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But because we didn't all immediately go to reality TV rehab, Fox decided to test our humanity once again, this time finding the absolute most vulnerable and needy group in our population: washed-up celebrities (please note: Mindy McCready, the recently deceased country singer, was \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mindy-mccready-celebrity-rehab-death/story?id=18531518\" target=\"_blank\">the FIFTH person in TWO YEARS to die after being on \u003cem>Celebrity Rehab\u003c/em>\u003c/a>), and forcing them to humiliate themselves via plastic surgery for THEIR ungrateful husband: us. \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/5985698/celebrity-swan-is-the-most-depressing-television-program-ever-conceived?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\" target=\"_blank\">Read what Jezebel has to say about the whole thing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1643\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 512px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/bummer-material-3-things-to-read-this-afternoon/103546468_video_embed/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1643\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1643 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/103546468_video_embed.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Williams, 15, is arraigned before Judge Herbert J. Exarhos on March 7, 2001 in the San Diego County Superior Court. Photo by Nancee E. Lewis/Newsmakers via NewsHour\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/103546468_video_embed.jpg 512w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/103546468_video_embed-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Williams, 15, is arraigned before Judge Herbert J. Exarhos on March 7, 2001 in the San Diego County Superior Court. Photo by Nancee E. Lewis/Newsmakers via NewsHour\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Absolutely no one knows what causes rampage killings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PBS is currently doing a whole bunch of programming called \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/%23AfterNewton\" target=\"_blank\">\"After Newton\"\u003c/a> about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook killings and the larger cultural implications of these types of horrible crimes. If you watched \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/social-issues/raising-adam-lanza/there-was-a-weirdness-about-young-adam-lanza/\" target=\"_blank\">last night's \u003cem>Frontline\u003c/em> called \"Raising Adam Lanza\"\u003c/a> (please go watch), you know that in typical PBS fashion, there are no easy answers. Tonight's episode of \u003cem>Nova\u003c/em> explores the issue more generally with \"Mind of a Rampage Killer\" (\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=54\" target=\"_blank\">9pm on KQED 9, dudes!\u003c/a>) and even includes an interview with a now-adult teenage school shooter. Want to read more about it now? Lucky you. \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june13/miles_blog_02-19.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>NewsHour\u003c/em> has a piece up called \"Sins of the Sons\"\u003c/a> about making the \u003cem>Nova \u003c/em>episode that will make you question pretty much everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 380px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/bummer-material-3-things-to-read-this-afternoon/11552606-large/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1644\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1644 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/11552606-large.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Mercier, The Huntsville Times\" width=\"380\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mercier, The Huntsville Times\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Seriously. No one knows.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-title-real/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1608\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real.jpeg\" alt=\"argo title real\" width=\"642\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real.jpeg 642w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real-400x247.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\">\u003c/a>Well fellow cinephiles, this could be 2006 all over again. Has it been seven years since (that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQs7WbVse8\">train wreck\u003c/a> of a movie) \u003cem>Crash\u003c/em> beat out the elegant favorite \u003cem>Brokeback Mountain\u003c/em>? Each week up until about mid-January the Oscar race for Best Picture flip-flopped from movie to movie. Before \u003cem>Les Miserables\u003c/em> even hit the screen, it was hailed as the movie to beat and then everyone went to see it on Christmas and walked out of the theatre confused and pretty sure they could \u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Your-Consideration-Les-Miserables-Lost-Best-Picture-Moment-Russell-Crowe-Opened-His-Mouth-35824.html\">sing better\u003c/a> than Russell Crowe. Now \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, the Ben Affleck-director-political-suspense-thriller-based-on-a-true story is the front-runner that’s here to stay. In a race where the other eight nominated films have the honest qualities of a true winner, it could all end up in the hands of \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>. Here are a few potential reasons why \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> might end up taking home that little golden dude:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-1-edit/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1597\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 1 edit\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit-400x244.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Because it’s a bro’s bro.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“So, have you seen \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> yet?” the frat dude says as he leans into her at the bar, his breath smelling of Red Bull and disdain. As if! \u003cem>Zero Dark Thirty\u003c/em> has quite the package: suspense, action, foreign intrigue, even torture, but what it’s lacking is, of course, a strong male lead like Ben Affleck. It’s a shame the strength and competence of \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvwq8cKaT1qz9xvjo1_r4_500.gif\">Jessica Chastain\u003c/a>’s character Maya cannot compete with Affleck’s Tony Mendez, otherwise \u003cem>ZDT\u003c/em> would be a shoe-in for the boys of \u003ca href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8I5HvOvk8/SZCgRYVhgvI/AAAAAAAACfQ/LaijRaIYR54/s320/revenge-of-the-nerds.jpg\">Alpha Beta\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1598\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 2\" width=\"702\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2.jpeg 702w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2-400x247.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Because it’s like \u003cem>The DaVinci Code\u003c/em> the book version.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nDisclaimer: I have never read \u003cem>The DaVinci Code\u003c/em> nor have I seen the movie. However, I have paged through the book and what I do know is that it is compiled of very short, easy-to-read chapters that leave the reader wanting more. It is unlikely a film like \u003cem>Amour\u003c/em> can hold a candle. In \u003cem>Amour,\u003c/em> we glide through Georges and Anne’s home listlessly unearthing layers of wood and light: lives lived and love had. \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is the pleasure principle in its finest form, like a great pop song or the Kardashians (I still think \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2zigvVNX1qzb62zo1_500.gif\">Kourtney\u003c/a> and Khloe have yet to really \u003cem>take\u003c/em> Miami); you want bubblegum and it delivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-3-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1600\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31-400x232.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Because it’s Hollywood talking about Hollywood.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The Artist \u003c/em>took the award last year and deservedly so. The Academy might be on a streak. In \u003cem>Argo, \u003c/em>Affleck has made a movie within a movie. It’s all very meta but done in a very conventional manner. Instead of showing us what Hollywood can do, we are given \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, a movie showing us what Hollywood already does. \u003cem>Life of Pi\u003c/em> would be the perfect example of what it’s like to take cinema to an ultra-cinematic level. The shots are breathtaking: aerial views that \u003ca href=\"http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Life-of-Pi-Ending-Explained.jpg\">isolate the ship \u003c/a>from our main character and a horizon where it is impossible to distinguish where the sky ends and the water begins. \u003cem>Life of Pi\u003c/em> is a truly lavish cinematic experience. The closest we get in \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is when scenes from the movie are set side-by-side with actual archival footage as though Affleck is saying: Look at how perfectly I recreated this, not a hair out of place!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/django-real/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1609\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real.jpeg\" alt=\"django real\" width=\"650\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real.jpeg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real-400x268.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Because it’s already nabbed the Golden Globe and the BAFTA.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe past four years the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8uDTUVx3Y\">BAFTA\u003c/a> has predicted the winner but the past four years there have been arguably clear winners. The Golden Globes are notorious for surprises and lucky for last year’s \u003cem>The Descendants\u003c/em>, the Globes split their best films into comedy and drama categories. But let’s jump back to another one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VKK2mskvtg\">biggest snubs\u003c/a> of Oscar history, \u003cem>Forrest Gump\u003c/em> winning over \u003cem>Pulp Fiction\u003c/em>. Tom Hanks and Ben Affleck are basically \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfan3psl611qb6180o1_500.jpg\">the same person\u003c/a>, handsome and likeable. Quentin did not win with \u003cem>Pulp Fiction\u003c/em> and will not win for \u003cem>Django Unchained\u003c/em>: too much witty dialogue, too much violence, too much outstanding acting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1602\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1602\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5-400x267.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Because Ben Affleck somehow turned into The Little Engine That Could.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe all remember when he and Matt Damon jumped on the stage way back in 1997 and thanked Southie or whatever. It was cute and we were happy and they were Hollywood nobodies that became \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RIS5GJqAg\">Hollywood somebodies\u003c/a> at that very moment. But that was like thirteen years ago and now Affleck has been denied a Best Director nomination and the world is in mourning. (I will not mention Kathryn Bigelow here.) Turn to \u003cem>Beasts of the Southern Wild\u003c/em>, note the modest budget, the non-actor actors, the no-name filmmakers, the huge courage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-6/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1603\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 6\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6.jpeg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6-400x258.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Because it tackles a declassified government secret and that’s exciting.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhat a caper! One of the most exciting things about \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is that while you’re watching it, you feel like you’re privy to this huge secret that the rest of world (in the movie) doesn’t know about. It was a secret and now it’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/12/argo_true_story_the_facts_and_fiction_behind_the_ben_affleck_movie.html\">talked about\u003c/a> but only after government permission. That’s not going to bode well for \u003cem>Silver Linings Playbook\u003c/em> where they deal with the still very taboo topic of mental illness in a charming and funny way. And not since \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIYz8tfGjY\">\u003cem>Annie Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has a true and nervous comedy won Best Picture and it has since become epic, in a subtle and graceful way. Perhaps they are hoping the same for \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, but like epic in more of a humdrum sort of way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1604\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1604\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 7\" width=\"743\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7.jpeg 743w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7-400x208.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Because it makes you proud to be an American.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“This is the best bad idea we have, sir,” Tony Mendez tells his superior in \u003cem>Argo. \u003c/em>To disguise the hostages as filmmakers scouting locations for an upcoming sci-fi flick might just be crazy enough to work. It’s an out-of-the-box scheme that leaves you feeling happy you live in a country whose government allows for such creativity. The past two years have been somewhat Euro-centric with \u003cem>The King’s Speech\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Artist \u003c/em>taking home the top prize, it’s about time the Academy picks a good-ole-fashioned stars-and-stripes-waving \u003ca href=\"http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/0/371/Armageddon.JPG\">piece of our history\u003c/a>. But what about \u003cem>Lincoln\u003c/em> you ask? Perhaps it is too well known a story or perhaps the plan is to dole out awards to Daniel Day Lewis, Stephen Spielberg, and Tony Kushner, leaving room for \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, cozy American \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-8/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1605\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-8.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 8\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-8.jpeg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-8-400x276.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Because its flame is still burning hot.