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...would “Extras,” their brilliant sophomore effort. And yes, the first season of the American “Office” also had six installments. The second? 22. Don’t get me wrong—the second season is probably the show??s best, and by the time the finale, “Casino Night,” aired, no one was complaining that we’d seen too many episodes that year. But by keeping this pace, they’ve racked up one hundred to date. American sitcoms...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Let Dwight Die with Dignity: Euthanize ‘The Office’ | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...front of a packed Science Center lecture hall last night, Army First Lieutenant Daniel Choi burned the letter he received from the U.S. Army telling him he must leave the military after publicly coming out as gay on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show?? in March. Since receiving the notification from the Army, Choi has made it his mission to attack the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on a “moral basis...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel and Margherita Pignatelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Openly Gay Lt. Reflects on Former Service | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...loose.” In the world of theater, the word might have a negative connotation, but in the world of sex, drugs, and nightclubs—well, it’s just what we like to hear. “The Donkey Show?? is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a framework into which the pimps, hos, and blow atmosphere of the Studio 54 setting fits surprisingly well. Club owner Mr. Oberon (Heather Gordon) uses his Mercury-inspired roller-skating assistant Dr. Wheelgood...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Assing Around at the A.R.T. | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...example, the show??s opening scene features just such a positive, practical idea: a community market. As Elmo shops around for odds and ends on the street, Al Roker explains to Elmo that a community market is just “neighbors coming together to buy and sell things” and “make some extra money.” In a later scene—and a symbolic slice of the show??s spirit—one of the neighborhood youths explains to Grover that despite the ambiguity of the phrase, one can?...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Lessons From the Street | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...show promotes the idea of working together in the context of a very un-ideal environment. Although Sesame Street has many delightful characters, over the years its denizens have faced tough challenges—poverty, family separation, intercultural anxiety, and even urban blight. The show??s message that folks can voluntarily work together despite their differences, and sometimes through their differences, to promote the general welfare is not overly idealistic—it is a profound piece of the American historical narrative...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Lessons From the Street | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

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