07 October 2020
Friar Lawrence: Friend/Priest/Confidant/Killer?
By Alexander Franks // Theatre
Content warning: This piece contains mentions of emotional/psychological manipulation, trauma, and suicide…
27 May 2019
I Finished Infinite Jest
By Kelly Bedard // Books
It took me 18 months and three weeks. Nearly 19 months is a long time, a tough pill to swallow for a girl nominally understood to be “one of the …
18 May 2019
Grey’s Anatomy, The Privilege of Time, and the Death of Shondaland’s For the People
By Kelly Bedard // TV
I’ve been thinking a lot about Grey’s Anatomy lately. That show,…
28 March 2019
Temptation Island & the Upside of Reboot Culture
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Reboot culture as the go-to MO of our modern television landscape is, to say the very least, uninspiring. My head spins at the thought of the original ideas unexplored because …
04 July 2018
Why We Have a Wizard: Wicked in 2018
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
15 years ago, Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman adapted for the stage a novel by Gregory Maguire that was itself an adaptation, or perhaps more accurately a revision, of The …
19 February 2018
The Padmaavat Controversy and What it Says About You
By Vyasar Ganesan // Cinema
In my lifetime, I don’t think I can remember a bigger Bollywood news story than Padmaavat. And that’s not just because I don’t care for the majority of the Indian …
13 November 2017
Dinner & a Show
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
I can’t stay awake at the theatre if I don’t eat first but it’s sometimes hard to figure out where to go, especially if you’re not super familiar with the …
08 November 2017
No, I Can’t Draw
By Kelly Bedard // Books
Stop telling me I can draw. I’ve always been that person who insists that “anyone can sing” if they learn correctly. But, after my latest exercise in attempting to draw, …
15 October 2017
Star Trek Discovery, Ep Four: “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry”
We’re starting to see how the show runs, now that the set-up is done and I’m pleased…
13 September 2017
The Second City Toronto’s Party People
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Party Today (Panic Tomorrow) is an apt name for The Second City Toronto’s silliest and least political mainstage show in a few cycles. There are moments when the bold political …
04 September 2017
Skinner Box Storytelling: Fists, Feet, Aliens, & Cylons
By Colin Munch // Games
Click Here to read previous instalments of Skinner Box Storytelling. My new show is open so I’ve got a bit more time to play games. Here’s what I’ve dipped into this …
11 August 2017
SDCC ’17: Comic Con-templations, Day Two
Click Here to read all of our coverage from 2017 San Diego Comic-Con I was sitting in a slightly overpriced, but breezy coffee shop just west of the Convention Centre, …
25 July 2017
SDCC ’17 Panel: The Engine of New at DC
Click Here to read all of our coverage from 2017 San Diego Comic-Con This year, DC Comics is attempting one of the hardest games in comics: inventing new heroes. This …
22 July 2017
SDCC ’17 Panel: SyFy’s Great Debate
Click Here to read all of our coverage from 2017 San Diego Comic-Con First, a confession: I didn’t have much interest in this panel. One of the best/worst things about …
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