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere’s no denying \u003cem>Argo’s\u003c/em> momentum. \u003cem>Les Miserables \u003c/em>was just as hot to trot (they’re singing live! \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y4yxsRRnvkE\">Anne Hathaway\u003c/a> is brilliant!) in December but fizzled out by January. It’s a classic case of backlash and then backlash to the backlash and so on and so forth. Meanwhile \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> quietly held its ground. No one has had very many issues with the actual content of the film, where movies like \u003cem>ZDT\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Django\u003c/em> made the news on a daily basis. Perhaps controversy will get you attention but won’t win you awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is the huge favorite and I’ve accepted that. I’m not saying I will denounce the Oscars or award shows if \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> wins. I mean, I’ll probably throw my hands in the air and give a big eye roll while shoving hummus into my mouth. But I suppose what’s oddly great about the Oscars is that no one was expecting \u003cem>Crash \u003c/em>to win in 2006, and it did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-title-real/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1608\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real.jpeg\" alt=\"argo title real\" width=\"642\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real.jpeg 642w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-title-real-400x247.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\">\u003c/a>Well fellow cinephiles, this could be 2006 all over again. Has it been seven years since (that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQs7WbVse8\">train wreck\u003c/a> of a movie) \u003cem>Crash\u003c/em> beat out the elegant favorite \u003cem>Brokeback Mountain\u003c/em>? Each week up until about mid-January the Oscar race for Best Picture flip-flopped from movie to movie. Before \u003cem>Les Miserables\u003c/em> even hit the screen, it was hailed as the movie to beat and then everyone went to see it on Christmas and walked out of the theatre confused and pretty sure they could \u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Your-Consideration-Les-Miserables-Lost-Best-Picture-Moment-Russell-Crowe-Opened-His-Mouth-35824.html\">sing better\u003c/a> than Russell Crowe. Now \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, the Ben Affleck-director-political-suspense-thriller-based-on-a-true story is the front-runner that’s here to stay. In a race where the other eight nominated films have the honest qualities of a true winner, it could all end up in the hands of \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>. Here are a few potential reasons why \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> might end up taking home that little golden dude:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-1-edit/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1597\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 1 edit\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-1-edit-400x244.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Because it’s a bro’s bro.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“So, have you seen \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> yet?” the frat dude says as he leans into her at the bar, his breath smelling of Red Bull and disdain. As if! \u003cem>Zero Dark Thirty\u003c/em> has quite the package: suspense, action, foreign intrigue, even torture, but what it’s lacking is, of course, a strong male lead like Ben Affleck. It’s a shame the strength and competence of \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvwq8cKaT1qz9xvjo1_r4_500.gif\">Jessica Chastain\u003c/a>’s character Maya cannot compete with Affleck’s Tony Mendez, otherwise \u003cem>ZDT\u003c/em> would be a shoe-in for the boys of \u003ca href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8I5HvOvk8/SZCgRYVhgvI/AAAAAAAACfQ/LaijRaIYR54/s320/revenge-of-the-nerds.jpg\">Alpha Beta\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1598\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 2\" width=\"702\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2.jpeg 702w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-2-400x247.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Because it’s like \u003cem>The DaVinci Code\u003c/em> the book version.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nDisclaimer: I have never read \u003cem>The DaVinci Code\u003c/em> nor have I seen the movie. However, I have paged through the book and what I do know is that it is compiled of very short, easy-to-read chapters that leave the reader wanting more. It is unlikely a film like \u003cem>Amour\u003c/em> can hold a candle. In \u003cem>Amour,\u003c/em> we glide through Georges and Anne’s home listlessly unearthing layers of wood and light: lives lived and love had. \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is the pleasure principle in its finest form, like a great pop song or the Kardashians (I still think \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2zigvVNX1qzb62zo1_500.gif\">Kourtney\u003c/a> and Khloe have yet to really \u003cem>take\u003c/em> Miami); you want bubblegum and it delivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-3-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1600\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-31-400x232.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Because it’s Hollywood talking about Hollywood.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The Artist \u003c/em>took the award last year and deservedly so. The Academy might be on a streak. In \u003cem>Argo, \u003c/em>Affleck has made a movie within a movie. It’s all very meta but done in a very conventional manner. Instead of showing us what Hollywood can do, we are given \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, a movie showing us what Hollywood already does. \u003cem>Life of Pi\u003c/em> would be the perfect example of what it’s like to take cinema to an ultra-cinematic level. The shots are breathtaking: aerial views that \u003ca href=\"http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Life-of-Pi-Ending-Explained.jpg\">isolate the ship \u003c/a>from our main character and a horizon where it is impossible to distinguish where the sky ends and the water begins. \u003cem>Life of Pi\u003c/em> is a truly lavish cinematic experience. The closest we get in \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is when scenes from the movie are set side-by-side with actual archival footage as though Affleck is saying: Look at how perfectly I recreated this, not a hair out of place!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/django-real/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1609\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real.jpeg\" alt=\"django real\" width=\"650\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real.jpeg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/django-real-400x268.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Because it’s already nabbed the Golden Globe and the BAFTA.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe past four years the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8uDTUVx3Y\">BAFTA\u003c/a> has predicted the winner but the past four years there have been arguably clear winners. The Golden Globes are notorious for surprises and lucky for last year’s \u003cem>The Descendants\u003c/em>, the Globes split their best films into comedy and drama categories. But let’s jump back to another one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VKK2mskvtg\">biggest snubs\u003c/a> of Oscar history, \u003cem>Forrest Gump\u003c/em> winning over \u003cem>Pulp Fiction\u003c/em>. Tom Hanks and Ben Affleck are basically \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfan3psl611qb6180o1_500.jpg\">the same person\u003c/a>, handsome and likeable. Quentin did not win with \u003cem>Pulp Fiction\u003c/em> and will not win for \u003cem>Django Unchained\u003c/em>: too much witty dialogue, too much violence, too much outstanding acting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1602\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1602\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-5-400x267.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Because Ben Affleck somehow turned into The Little Engine That Could.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe all remember when he and Matt Damon jumped on the stage way back in 1997 and thanked Southie or whatever. It was cute and we were happy and they were Hollywood nobodies that became \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RIS5GJqAg\">Hollywood somebodies\u003c/a> at that very moment. But that was like thirteen years ago and now Affleck has been denied a Best Director nomination and the world is in mourning. (I will not mention Kathryn Bigelow here.) Turn to \u003cem>Beasts of the Southern Wild\u003c/em>, note the modest budget, the non-actor actors, the no-name filmmakers, the huge courage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-6/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1603\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 6\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6.jpeg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-6-400x258.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Because it tackles a declassified government secret and that’s exciting.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhat a caper! One of the most exciting things about \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is that while you’re watching it, you feel like you’re privy to this huge secret that the rest of world (in the movie) doesn’t know about. It was a secret and now it’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/12/argo_true_story_the_facts_and_fiction_behind_the_ben_affleck_movie.html\">talked about\u003c/a> but only after government permission. That’s not going to bode well for \u003cem>Silver Linings Playbook\u003c/em> where they deal with the still very taboo topic of mental illness in a charming and funny way. And not since \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIYz8tfGjY\">\u003cem>Annie Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has a true and nervous comedy won Best Picture and it has since become epic, in a subtle and graceful way. Perhaps they are hoping the same for \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, but like epic in more of a humdrum sort of way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/why-argo-might-win-an-academy-award-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/argo-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1604\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1604\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7.jpeg\" alt=\"argo 7\" width=\"743\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7.jpeg 743w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/argo-7-400x208.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Because it makes you proud to be an American.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“This is the best bad idea we have, sir,” Tony Mendez tells his superior in \u003cem>Argo. \u003c/em>To disguise the hostages as filmmakers scouting locations for an upcoming sci-fi flick might just be crazy enough to work. It’s an out-of-the-box scheme that leaves you feeling happy you live in a country whose government allows for such creativity. The past two years have been somewhat Euro-centric with \u003cem>The King’s Speech\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Artist \u003c/em>taking home the top prize, it’s about time the Academy picks a good-ole-fashioned stars-and-stripes-waving \u003ca href=\"http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/0/371/Armageddon.JPG\">piece of our history\u003c/a>. But what about \u003cem>Lincoln\u003c/em> you ask? 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Because its flame is still burning hot.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere’s no denying \u003cem>Argo’s\u003c/em> momentum. \u003cem>Les Miserables \u003c/em>was just as hot to trot (they’re singing live! \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y4yxsRRnvkE\">Anne Hathaway\u003c/a> is brilliant!) in December but fizzled out by January. It’s a classic case of backlash and then backlash to the backlash and so on and so forth. Meanwhile \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> quietly held its ground. No one has had very many issues with the actual content of the film, where movies like \u003cem>ZDT\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Django\u003c/em> made the news on a daily basis. Perhaps controversy will get you attention but won’t win you awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> is the huge favorite and I’ve accepted that. I’m not saying I will denounce the Oscars or award shows if \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em> wins. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/20/4-steps-to-coping-with-your-downton-abbey-grief/branson/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1571\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1571 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/branson.jpg\" alt=\"branson\" width=\"449\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/branson.jpg 642w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/branson-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">So, you, like the rest of America, are sad about the dramatic and tragic end of \u003cem>Downton Abbey \u003c/em>(think about Britain, they've been this sad since CHRISTMAS). It's almost like you lost your wife in childbirth and now you are getting extra pretty maids fired because you look so good shirtless, but you don't have a Mrs. Hughes to hold your hand in the library and now you are crying and it's making it hard to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">You know what? We want to be your Mrs. Hughes. Let us guide you through this time of hardship with these 4 ways to deal with your sadness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. Understand you are not alone.