Television
TGFF: Thank God for “Friday Night Lights”
Ben Bartlett cautiously embraces the popular television series.
Why Shouldn’t Jim and Pam Marry?
It’s an old scenario that television viewers have watched recur for years: boy meets girl, falls in love, hides his love or faces rejection, as the tension builds fans yearn for their union, until finally it happens and the episodes that follow are awash (either concluding the whole series, or just simply ruining it)! We saw it with Ross and Rachel, with Stephan Urkel and Laura Winslow, and with David and Donna (Beverly Hills 90210). Perhaps this is why I am so desperate not to see Jim and Pam wed. I like the show The Office too much!
Lessons My Daughters Learned from Hannah Montana
Bill Reichart capitalizes on a teachable moment.
Is TMI making us D-U-M-B?
One of the constant laments here at CAPC is the loss of creativity in the Christian sphere. Really, it’s a funny problem. The church is flung far and wide across ethnicities, cultures, geography, and political spheres. Is it really so hard to find a few creative Christians?
Confessions of a First-Time American Idol Viewer
Carissa Smith just watched her first episode of American Idol… and she’s really into it.
What Do We Truly Like About American Idol?
Ben Bartlett rains on our American Idol parade, but we probably deserved it.
Podcast #25: Should Christians Cast Down their (American) Idols?
About three weeks ago, Ben and I sat down and discussed American Idol, including the morality of American Idol’s infamous audition episodes, whether or not Christians should embrace and support Idol Gives Back, and more. Also, we give out our Christ and Pop Culture Awards for Voting Shows.
The Case for Simon Cowell
David Dunham kicks off CAPC’s American Idol week by praising honest evaluation in an age of “Idol” words.
Forgiving Willoughby
The recent Masterpiece Theatre version of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility gave the harshest portrayal I’ve ever seen of the character Willoughby, who seduces, impregnates, and abandons a young girl. This leads me to ponder two things: (1) Why, in our era of “tolerance,” does Willoughby suddenly get the shaft?; and (2) Is it important for us, as Christians, to forgive fictional characters?
Slings and Arrows, Smells and Bells
Over the past couple of years, with the aid of Netflix, I’ve been working my way through the Canadian television series Slings and Arrows. The show focuses on the on-stage and off-stage lives of the New Burbage Festival, a sort of fictionalized version of the Stratford Festival in Western Ontario. In real life and on the show, the Festival’s main fare is Shakespeare, and each season of Slings of Arrows centers around a production of a Shakespearean tragedy: Hamlet (Season 1), Macbeth (Season 2), and King Lear (Season 3).
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