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“Smash” analysis:Do the right thing, part three–Accepting parents

May 2, 2012
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“Smash” analysis:Do the right thing, part three–Accepting parents

Tom and Sam get caught canoodling by Sam’s brother and sister. Credit: NBC UGH! Smash  is turning out to be just as annoying as Pan Am! Karen’s turning out to be even more Mary-Sueish than she was at the beginning of the season as well as being a bad girlfriend. (Yeah, I know Dev...

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Notable Links: Pixar to make Dia de los Muertos movie, Kevin Hart, Kreayshawn on being white, and Archie Marries Valerie pt. 2 preview

April 29, 2012
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Notable Links: Pixar to make Dia de los Muertos movie, Kevin Hart, Kreayshawn on being white, and Archie Marries Valerie pt. 2 preview

Pixar delves into Dia de los Muertos: Finally! Pixar is shaking things up by addressing some world culture. According to CinemaBlend, Pixar is set on creating a film based around the popular Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Hooray! The Hollywood Reporter also has a story on the upcoming...

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“Smash”: Some notes on the series thus far

April 18, 2012
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“Smash”: Some notes on the series thus far

Tom and Sam’s relationship is cool. Ellis’ scheming isn’t. Credit: NBC I feel like the only way I can “recap” Smash is sporadically, since there is not a lot story-wise that lends itself to really good recapping (Tom and Lorenzo are much better at recapping this series than I am, but they seem to have...

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“Smash” analysis: Do the right thing, part two–Better gay characters

March 18, 2012
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“Smash” analysis: Do the right thing, part two–Better gay characters

Julia and Tom out at dinner in “Callbacks”: Credit NBC (official Smash Facebook page) The pilot of Smash now available in the Moniqueblog Amazon Store! I’m back with another “Do the right thing”! I’ll say one thing that Smash did wrong last episode, and what was the creepy Julia/Michael (Debra Messing/Will Chase) subplot. How many...

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“Smash” analysis: Do the right thing, part one–interracial relationship insecurity

March 7, 2012
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“Smash” analysis: Do the right thing, part one–interracial relationship insecurity

The awkward triangle. (L-R) R.J., Dev and Karen. Screencap: me (NBC) You might have noticed that I haven’t been recapping Smash lately. The show is a great show, but I just don’t think I have enough time to devote to recapping every week. If you want to read some really good recaps of the show,...

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“Smash” recap: “The Callback”

February 19, 2012
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“Smash” recap: “The Callback”

Karen as she tries out for Marilyn in a fantasy scene. Credit: NBC Synopsis (NBC): Ivy and Karen jump through hoops for the brilliant but temperamental director Derek Wills as they pursue the role of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Julia and her husband Frank, are frustrated by the red tape of an international adoption process,...

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Watch the 43rd NAACP Image Awards TONIGHT on NBC

February 17, 2012
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Watch the 43rd NAACP Image Awards TONIGHT on NBC

Credit: Official Facebook page for the NAACP Image Awards Black History Month has been, well, to be frank, the worst this year. With major deaths in the black entertainment community coupled with the increasing feeling of apathy towards the month in general, this has been a pretty lackluster February. The only uplifting parts have...

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REVIEW: “Smash”

February 11, 2012
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REVIEW: “Smash”

Credit: NBC I have finally gotten around to making a review/recap of Smash! I’m not sure if I’m going to recap it just yet–I might recap the first few episodes, but more than likely, I’ll end up recapping the whole series. First, the official synopsis of the series (from the show’s official Facebook page):...

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Golden Globes round-up at ShockYa.com!

January 16, 2012
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Golden Globes round-up at ShockYa.com!

Credit: NBC/ShockYa.com ShockYa.com, my other online home, has the full rundown on what happened during Sunday’s Golden Globes. It was a big night overall, but it was especially big for Octavia Spencer for The Help and Idris Elba for Luther. Morgan Freeman also won the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his body of work....

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Happy (belated) MLK Day!

January 16, 2012
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Happy (belated) MLK Day!

Credit: NBC/YouTube I’ve had a particularly trying day today,what with petty technology problems and computer viruses and general real life stress, but I realized that my trivialities are nothing compared to what the day was supposed to be about–the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. Me worrying about being able to have my...

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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with NBC

November 6, 2011
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with NBC

Credit: NBC It’s Native American Heritage Month, and one way you can celebrate the occasion is by taking a look at some bumpers for NBC produced by Michelle Shining Elk and Tim Howick. Short URL: http://tinyit.cc/804ee  Tweet:

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FALL TV: “The Playboy Club,” a retrospective

October 5, 2011
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FALL TV: “The Playboy Club,” a retrospective

Credit: NBC It seemed like only yesterday that The Playboy Club premiered. That’s basically true–it was about three weeks ago when the first episode premiered. In those three episodes, I went from hating the show to signing petitions to reverse its cancelling.  I never did get around to writing a review of the first episode...

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