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 388px\">\u003ca href=\"http://marshallramsey.com/?p=10102\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1567\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1567 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/comic.jpg\" alt=\"comic\" width=\"388\" height=\"567\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Marshall Ramsey\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">We feel your pain. Even here at KQED, this cartoon is the most popular email of the week. We have also received sad phone messages, emails and tweets from our fans who really wish we could turn back time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_979\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=979\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-979\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-979\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/rettes_v_grrls1.gif\" alt=\"rettes_v_grrls\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">images courtesy ABC/ Mike Butler - IGP Photo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You guys, this flu going around is TERRIBLE. If you haven’t gotten it yet, I will totally not judge you for paper-masking it up 2003 SARS-scare style. I was in bed with it for five long days. The very slight silver lining to being home sick is that you get to catch up on your Hulu queue. Hulu queue is one of those accidently delicious euphonic phrases that might get you kissed if you say it to the right person, incidentally. Although probably not if you are cruddy with flu-sweat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ANYWAY, before I go to my Hulu queue, I usually check out the featured episodes on the landing page just to make sure that I’m still really not interested in finally getting into \u003cem>American Dad\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>Hart of Dixie\u003c/em>, or whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 199px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-988\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-988\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/176811_155655881157758_7268962_o-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"176811_155655881157758_7268962_o\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author at a roller derby bout. Photo by Mike Butler - IGP Photo.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I did so during my unfortunate quarantine, and that’s when I noticed that both \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em> featured Roller Derby plot-lines in the same week. This was especially interesting to me because I recently retired after three seasons of skating with the \u003ca href=\"www.bayareaderbygirls.com\">B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls\u003c/a>, aka the BAD Girls, aka your friendly local flat-track women’s roller derby league. Like most people in our media obsessed culture, I feel all validated and stuff when things I know about are on TV! But also, like most people, I feel possessive and a little superior about the things I was into \u003cem>before they were cool\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modern roller derby was \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q_8q2LMBzQE\">born in Austin\u003c/a> around the turn-of-the 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup> century. Traditionally, derby was associated with a punk-rock ethos and seen as a club for women who were disenchanted with mainstream femininity. Over the last few years, derby’s indie-popularity has reached a rolling boil and begun to froth over into pop culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love roller derby for lots of reasons, mostly feminist ones. Like the fact that roller derby celebrates all kinds of femininities! In derby, you can be a girly girl and it’s still ok -- expected even -- that you kick some ass. Or you can be totally not girly at all. You can be a total homo (like me) or really into your hetero hubby. I have seen so many women find power and confidence through this sport! Roller derby is totally epic. And I don’t mean that in a “This breakfast burrito is totally epic, man” kind of way. I mean that in a life-affirming journey over treacherous seas kind of way -- I’m talking \u003cem>denotatively\u003c/em> EPIC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> segment and the \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em> derby scenes were filmed at the Doll House, famed warehouse home of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls (L.A.D.D.). On \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>, Vaguely-Handsome-Chiseled-Bachelor-Dude takes his gaggle of slim-shiny-haired suitors to the Doll House where they are told they will learn the basics of roller derby and then compete in a bout against each other. After several injuries and a trip to the hospital for one contestant, they all realize that roller derby is actually \u003cem>really freaking difficult\u003c/em> and, instead of the bout, they free skate around the track (w\u003cem>omp womp\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=912\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-912\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-912 alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/thebachelor-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"ROBYN, SEAN LOWE, LINDSAY, JACKIE\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does it mean that contestants on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> are doing roller derby? On the one hand, I want to be like: Yeah! Mainstream culture is getting feminist! It values representations of a women’s sport that embraces women’s physical power and independence! But, on the other hand, this is \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> we’re talking about. It’s right behind \u003ca title=\"Jan Brewer plays God with women's rights\" href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/crossingborders/2012/05/07/slipping-back-into-the-dark-ages-arizonas-woman-governor-plays-god-with-womens-rights/\">Jan Brewer\u003c/a> and the wage gap on the list of Stuff Holding Women Back. Having a bunch of adult women doing derby as part of a competition to win marriage to an alpha-male kind of annihilates whatever inherent feminism derby might bring to the situation. However, back on the first hand, the producers of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> wouldn’t have the opportunity to appropriate derby for their nefarious purposes if it hadn’t exploded in popularity via a totally DIY, grassroots movement -- the representation, however disappointing, is still a testament to the impact roller derby has made on our culture at large\u003cem>.\u003c/em> It’s sort of like how on \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTqHvC8-sso\">America’s Next Top Model\u003c/a>, you can always tell a girl is doing well by how much crap the other girls are talking about her in the confessional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>, which is an ABC Family show about a ballet school, a student looks to roller derby to provide an outlet for her aggression. She gets obsessed with it and ends up ditching her BFF during a crucial life-moment because she’s too busy skating, a plot line you may recognize from the movie \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxsearchlight.com/whipit/\">Whip-It\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=911\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-911\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-911 alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Bunheads-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"Bunheads\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whoa! ABC Family. That means Grandmas in the Bible Belt are up on roller derby. Is it only a matter of time before \u003cem>Derby Moms\u003c/em> on Lifetime?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, anyone who’s played the game will tell you that these most recent portrayals only reveal a tiny slice of the magnificent, sweaty, hard-hitting pie that is modern roller derby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, L.A.D.D. skates on a banked track. Out of over 1,400 leagues world-wide, only 22 skate on a banked track. The rest skate on varying flat surfaces on a track of standardized dimensions. Also, you’re way more likely to find women in compression pants than fishnets at your average roller derby practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do these recent representations of roller derby on network television tell us? (I mean, besides that some exec at ABC probably skates for L.A.D.D.?) Is the \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em> plot a sign that even in ABC Family territory, girls are being given the message that being tough and aggressive is a totally cool thing for a girl to do? Is it a big deal that \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> took a sport that has empowered a crap-ton of women and made it into just another forum for women to compete for patriarchal security?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been to a roller derby bout, I’m curious to know what you all think of the sport in the context of feminism. And if you haven’t been to one, you can get tickets to the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 2013 season opener \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaderbygirls.ticketleap.com/2013---season-opener/\">here\u003c/a>. Let’s talk about it, KQED!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>We need to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know what you have been thinking while you are with your slow-food Social Practice friends, talking about sustainable craft and the amazing documentary you saw on PBS, \u003cem>Alone in the Wilderness\u003c/em>, about \u003ca title=\"Dick Proeneke\" href=\"http://www.aloneinthewilderness.com\">Dick Proeneke\u003c/a>. Or when you’re squatting with idealistic, pensive punks in an abandoned warehouse, reading Walt Whitman or Thoreau and thinking about how you wouldn't have to pay any taxes or have a job if you lived like the link you saw on Facebook of the guy who camps in the Canadian forest and makes a new shelter out of the stuff around him everyday. You’re probably thinking how easy it would be to be truly D.I.Y. if you lived way out somewhere, but not \u003cem>too\u003c/em> far. You’re also thinking, once you go ‘farm-to-table’, after all, the next logical step is to go 'back to the land.' So, I think we should talk, because moving ‘off-the-grid’ is not a joke, it’s a terrible thing to do to yourself and anyone you love, and it happened to me. And since it seems so unbelievably hip to live in a reclaimed wood shack on a sustainable farm decorated with succulents these days, I really need to warn you about your ideological hippy fantasy before you make a serious mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/this-aint-leaves-of-grass-debunking-your-off-the-grid-idealism/cabin/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-776\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-776\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cabin-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"cabin\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The scene of my tortured childhood\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003cem>The short version is that I rolled out of the womb blithely rollerskating in the San Jose suburbs, until my mom remarried a man who lived like a rugged Tom Selleck-buddha on the top of a mountain. Our house in the Santa Cruz mountains burned down, and we bought 800 acres in the middle of nowhere in the Sierra foothills, where I suddenly became an L.A. Gear child in an off-the-grid nightmare. When I was older, I moved into ‘town’ in Nevada City, CA and I spent my late teens living in various houses in the woods with roommates which were not exactly off any grid anymore, but remote just the same, (out of a lack of real estate more than for more rugged experience). \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Here are some reasons not to move to the middle of nowhere. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>There’s nowhere to pee.\u003c/strong> Whether you’re visiting a new construction site or a god-awful yurt, there are no bathrooms. As a girl, you’ll find this a problem when you go out into the woods and accidentally piss all over the back of your pants. The cute guy you are with will lay out newspapers on the front seat before you can get in his car so you don’t ruin his upholstery.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>You will get tired of each other like in \u003cem>The Shining\u003c/em>.\u003c/strong> No matter who you move into the wild with, this will happen to you. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We need to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know what you have been thinking while you are with your slow-food Social Practice friends, talking about sustainable craft and the amazing documentary you saw on PBS, \u003cem>Alone in the Wilderness\u003c/em>, about \u003ca title=\"Dick Proeneke\" href=\"http://www.aloneinthewilderness.com\">Dick Proeneke\u003c/a>. Or when you’re squatting with idealistic, pensive punks in an abandoned warehouse, reading Walt Whitman or Thoreau and thinking about how you wouldn't have to pay any taxes or have a job if you lived like the link you saw on Facebook of the guy who camps in the Canadian forest and makes a new shelter out of the stuff around him everyday. You’re probably thinking how easy it would be to be truly D.I.Y. if you lived way out somewhere, but not \u003cem>too\u003c/em> far. You’re also thinking, once you go ‘farm-to-table’, after all, the next logical step is to go 'back to the land.' So, I think we should talk, because moving ‘off-the-grid’ is not a joke, it’s a terrible thing to do to yourself and anyone you love, and it happened to me. And since it seems so unbelievably hip to live in a reclaimed wood shack on a sustainable farm decorated with succulents these days, I really need to warn you about your ideological hippy fantasy before you make a serious mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/this-aint-leaves-of-grass-debunking-your-off-the-grid-idealism/cabin/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-776\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-776\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cabin-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"cabin\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The scene of my tortured childhood\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003cem>The short version is that I rolled out of the womb blithely rollerskating in the San Jose suburbs, until my mom remarried a man who lived like a rugged Tom Selleck-buddha on the top of a mountain. Our house in the Santa Cruz mountains burned down, and we bought 800 acres in the middle of nowhere in the Sierra foothills, where I suddenly became an L.A. Gear child in an off-the-grid nightmare. When I was older, I moved into ‘town’ in Nevada City, CA and I spent my late teens living in various houses in the woods with roommates which were not exactly off any grid anymore, but remote just the same, (out of a lack of real estate more than for more rugged experience). \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Here are some reasons not to move to the middle of nowhere. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>There’s nowhere to pee.\u003c/strong> Whether you’re visiting a new construction site or a god-awful yurt, there are no bathrooms. As a girl, you’ll find this a problem when you go out into the woods and accidentally piss all over the back of your pants. The cute guy you are with will lay out newspapers on the front seat before you can get in his car so you don’t ruin his upholstery.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>You will get tired of each other like in \u003cem>The Shining\u003c/em>.\u003c/strong> No matter who you move into the wild with, this will happen to you. 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If you can’t use a chainsaw, you’ll find yourself chopping up your roommate’s dresser in the garage with an ax and lying to him when he looks for it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Crazy people are your neighbors.