2020 U.S. Election

  • 2020 U.S. Election,  Bullshit,  Democracy,  Opinion,  Pandemic 2020,  Politics

    The United States of Waiting and Worry: Election Week 2020

    Deep down, we knew it was going to be like this. We’d been told over and over before the election that with mail-in balloting and the surge in voter turnout this year that definitive results in the most consequential presidential election in generations would most likely not come in on election night. I believe most of us even accepted this warning, on an intellectual level at least if not an emotional one. Because that was the problem, wasn’t it? We just didn’t get how four years of the most destabilizing and destructive President in at least a century; a President who was impeached already for attempted election interference, the most…

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  • 2020 U.S. Election,  Bullshit,  Media Criticism,  Opinion,  Pandemic 2020,  Television

    The Pandemic Special and What South Park Means in 2020

    My friends and I have been asking ourselves different versions of the same question since March of this year: “How will [INSERT SHOW TITLE HERE] adapt to Covid-19 next season?” There have, of course, been quite a few bigger fish to fry in terms of anxiety this year than wondering if It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia can stick the landing in this new television landscape; but as a media-obsessed person living in lockdown, it was a relieving form of idle speculation. Scripted television shows we had loved for years were going to have to figure out new ways of being, new topics to consider, new styles of presentation, much like…

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  • 2020 U.S. Election,  Opinion,  Politics

    We Get What We Deserve

    Two warnings before we start today. This post is about politics. It is directly about political events that have occurred or will occur, not just me tangentially relating a very enjoyable sitcom–that I do honestly recommend–to my own political ideals. I believe politics is important and influences almost everything in our lives to one degree or another, but I also believe it is rude to just bring up politics out of nowhere without giving a heads-up. So there you go. You’ve been warned. I’m angry. I’m angry as I sit here and write this and I’ve been angry since I woke up this morning. So be aware going in that…