.  Here are new links I’ve enjoyed. Red Eye: A Contemporary Feminist Classic? – from Shameless.  This … Continue reading

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Blog PostsFebruary Movies I Won’t Be Seeing (and One I Might)

Sometimes I bemoan the fact that I have very little time to go to the movies.  Then I look at what’s out there, and I start to think that I’m not missing out on much.  Some of the February movies … Continue reading

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ReviewsCommunity 2×15 – “Early 21st Century Romanticism”

In this week’s Community, Jeff takes a break from the group after an angry disagreement about the Barenaked Ladies, Britta becomes friends with a woman she thinks is a lesbian and rubs it in the face of everyone who is … Continue reading

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ReviewsGlee 2×12 – “Silly Love Songs”

In the Valentine’s Day episode of Glee, the writers began slowly developing one of the sweetest, most promising teen romances I’ve seen on television, and also introduced what has to be by far the dumbest storyline this show has ever … Continue reading

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ReviewsHow I Met Your Mother 6×15 – “Oh Honey”

I haven’t written about the last few episodes of How I Met Your Mother because I thought my comments would be redundant.  I was happy to see that Robin finally, finally getting some job satisfaction and upward mobility in her … Continue reading

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ReviewsGlee 2×11 – “The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle”

On the very special Superbowl episode of Glee, Will and Coach Bieste force the Glee club and football team to join forces and get along so they can get rid of the enmity between the group, Sue Sylvester gets angry … Continue reading

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ReviewsBridesmaids Trailer: Initial Impressions

Oh, wow.  I am super conflicted about this: This movie looks like it might entertain me and irritate me in equal measure.  It looks both feminist and anti-feminist, both stupid and smart, both original and cliched, all at once. I … Continue reading

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ReviewsCommunity 2×14 – “Advanced Dungeons and Dragons”

In this week’s Community, we have another bottle episode.  This time, instead of getting stuck in the library because they’re searching for Annie’s pen, they’re in the library all episode because they’re playing Dungeons and Dragons with their suicidal classmate, … Continue reading

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Blog PostsThe Top 4 Reasons Why I Love and Hate Glee

After a painfully long two-month hiatus, Glee is finally returning to FOX next week with TWO episodes: one airing right after the Superbowl, and one during its regularly scheduled time on Tuesday.  Prepare for a Glee invasion on this blog … Continue reading

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