\u003c/strong> You know who else wants to move away from the rest of civilization? Tweakers, cult members, pedophiles and escaped convicts. That’s who goes bump in the night, not wolves.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Mountain lions and bears are also your neighbors.\u003c/strong> My mom used to leave really early to go to work and I would have to walk by myself a mile down the road in the dark with mud boots and a flashlight to catch the 6 a.m. school bus. 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"content": "\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/downton-abbey-l-r-edith-laura-carmichael-mary-michelle-dockery-sybil-jessica-brown-findlay-crawley-da-0583_resize-720x480/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1418\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1418 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"Crawley Girls\" width=\"515\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">The season finale of Downton Abbey is upon us (say it ain't so)! Once you get used to gasping at Ms. O'Brien's latest trickery, groaning at any scene involving boring ol' Bates, or aww-ing over anything Daisy does or says, it's time to say goodbye again. But let's put wallowing on hold for now and instead take a musical journey through the evolution of the Crawley girls! (Note: Cora not included due to her being a bore). Oh, and, if you aren't caught up with the show, I wouldn't read this 'cause there are \u003cstrong>HELLA SPOILERS\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>MARY CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/poor-lavinia/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1415\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1415 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/poor-lavinia.jpg\" alt=\"poor-lavinia\" width=\"500\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Shania Twain: \"That Don't Impress Me Much\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFLXayD6e8&w=530&h=319]\u003cbr>\nThe first season of \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> introduces us to Mary, the beautiful eldest daughter of the Crawley clan who is to inherit everything! Um, as long as she marries her cousin. Being a team player, she agrees to the arrangement, but then the Titanic sinks and, with it, the hopes of a comfortable life in the family home forever and ever. Everyone gets depressed and we all know the best remedy for depression is match-making! Since OkCupid was still in development in the early 1900s, her family assembled a list of men for her to try out. Mary was not amused. Shania can fill you in on the rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Robyn: \"Call Your Girlfriend\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/F6ImxY6hnfA&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Season 2, Mary is in love with a different, non-dead cousin, who happens to be the new heir (convenient!). Problem is he has a new gal pal. Lavinia is everything Mary isn't: normal, level-headed, a ginger. Being the alpha female brat that she is, Mary spends the entire season pouting and pretending not to want to rip Lavinia's throat out. Despite everything going on around her at the time (World War I! Paralysis! Getting engaged to a Disney villain!), Mary stays on message: dump your lame girlfriend already. Take it away, Robyn!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Ronette's: \"Chapel of Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/mblRIle4Zjo&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a consequence of hogging the spotlight in previous seasons, Mary doesn't have much going on this year, other than getting married at long last! Huzzah for love and putting a ring on it and being a nicer, more compassionate person! Oh, wait:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>At the death bed of their sister\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Edith:\u003c/strong> Oh, Mary. Do you think we might get along a little better in the future?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Mary:\u003c/strong> Doubt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>EDITH CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/tumblr_mi5ab4fmfc1qbfh9co1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1416\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1416 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500.png\" alt=\"Edith\" width=\"436\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500.png 436w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500-400x237.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lykke Li: \"Sadness is a Blessing\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/Xu-b3u5jDiU&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meet Edith Crawley, the patron saint of oppressed misunderstood Jan Bradys everywhere. Her parents pity her, her sisters think she's annoying, and boys don't think about her at all. So what anthem sums up poor Edith? Most songs by the Smiths or the Cure would do, but it's a couplet from Lykke Li's \"Sadness is a Blessing\" that really gets to the root of our favorite spinster-in-training: \"Sadness is my boyfriend. Oh, sadness, I'm your girl.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Bonnie Raitt: \"I Can't Make You Love Me\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/nW9Cu6GYqxo&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>World War I livens up poor Edith's sad existence. Downton Abbey becomes a convalescent home for wounded soldiers and she likes to hang out with them (their injuries hinder them from finding someone more interesting to talk to and Edith likes this). She also likes a disfigured burn victim who claims to be the dead Titanic cousin! She reads to him and he throws temper tantrums and breaks stuff for attention, which leads to hints of romance. But, like everything in Edith's life, things don't work out and he runs away. Bonnie Raitt's \"I Can't Make You Love Me\" captures the sadness that comes with never getting what you want and being dissed by someone who doesn't even have a face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Carpenters: \"Goodbye to Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/5LVfpGe3p4E&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a few strike-outs, Edith finally finds happiness in an older disabled veteran and starts saying stuff like: \"Something happening in this house is actually about me!\" It doesn't take long for that Gypsy curse to stick it to poor Edith once again; this time, her fiance breaks up with her AT THE ALTAR! If this was Mary, she would have cut all her hair off and then thrown herself on some train tracks, but not Edith. This girl knows what defeat feels like and it feels like home. Who better to explain that feeling than the saddest singer ever, Karen Carpenter? Edith could have written \"Goodbye to Love\" herself, a song about giving up on love and moving onto more productive pursuits. \"So I've made my mind up, I must live my life alone and, though it's not the easy way, I guess I've always known.\" Who needs men, when you can start writing a feminist newspaper column?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>SYBIL CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/sybil/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1437\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1437 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil.jpg\" alt=\"sybil\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil-400x282.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Joan Jett: \"Bad Reputation\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/YB-xCM2WZ-o&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of feminism, Sybil is the resident troublemaker of the bunch. She wants to vote. She wants to learn how to cook. She treats the servants like human beings. And the coup de grace, she loves a good pair of harem pants and isn't afraid to show it. Her family is outraged by her whole women-can-do-things-too attitude and they warn her about what people might think or say about her. Sybil's response can be best expressed through the vocal stylings of Miss Joan Jett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Madonna: \"Papa Don't Preach\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/RkxqxWgEEz4&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Season 2, Sybil is a nurse, changing lives for the better while wearing a super stylish head wrap. In her free time, she almost kisses the Irish chauffeur a bunch, like that \"Kiss the Girl\" rowboat scene from \u003cem>The Little Mermaid\u003c/em> on repeat. They eventually get around to tongue wrestling, which leads to taking off into the night, family feuds, wedding bells and getting knocked up. Throughout this whole process, her father huffs and puffs, threatens to disown her, and is generally a snob and a half. Good-natured Sybil pleads for some understanding and acceptance without much luck. Madonna feels her pain generations later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Elton John: \"Candle in the Wind\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/DhQJUpThbZ4&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, god. No. It can't be! Some rare disease called eclampsia killed the most sympathetic and fashionable Crawley! Pregnancy is the worst. So is the doctor who advised not to treat her symptoms. I would write more, but I'm too busy \u003ca href=\"http://thecommonstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dawson-crying1.gif\">ugly crying\u003c/a> and beating my chest so I'll let Elton speak for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>VIOLET CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/diva/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1417\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1417 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva.jpg\" alt=\"diva\" width=\"500\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva-400x357.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dowager Countess is the Sun and everyone else is Pluto (i.e. they don't even count). Armed with the finest lopsided hats and the most barbed tongue in the land, she runs everything and she's not afraid to let you know. Also, she's not available to hang out with you this weekend cause she doesn't even know what that is. Unlike the other Downton characters, Violet doesn't change from season to season. Birth, death, war, social upheaval, and prostitutes working as maids all have come to pass over three years of Downton, yet nothing can shake the diva off this brick house of a sister who is doin' it for herself. Let's all be more like Violet starting right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Beyonce: \"Diva\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/rNM5HW13_O8&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Commodores: \"Brick House\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/-5EmnQp3V48&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin: \"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/drGx7JkFSp4&w=530\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:excusemybeauty:playlist:0Henj6OFSOKHRB8GnhtEDb\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/downton-abbey-l-r-edith-laura-carmichael-mary-michelle-dockery-sybil-jessica-brown-findlay-crawley-da-0583_resize-720x480/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1418\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1418 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"Crawley Girls\" width=\"515\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Downton-Abbey-L-R-Edith-Laura-Carmichael-Mary-Michelle-Dockery-Sybil-Jessica-Brown-Findlay-Crawley-DA.0583_resize-720x480-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">The season finale of Downton Abbey is upon us (say it ain't so)! Once you get used to gasping at Ms. O'Brien's latest trickery, groaning at any scene involving boring ol' Bates, or aww-ing over anything Daisy does or says, it's time to say goodbye again. But let's put wallowing on hold for now and instead take a musical journey through the evolution of the Crawley girls! (Note: Cora not included due to her being a bore). Oh, and, if you aren't caught up with the show, I wouldn't read this 'cause there are \u003cstrong>HELLA SPOILERS\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>MARY CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/poor-lavinia/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1415\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1415 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/poor-lavinia.jpg\" alt=\"poor-lavinia\" width=\"500\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Shania Twain: \"That Don't Impress Me Much\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mqFLXayD6e8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mqFLXayD6e8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nThe first season of \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> introduces us to Mary, the beautiful eldest daughter of the Crawley clan who is to inherit everything! Um, as long as she marries her cousin. Being a team player, she agrees to the arrangement, but then the Titanic sinks and, with it, the hopes of a comfortable life in the family home forever and ever. Everyone gets depressed and we all know the best remedy for depression is match-making! Since OkCupid was still in development in the early 1900s, her family assembled a list of men for her to try out. Mary was not amused. Shania can fill you in on the rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Robyn: \"Call Your Girlfriend\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/F6ImxY6hnfA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/F6ImxY6hnfA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>By Season 2, Mary is in love with a different, non-dead cousin, who happens to be the new heir (convenient!). Problem is he has a new gal pal. Lavinia is everything Mary isn't: normal, level-headed, a ginger. 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Take it away, Robyn!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Ronette's: \"Chapel of Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mblRIle4Zjo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mblRIle4Zjo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>As a consequence of hogging the spotlight in previous seasons, Mary doesn't have much going on this year, other than getting married at long last! Huzzah for love and putting a ring on it and being a nicer, more compassionate person! 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Do you think we might get along a little better in the future?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Mary:\u003c/strong> Doubt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>EDITH CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/tumblr_mi5ab4fmfc1qbfh9co1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1416\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1416 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500.png\" alt=\"Edith\" width=\"436\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500.png 436w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/tumblr_mi5ab4FMFC1qbfh9co1_500-400x237.