Soap operas are beloved by many women around the world. One of the longest standing soap operas to date is ABC’s General Hospital which first aired in 1963. A soap opera is a daytime drama television show. Soap operas have a long history, and,“ [t]he term “soap opera” was coined by the American press in…
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The Fast and the Furious, Need for Speed, and Smokey and the Bandit are all action movies that focus on driving fast cars, and in one way or another, playing fast and loose with the law. Action movies featuring cars are not new – high speed chases have been captivating audiences since pivotal 1968 when…
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There, I’ll say it… I absolutely loved Insatiable. It was a weird show. The kind of show that only comes around once. It reminds me of watching Jennifer’s Body when I was a teenager. It’s the kind of weird show that sticks with you. Truth be told, I had trouble watching the first few episodes. It…
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I’m kind of ashamed to say that I don’t watch a lot of Canadian Television. I’ve been burned by CBC many times. Whenever I love a show (Wild Roses, anybody?) it seems to disappear into the void. Here and there I’ll dabble in a Canadian made show, often sci-fi, like the wonderful Continuum or Travelers…
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UnREAL sets itself up and poises itself as a melodramatic series. We watch characters, strong-women with issues as they go head to head with the misogynistic and ridiculous “reality” of Bachelor-style TV. UnREAL places racism — muslims, blacks, southern belle’s and forces them together. All for the sake of drama. By shedding the veil, UnREAL…
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