Author Archive: Jared Scott Stroup
If You Like The Sopranos…
The Sopranos attracted a lot of attention when it premiered. At first it was treated as television, but, as academic eyes gravitated towards it, it very quickly became synonymous with art. The literary approach by series creator David Chase and his writers offered plenty of room for analysis, and before long, the essays came flooding [...]
Three Stooges FAQ by David J. Hogan
Right on the heels of Sony releasing the eighth and final volume of The Three Stooges Collection (finally allowing audiences to see all 190 short films on DVD), David J. Hogan published what could be the most comprehensive companion piece to the most comprehensive Stooges collection yet. His book Three Stooges FAQ: Everything Left to [...]
Red State
Filmmaker Kevin Smith is one of the most infamous verbal badminton players around, striking back as often as he’s attacked. As a result, his status as a relevant force in contemporary cinema has been challenged in a vain most often found on IMDB message boards, where he’s treated less like a professional and more as [...]
The Trip
The process by which Michael Winterbottom’s latest film The Trip came into being is a very unusual one. Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) starred Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in a part-mockumentary, part-fictional narrative film where the actors played themselves. The team reunited for a six-episode TV series which ran on [...]
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season Six on DVD and Blu-ray
The “rags to riches” story of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an inspiring one for the future of independent television. FX gave unknown Rob McElhenney an unprecedented level of support by green-lighting his series with no recognizable talent to carry the weight. If that wasn’t enough, McElhenney was billed as Executive Producer from the [...]
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