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lykke Li: \"Sadness is a Blessing\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Xu-b3u5jDiU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Xu-b3u5jDiU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Meet Edith Crawley, the patron saint of oppressed misunderstood Jan Bradys everywhere. 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Oh, sadness, I'm your girl.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Bonnie Raitt: \"I Can't Make You Love Me\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/nW9Cu6GYqxo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nW9Cu6GYqxo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>World War I livens up poor Edith's sad existence. Downton Abbey becomes a convalescent home for wounded soldiers and she likes to hang out with them (their injuries hinder them from finding someone more interesting to talk to and Edith likes this). She also likes a disfigured burn victim who claims to be the dead Titanic cousin! She reads to him and he throws temper tantrums and breaks stuff for attention, which leads to hints of romance. But, like everything in Edith's life, things don't work out and he runs away. Bonnie Raitt's \"I Can't Make You Love Me\" captures the sadness that comes with never getting what you want and being dissed by someone who doesn't even have a face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Carpenters: \"Goodbye to Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/5LVfpGe3p4E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/5LVfpGe3p4E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>After a few strike-outs, Edith finally finds happiness in an older disabled veteran and starts saying stuff like: \"Something happening in this house is actually about me!\" It doesn't take long for that Gypsy curse to stick it to poor Edith once again; this time, her fiance breaks up with her AT THE ALTAR! If this was Mary, she would have cut all her hair off and then thrown herself on some train tracks, but not Edith. This girl knows what defeat feels like and it feels like home. Who better to explain that feeling than the saddest singer ever, Karen Carpenter? Edith could have written \"Goodbye to Love\" herself, a song about giving up on love and moving onto more productive pursuits. \"So I've made my mind up, I must live my life alone and, though it's not the easy way, I guess I've always known.\" Who needs men, when you can start writing a feminist newspaper column?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>SYBIL CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/sybil/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1437\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1437 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil.jpg\" alt=\"sybil\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sybil-400x282.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Joan Jett: \"Bad Reputation\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/YB-xCM2WZ-o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/YB-xCM2WZ-o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Speaking of feminism, Sybil is the resident troublemaker of the bunch. She wants to vote. She wants to learn how to cook. She treats the servants like human beings. And the coup de grace, she loves a good pair of harem pants and isn't afraid to show it. Her family is outraged by her whole women-can-do-things-too attitude and they warn her about what people might think or say about her. 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They eventually get around to tongue wrestling, which leads to taking off into the night, family feuds, wedding bells and getting knocked up. Throughout this whole process, her father huffs and puffs, threatens to disown her, and is generally a snob and a half. Good-natured Sybil pleads for some understanding and acceptance without much luck. Madonna feels her pain generations later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Elton John: \"Candle in the Wind\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DhQJUpThbZ4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DhQJUpThbZ4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Oh, god. No. It can't be! Some rare disease called eclampsia killed the most sympathetic and fashionable Crawley! Pregnancy is the worst. So is the doctor who advised not to treat her symptoms. I would write more, but I'm too busy \u003ca href=\"http://thecommonstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dawson-crying1.gif\">ugly crying\u003c/a> and beating my chest so I'll let Elton speak for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>VIOLET CRAWLEY\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/15/crawley-girls-a-downton-abbey-mixtape/diva/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1417\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1417 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva.jpg\" alt=\"diva\" width=\"500\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/diva-400x357.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dowager Countess is the Sun and everyone else is Pluto (i.e. they don't even count). Armed with the finest lopsided hats and the most barbed tongue in the land, she runs everything and she's not afraid to let you know. Also, she's not available to hang out with you this weekend cause she doesn't even know what that is. Unlike the other Downton characters, Violet doesn't change from season to season. Birth, death, war, social upheaval, and prostitutes working as maids all have come to pass over three years of Downton, yet nothing can shake the diva off this brick house of a sister who is doin' it for herself. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tension can be so many things: a striving, an unrest, a balance, an uncertainty, an opposition, a hostility, a sense of suspense or intrigue. It manifests itself in physics, music, geology, and electrical voltage. And, most importantly, in \u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/margot.jpg\">romance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1346\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1346 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/vronsky.gif\" alt=\"Oh, Vronsky\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh, Vronsky...\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tension can be sustained, broken, and reinvented every which way. It can exist between friends, lovers, enemies, exes and established couples. The interpretations, incarnations and outcomes of sexual tension are infinite, but no matter what else, tension heightens in certain key moments and those riveting spaces have been captured with breathtaking skill by literature, film, television and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spirit of this weird and singular day about love that often translates into the cutesy, depressing or reactionary, let’s instead revel in a small sampling of romantic and sexual tension; a sensation as unquantifiable as it is evocative, and one I’m sure we can all appreciate in both its fictional and real-life forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Disclaimer: these are simply SOME examples, and sadly not even remotely close to a full survey, \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">1. Maybe you're in love with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgtAhGOLC-Y\">your best friend’s widow\u003c/a> (and there's just a bit of ambiguity over whether or not you had anything to do with him dying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 570px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.magpictures.com/presskit.aspx?id=d79c0aa4-2c14-48c0-9555-eea2bd03c5c0\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-930\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-930 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1.jpg\" alt=\"Night Catches Us\" width=\"570\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1.jpg 570w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1-400x301.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night Catches Us\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">2. Maybe you are a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie\">selkie\u003c/a> who falls in love with a hot fisherman (this sucks cause you have to choose between Colin Farrell and the sea).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.setcelebs.com/ondine.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-970\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-970 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ondine-03-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"Ondine\" width=\"655\" height=\"346\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ondine\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">3. Maybe you're an emotionally stunted, violent hipster who just got out of prison and you kidnap a sweet-faced tap dancer. You have to decide if you're going to bring her hot chocolate and snuggle with her, or kill the football player who lost the game you bet on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003ca href=\"http://peoplewhocurtsey.blogspot.com/2010/03/buffalo-66.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-951\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-951 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo '66\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buffalo '66\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">4. Maybe you have a huge crush on the dyslexic hottie who will only secretly make-out with you in the boiler room but then he holds your hand in the hall (cue: Buffalo Tom).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAAQeNnC-E&w=500\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">5. Maybe you've always loved your newly paralyzed best friend’s girlfriend and you're finally kissing her by the side of the road, as demonstrated by my favorite football player, \u003ca href=\"http://drinkingwithtimriggins.tumblr.com/\">Tim Riggins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld80xXoigLk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>6. Maybe you're an ex-pat aspiring journalist who comes to realize your \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJFFy3soy9Y\">hot new paramour\u003c/a> is a wanted man and kind of a jerk. Should you betray him or fund an escape plan? \u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 599px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/2012/06/cutting-edge-magic-of-movie-editing.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1246\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1246 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless.jpg\" alt=\"Breathless\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless.jpg 666w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breathless\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>7. Maybe you \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077405/\">enter into a sham marriage\u003c/a> while pretending to be brother and sister with your boyfriend but then sort of fall in love with your pretend husband. Spoiler alert: if you try to do this there will be locust swarms and crop fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 504px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.feelguide.com/2011/05/29/the-backstory-of-the-principle-photography-for-terrence-malicks-1978-epic-days-of-heaven/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-949\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-949 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/days-of-heaven-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Heaven\" width=\"504\" height=\"284\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Days of Heaven\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>8. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYQTgV1lr4\">Maybe you're a U.S. Marshal\u003c/a> chasing after a hot bank robber and your predicaments include getting stuck in a car trunk with him and meeting him for a cocktail when you should be arresting him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 397px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.thefancarpet.com/ActorGalleryPicture.aspx?mga_id=21659&a_id=1705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1240\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1240 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/out-of-sight.jpg\" alt=\"Out of Sight\" width=\"397\" height=\"615\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Out of Sight\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>9. Maybe you're any character in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/\">Wong Kar Wai\u003c/a> movie, stuck inside his dreamy cinematography, leaning your head sadly on someone's shoulder, smoking cigarettes in the dark, and probably shooting people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>**My favorite is \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAagldnjT0o\">Fallen Angels\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFjSHQFVkA\">In The Mood For Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH-0GKvIrM\">Chungking Express\u003c/a>\u003c/em> (with lines such as, \"At the high point of our intimacy, we were just 0.01 cm from each other...\"), and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Dh6Jdc18c\">Happy Together\u003c/a>\u003c/em> all nail the slow smolder and violence of people who can’t or shouldn’t be together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>**Keep your eyes out for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-wong-kar-wai-grandmaster-opens-berlin-fest-bought-by-weinstein-20130207,0,5123372.story\">new one\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_953\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sensesofcinema.com/2010/cteq/in-the-mood-for-love/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-953\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-953 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love.jpg\" alt=\"In The Mood For Love\" width=\"630\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In The Mood For Love\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-ranked-films-of-wong-kar-wai.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-954\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-954 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/FallenAngels0-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fallen Angels\" width=\"655\" height=\"369\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fallen Angels\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-955\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-955 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Together\" width=\"655\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1-400x215.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1-800x431.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Together\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>10. Maybe you're Bonnie and Clyde (or channeling them through song). Serge Gainsbourg and Brigette Bardot utilize some of \u003ca href=\"http://allpoetry.com/poem/8564129-The_Trails_End-by-Bonnie_Parker\">Bonnie’s poetry\u003c/a> (Serge has a habit of singing \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbA\">hot duets\u003c/a> with his various ladies) while Beyonce and Jay Z getting into a phone booth together. I love when he asks, \"Ready, B?\" Whew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINbG3eJtu8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>11. Maybe you're a group of teenage boys spying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6cvgIGfH4\">the dreamy sisters\u003c/a> across the street who appear to be killing themselves one by one and you speak in the first person plural all the time, saying things such as, \"...we pretended we hadn't been looking for them at all, that we didn't know they existed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 340px\">\u003ca href=\"http://hernoseinabook.blogspot.com/2012/02/review-virgin-suicides.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1360\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1360 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/virgin_suicides.jpg\" alt=\"The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides \" width=\"340\" height=\"509\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>12. Maybe you interrupt Christian Slater’s pirate radio broadcast to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwkOJvRjSKk&list=PL1E24235DEAFDF4C9\">take your shirt off in the yard\u003c/a> and taunt him with the sophistication and restraint of someone far beyond high school age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 615px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.thefancarpet.com/ActorGalleryPicture.aspx?mga_id=51173&a_id=2473\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-960\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-960 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium.png\" alt=\"Pump Up the Volume\" width=\"615\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium.png 615w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium-400x264.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pump Up the Volume\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>13. Maybe you just graduated from college and you have this grumpy but hot guy friend who gives you \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgB4n-1-_BY\">pep talks\u003c/a> about life that end in making out, is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdsaucLvRb4\">passive-aggressively unhappy when you go on dates with other boys\u003c/a>, and comes back to you with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLLYpUnuwQ\">planet of regret\u003c/a> after acting like a douche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemovies.fr/film/generation-90_e64114/photos/1/m273296\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1035\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1035 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona.jpg\" alt=\"Reality Bites\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reality Bites\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>14. Maybe you threaten to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/\">haunt each other\u003c/a> from beyond the grave, run around on the moors, die from being cold and pissed off, exact brutal revenge on everyone who isn’t each other, and say things such as, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvsdsj7GBno\">\"I could no more forget you than myself.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"http://dailytrojan.com/2012/10/16/latest-heights-tries-reaching-for-new-spin/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-964\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-964 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web.jpg\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights\" width=\"576\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web-400x373.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web-800x746.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wuthering Heights\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>15. Maybe you're \u003ca href=\"http://feministryangosling.tumblr.com/\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> and you really know how to drive a getaway car, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNt_oJnZpA\">kiss in the elevator\u003c/a>, and perform a variety of dreamy, sun-speckled, slow-motion activities while that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8\">Real Hero song\u003c/a> is playing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 574px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.impassionedcinema.com/Movie_Reviews-detail/drive-review/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-961\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-961 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drive_movie_10-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Drive\" width=\"574\" height=\"380\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drive\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>16. Maybe you're two musical icons who get together to sing \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpsc67Zm-I\">'Interlude'\u003c/a>, one of the best, most sweeping duets of all time, or you're \u003ca href=\"http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-kills-blood-pressures\">the sexiest non-couple on earth\u003c/a>, or you're \u003ca href=\"http://seattlest.com/2011/06/09/married_music_wildbirds_and_peacedr.php\">the cutest and most fashionable husband-wife duo\u003c/a>, whose weird song 'My Heart' has you singing, \"I'm lost without your rhythm,\" as your hottie husband plays the drums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvsR_vVJXSM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>17. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tension can be so many things: a striving, an unrest, a balance, an uncertainty, an opposition, a hostility, a sense of suspense or intrigue. It manifests itself in physics, music, geology, and electrical voltage. And, most importantly, in \u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/margot.jpg\">romance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1346\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1346 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/vronsky.gif\" alt=\"Oh, Vronsky\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh, Vronsky...\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tension can be sustained, broken, and reinvented every which way. It can exist between friends, lovers, enemies, exes and established couples. The interpretations, incarnations and outcomes of sexual tension are infinite, but no matter what else, tension heightens in certain key moments and those riveting spaces have been captured with breathtaking skill by literature, film, television and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spirit of this weird and singular day about love that often translates into the cutesy, depressing or reactionary, let’s instead revel in a small sampling of romantic and sexual tension; a sensation as unquantifiable as it is evocative, and one I’m sure we can all appreciate in both its fictional and real-life forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Disclaimer: these are simply SOME examples, and sadly not even remotely close to a full survey, \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">1. Maybe you're in love with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgtAhGOLC-Y\">your best friend’s widow\u003c/a> (and there's just a bit of ambiguity over whether or not you had anything to do with him dying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 570px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.magpictures.com/presskit.aspx?id=d79c0aa4-2c14-48c0-9555-eea2bd03c5c0\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-930\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-930 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1.jpg\" alt=\"Night Catches Us\" width=\"570\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1.jpg 570w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/NightCatchesUs1-400x301.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night Catches Us\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">2. Maybe you are a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie\">selkie\u003c/a> who falls in love with a hot fisherman (this sucks cause you have to choose between Colin Farrell and the sea).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.setcelebs.com/ondine.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-970\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-970 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ondine-03-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"Ondine\" width=\"655\" height=\"346\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ondine\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">3. Maybe you're an emotionally stunted, violent hipster who just got out of prison and you kidnap a sweet-faced tap dancer. You have to decide if you're going to bring her hot chocolate and snuggle with her, or kill the football player who lost the game you bet on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003ca href=\"http://peoplewhocurtsey.blogspot.com/2010/03/buffalo-66.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-951\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-951 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo '66\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/buffalo66-08-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buffalo '66\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">4. Maybe you have a huge crush on the dyslexic hottie who will only secretly make-out with you in the boiler room but then he holds your hand in the hall (cue: Buffalo Tom).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Should you betray him or fund an escape plan? \u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 599px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/2012/06/cutting-edge-magic-of-movie-editing.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1246\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1246 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless.jpg\" alt=\"Breathless\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless.jpg 666w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Breathless-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breathless\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>7. Maybe you \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077405/\">enter into a sham marriage\u003c/a> while pretending to be brother and sister with your boyfriend but then sort of fall in love with your pretend husband. Spoiler alert: if you try to do this there will be locust swarms and crop fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 504px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.feelguide.com/2011/05/29/the-backstory-of-the-principle-photography-for-terrence-malicks-1978-epic-days-of-heaven/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-949\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-949 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/days-of-heaven-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Heaven\" width=\"504\" height=\"284\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Days of Heaven\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>8. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYQTgV1lr4\">Maybe you're a U.S. Marshal\u003c/a> chasing after a hot bank robber and your predicaments include getting stuck in a car trunk with him and meeting him for a cocktail when you should be arresting him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 397px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.thefancarpet.com/ActorGalleryPicture.aspx?mga_id=21659&a_id=1705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1240\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1240 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/out-of-sight.jpg\" alt=\"Out of Sight\" width=\"397\" height=\"615\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Out of Sight\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>9. Maybe you're any character in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/\">Wong Kar Wai\u003c/a> movie, stuck inside his dreamy cinematography, leaning your head sadly on someone's shoulder, smoking cigarettes in the dark, and probably shooting people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>**My favorite is \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAagldnjT0o\">Fallen Angels\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFjSHQFVkA\">In The Mood For Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH-0GKvIrM\">Chungking Express\u003c/a>\u003c/em> (with lines such as, \"At the high point of our intimacy, we were just 0.01 cm from each other...\"), and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Dh6Jdc18c\">Happy Together\u003c/a>\u003c/em> all nail the slow smolder and violence of people who can’t or shouldn’t be together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>**Keep your eyes out for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-wong-kar-wai-grandmaster-opens-berlin-fest-bought-by-weinstein-20130207,0,5123372.story\">new one\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_953\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sensesofcinema.com/2010/cteq/in-the-mood-for-love/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-953\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-953 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love.jpg\" alt=\"In The Mood For Love\" width=\"630\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/In-the-Mood-for-Love-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In The Mood For Love\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-ranked-films-of-wong-kar-wai.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-954\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-954 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/FallenAngels0-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fallen Angels\" width=\"655\" height=\"369\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fallen Angels\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 655px\">\u003ca href=\"http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-955\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-955 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Together\" width=\"655\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1-400x215.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/happytogether1-800x431.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Together\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>10. Maybe you're Bonnie and Clyde (or channeling them through song). Serge Gainsbourg and Brigette Bardot utilize some of \u003ca href=\"http://allpoetry.com/poem/8564129-The_Trails_End-by-Bonnie_Parker\">Bonnie’s poetry\u003c/a> (Serge has a habit of singing \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbA\">hot duets\u003c/a> with his various ladies) while Beyonce and Jay Z getting into a phone booth together. I love when he asks, \"Ready, B?\" Whew.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/LINbG3eJtu8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/LINbG3eJtu8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>11. Maybe you're a group of teenage boys spying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6cvgIGfH4\">the dreamy sisters\u003c/a> across the street who appear to be killing themselves one by one and you speak in the first person plural all the time, saying things such as, \"...we pretended we hadn't been looking for them at all, that we didn't know they existed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 340px\">\u003ca href=\"http://hernoseinabook.blogspot.com/2012/02/review-virgin-suicides.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1360\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1360 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/virgin_suicides.jpg\" alt=\"The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides \" width=\"340\" height=\"509\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>12. Maybe you interrupt Christian Slater’s pirate radio broadcast to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwkOJvRjSKk&list=PL1E24235DEAFDF4C9\">take your shirt off in the yard\u003c/a> and taunt him with the sophistication and restraint of someone far beyond high school age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 615px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.thefancarpet.com/ActorGalleryPicture.aspx?mga_id=51173&a_id=2473\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-960\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-960 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium.png\" alt=\"Pump Up the Volume\" width=\"615\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium.png 615w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Pump_Up_the_Volume_301_Medium-400x264.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pump Up the Volume\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>13. Maybe you just graduated from college and you have this grumpy but hot guy friend who gives you \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgB4n-1-_BY\">pep talks\u003c/a> about life that end in making out, is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdsaucLvRb4\">passive-aggressively unhappy when you go on dates with other boys\u003c/a>, and comes back to you with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLLYpUnuwQ\">planet of regret\u003c/a> after acting like a douche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemovies.fr/film/generation-90_e64114/photos/1/m273296\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1035\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1035 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona.jpg\" alt=\"Reality Bites\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/ethan-winona-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reality Bites\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>14. Maybe you threaten to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/\">haunt each other\u003c/a> from beyond the grave, run around on the moors, die from being cold and pissed off, exact brutal revenge on everyone who isn’t each other, and say things such as, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvsdsj7GBno\">\"I could no more forget you than myself.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"http://dailytrojan.com/2012/10/16/latest-heights-tries-reaching-for-new-spin/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-964\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-964 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web.jpg\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights\" width=\"576\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web-400x373.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/WH_Still1_web-800x746.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wuthering Heights\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>15. Maybe you're \u003ca href=\"http://feministryangosling.tumblr.com/\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> and you really know how to drive a getaway car, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNt_oJnZpA\">kiss in the elevator\u003c/a>, and perform a variety of dreamy, sun-speckled, slow-motion activities while that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8\">Real Hero song\u003c/a> is playing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 574px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.impassionedcinema.com/Movie_Reviews-detail/drive-review/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-961\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-961 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drive_movie_10-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Drive\" width=\"574\" height=\"380\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drive\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>16. Maybe you're two musical icons who get together to sing \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpsc67Zm-I\">'Interlude'\u003c/a>, one of the best, most sweeping duets of all time, or you're \u003ca href=\"http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-kills-blood-pressures\">the sexiest non-couple on earth\u003c/a>, or you're \u003ca href=\"http://seattlest.com/2011/06/09/married_music_wildbirds_and_peacedr.php\">the cutest and most fashionable husband-wife duo\u003c/a>, whose weird song 'My Heart' has you singing, \"I'm lost without your rhythm,\" as your hottie husband plays the drums.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/MvsR_vVJXSM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MvsR_vVJXSM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>17. Maybe you spend a week analyzing and researching sexual tension in pop culture and you think it would be fun to make a Spotify playlist called The Fisherman + The Selkie comprised solely of duets and/or bands whose members are or once were couples and listen to it over and over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/1213029062/playlist/2ws65NWJd9uiR2iv6I2yWc\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "The State of Gay TV Plus Bonus Celebrigay Couples Valentine's Fantasy League",
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"content": "\u003cp>TV is really gay. I mean, as a '90s queer, who grew up with zero major gay characters on television, it feels like TV has gotten SUPER gay. Remember when \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-03/entertainment/ca-29649_1_abc-stations\">Rosanne kissed Mariel Hemingway on TV\u003c/a> and everyone freaked out? Those days are gone!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1148\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 163px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/cyrus_hubby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1148\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1148 \" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg\" alt=\"cyrus_hubby\" width=\"163\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg 822w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scandal's Cyrus Beene and James Novak are gay together.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Being gay is now so not-a-big-deal that \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/\">Chicago Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, the most recent prime-time formula show from Dick Wolf (\u003cem>Law & Order\u003c/em>) has a lesbian main character! On \u003ca href=\"http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/scandal\">Scandal\u003c/a>, the White House Chief of Staff is a gay guy, and his husband is White House correspondent for a major newspaper. On \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fox.com/glee/\">Glee\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, basically everyone is gay. There are so many gay characters on TV that I don’t have the space to list them all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">a study\u003c/a> by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), about 4.4% of characters on TV are queers. Guess what? That number correlates well with the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States\">percentage of people who self-identifiy as LGBT \u003c/a>in the states with highest LGBT population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/sfgayness/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1160\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-1160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sfgayness.jpg\" alt=\"sfgayness\" width=\"282\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and if you’re reading this it’s likely you do, you’re probably thinking 4.4%? NO WAY. At least 67% of people are gay! 98% if you count people who are gay for \u003ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/gay-for-beyonce\">Beyoncé\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_for_Johnny_Depp\">Johnny Depp\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States\">Wikipedia\u003c/a>, San Francisco is actually 15% LGBT. Which means that when WE watch TV, we are seeing demographics that underrepresent our LGBT population by over 66%! Luckily, we have all kinds of live events and shows and things where we can go see gay stuff happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here’s the thing: LGBT characters on TV in numbers that sorta-maybe reflect LGBT presence in the overall population, do not mean that TV is Getting It Right. For example, most recurring LGBT characters on current shows are part of an ensemble. Few of them are title or solo-lead characters. Also, exactly zero of them are masculine lesbians or out transgender people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Insider's tip: Shane from the \u003cem>L-Word\u003c/em> does not count as a masculine lesbian. Plus that show is not on anymore. Although incidentally Showtime is the gayest network on cable TV according to the GLAAD study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT people of color are also underrepresented. I base this assertion on the highly complicated criteria that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Racism exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">GLAAD Study\u003c/a> says so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big problem with any discussion about representation is that no matter what story television is telling about LGBT lives, it will reflect the truth for some people and ring false for others. For example, on\u003cem> Chicago Fire\u003c/em>, two traditionally feminine, thin, lesbian girlfriends with perpetually perfect makeup share a giant loft apartment with a hyper-masculine scruffy-chinned fire fighter. The lesbians are totally comfortable walking around the apartment with no pants on while the fire fighter gives them both affectionate kisses on the top of the head when arriving home from his shift. Probably that representation is totally affirming for some people. I’ve got nothing against skinny no-pants lesbians who welcome intimate physical affection from their straight male roommates, I swear!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 516px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/app2/img/270x270xC/scet/metaverse/1/0/0/3/6/4/TaylorKinney.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1147\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1147 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/no-pants-lesbian-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"no-pants lesbian\" width=\"516\" height=\"289\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lesbian Leslie Shay returns to her bedroom after pants-less conversation with roommate on Chicago Fire.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It would just be rad if all the less-girly and not-girly-at-all pants-on lesbians could see affirming representations on TV too. And all the transgender people. And all the people who aren’t the people who are on TV already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, when I’m watching TV, I play a game where I imagine that two straight characters or celebrities are gay together. It helps make the road-to-equitable-representation seem shorter and definitely more fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it’s Valentine’s week, I’m going to let you in on my Celebrigay Couple Fantasy League! Here goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Couple #1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Saracen and Tim Riggins from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/friday-night-lights/\">Friday Night Lights\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These two would be so perfect together! Saracen is artsy and Tim is outdoorsy and they both love football. Saracen will reign Tim in with his calm approach when Tim’s temper gets the best of him and Tim will get Saracen out into nature when he gets too wrapped up in his head. They are both quiet and will appreciate long comfortable silences while watching the game or making dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/rigginsseracen_guns/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1132\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/rigginsseracen_guns.jpg\" alt=\"riggins:seracen_guns\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Couple #2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nina Garcia and Heidi Klum from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway\">Project Runway\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heidi is all sunshine, Nina is all clouds, but they will both judge your outfit with impunity. Despite their opposite dispositions, their judge-y-synergy is a force so powerful they must surrender to it. I imagine their mutual seduction involves hate-flirting by trading outfit-barbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/nina_heidi/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1144\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1144 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/nina_heidi.gif\" alt=\"nina_heidi\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Couple #3\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivia Pope from \u003cem>Scandal\u003c/em> and Kalinda Sharma* from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wife/\">The Good Wife\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m pretty sure in the parallel universe where all fictional characters are real this is totally happening. These two women are both unafraid of doing the wrong thing for the right outcome, have near-psychopathic compartmentalization skills, and know how to get other people to do their bidding. Together they would run the shadow government poised to take over the nation after the revolution comes. Sometimes instead of Olivia Pope I imagine Kalinda with Patty Hewes from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://news.directv.com/damages/\">Damages\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. But that would probably end in murder, which is way less awesome than RUNNING THE COUNTRY.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*Kalinda Sharma is not straight, she's bi-sexual, which breaks the game, but whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/olivia-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1146\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1146 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia copy\" width=\"424\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy.jpg 756w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy-400x289.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">KQED, are there TV characters you are certain harbor gay love for each other? Which ones? Talk about it!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Although incidentally Showtime is the gayest network on cable TV according to the GLAAD study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT people of color are also underrepresented. I base this assertion on the highly complicated criteria that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Racism exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">GLAAD Study\u003c/a> says so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big problem with any discussion about representation is that no matter what story television is telling about LGBT lives, it will reflect the truth for some people and ring false for others. For example, on\u003cem> Chicago Fire\u003c/em>, two traditionally feminine, thin, lesbian girlfriends with perpetually perfect makeup share a giant loft apartment with a hyper-masculine scruffy-chinned fire fighter. The lesbians are totally comfortable walking around the apartment with no pants on while the fire fighter gives them both affectionate kisses on the top of the head when arriving home from his shift. Probably that representation is totally affirming for some people. I’ve got nothing against skinny no-pants lesbians who welcome intimate physical affection from their straight male roommates, I swear!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 516px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/app2/img/270x270xC/scet/metaverse/1/0/0/3/6/4/TaylorKinney.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1147\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1147 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/no-pants-lesbian-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"no-pants lesbian\" width=\"516\" height=\"289\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lesbian Leslie Shay returns to her bedroom after pants-less conversation with roommate on Chicago Fire.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It would just be rad if all the less-girly and not-girly-at-all pants-on lesbians could see affirming representations on TV too. And all the transgender people. And all the people who aren’t the people who are on TV already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, when I’m watching TV, I play a game where I imagine that two straight characters or celebrities are gay together. It helps make the road-to-equitable-representation seem shorter and definitely more fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it’s Valentine’s week, I’m going to let you in on my Celebrigay Couple Fantasy League! Here goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Couple #1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Saracen and Tim Riggins from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/friday-night-lights/\">Friday Night Lights\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These two would be so perfect together! Saracen is artsy and Tim is outdoorsy and they both love football. Saracen will reign Tim in with his calm approach when Tim’s temper gets the best of him and Tim will get Saracen out into nature when he gets too wrapped up in his head. 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These two women are both unafraid of doing the wrong thing for the right outcome, have near-psychopathic compartmentalization skills, and know how to get other people to do their bidding. Together they would run the shadow government poised to take over the nation after the revolution comes. Sometimes instead of Olivia Pope I imagine Kalinda with Patty Hewes from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://news.directv.com/damages/\">Damages\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. But that would probably end in murder, which is way less awesome than RUNNING THE COUNTRY.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*Kalinda Sharma is not straight, she's bi-sexual, which breaks the game, but whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/olivia-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1146\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1146 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia copy\" width=\"424\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy.jpg 756w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Olivia-copy-400x289.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">KQED, are there TV characters you are certain harbor gay love for each other? Which ones? Talk about it!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Here is some advice as you travel down that road less taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hard copy is best.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSure it’s easy to type out. Tweets have limits like haikus so that sort of counts. And it’s true, if the poem was saved to your hard drive or, for the sake of poetry, \u003cem>to a cloud\u003c/em>, there’s a chance it will remain forever in the ether, which is a nice thought. But there’s something to say about the antiquated form of pen and ink that is romantic, in that super cute grade school note-passing sort of way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGV4hxhxW8o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vulnerability is mandatory.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nYou must put yourself out there or you might as well just buy those delicious chocolates, yum. Announcing your feelings, whether bitter or sweet is a cathartic experience. When the teacher asks if anyone is brave enough to read their poem aloud in class, you know Julia Stiles jumps at the chance, really razing whatever wall stands between her and the room. It’s like every time she says “hate” she means “love,” ya know? And it’s all to the dreamboat Heath, whose future \u003cem>Brokeback\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRPZJp1pYQ\">performance\u003c/a> is vulnerability at its best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6voJjexENok\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Songs are poems with a backup band.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are some \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFiopuzJMs\">great songwriters\u003c/a> out there that need to be tapped into for inspiration, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCDVfMz15M\">even in pop songs\u003c/a>. Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You” reads like a love letter. 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Your beloved will realize that no one else in the world would laugh at those specific words and that’s definitely worth a peck on the check or a nice firm hug at the very least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Say it without saying it at all.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn reference to a kiss and without even mentioning the word, Ann Sexton writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>My nerves are turned on. I hear them like\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>musical instruments. Where there was silence,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>the drums, the strings are incurably playing. You did this.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pure genius at work. Darling, the composer has stepped\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>into the fire. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What a steam machine!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmU3iANbgk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rhyming is totally okay. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are many haters on rhyme, be it internal or external or half rhyme or imperfect rhyme (\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_rhyme\">or mind rhyme\u003c/a>, which is a weird one), they’re all like: \u003cem>who do you think you are / you silly goose / you’re not the cat in the hat / and you’re def not Dr. Seuss\u003c/em>. I say please, please, please, rhyme away. Anything to get your thoughts on paper and into the hands of your beloved. Just avoid talking of oranges at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThat little guy ticking away inside your chest is the kindling to your poetic flame. Dig deep and don’t give up. From “This Is Where We Live,” Pablo Neruda writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I love all the things there are,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and of all fires\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>love is the only inexhaustible one;\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and that’s why I go from life to life,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>from guitar to guitar,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and I have no fear\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>of light or of shade\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and almost being Earth myself,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>I spoon away at infinity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md50b88x0Y1rwjzpqo1_500.gif\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blaze on, fellow bard, blaze on.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\"Do not write love-poems; avoid at first those forms that are too facile and commonplace: they are the most difficult, for it takes a great, fully matured power to give something of your own good where good and even excellent traditions come to mind in quantity.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainer Maria Rilke doles out this gem in letter one of his staggeringly famous work, \u003cem>Letters to a Young Poet\u003c/em>. Letter one and he’s already nixing the most admired of forms. Sure you can buy your beloved gourmet chocolates—they’re doing amazing things with tarragon cacao these days—or sun-kissed sustainable tulips, but they will eat the chocolate and the flowers, I’m sorry to say, will die. But a love poem, that’s the eternal ticket to the beating heart. So let’s make your beloved fall to their proverbial knees. Here is some advice as you travel down that road less taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hard copy is best.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSure it’s easy to type out. Tweets have limits like haikus so that sort of counts. And it’s true, if the poem was saved to your hard drive or, for the sake of poetry, \u003cem>to a cloud\u003c/em>, there’s a chance it will remain forever in the ether, which is a nice thought. But there’s something to say about the antiquated form of pen and ink that is romantic, in that super cute grade school note-passing sort of way.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gGV4hxhxW8o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gGV4hxhxW8o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vulnerability is mandatory.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nYou must put yourself out there or you might as well just buy those delicious chocolates, yum. Announcing your feelings, whether bitter or sweet is a cathartic experience. When the teacher asks if anyone is brave enough to read their poem aloud in class, you know Julia Stiles jumps at the chance, really razing whatever wall stands between her and the room. It’s like every time she says “hate” she means “love,” ya know? And it’s all to the dreamboat Heath, whose future \u003cem>Brokeback\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRPZJp1pYQ\">performance\u003c/a> is vulnerability at its best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/6voJjexENok'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6voJjexENok'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Songs are poems with a backup band.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are some \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFiopuzJMs\">great songwriters\u003c/a> out there that need to be tapped into for inspiration, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCDVfMz15M\">even in pop songs\u003c/a>. Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You” reads like a love letter. Granted this one is post-break up with Graham Nash but even so, certain lines bypass the b.s. and head straight for the prize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Love is touching souls\u003cbr>\nSurely you touched mine\u003cbr>\nCuz part of you pours out of me\u003cbr>\nIn these lines from time to time.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/In4P_thIGvQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/In4P_thIGvQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Humor, humor, humor! \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGet fun and funny with it. No need to be such a lemon licker all the time. If you’re having trouble channelling your funny bone, have a drink, perhaps that will loosen you up a bit. Inside jokes are key to this. Your beloved will realize that no one else in the world would laugh at those specific words and that’s definitely worth a peck on the check or a nice firm hug at the very least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Say it without saying it at all.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn reference to a kiss and without even mentioning the word, Ann Sexton writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>My nerves are turned on. I hear them like\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>musical instruments. Where there was silence,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>the drums, the strings are incurably playing. You did this.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pure genius at work. Darling, the composer has stepped\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>into the fire. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What a steam machine!\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/uVmU3iANbgk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/uVmU3iANbgk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rhyming is totally okay. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere are many haters on rhyme, be it internal or external or half rhyme or imperfect rhyme (\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_rhyme\">or mind rhyme\u003c/a>, which is a weird one), they’re all like: \u003cem>who do you think you are / you silly goose / you’re not the cat in the hat / and you’re def not Dr. Seuss\u003c/em>. I say please, please, please, rhyme away. Anything to get your thoughts on paper and into the hands of your beloved. Just avoid talking of oranges at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThat little guy ticking away inside your chest is the kindling to your poetic flame. Dig deep and don’t give up. From “This Is Where We Live,” Pablo Neruda writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I love all the things there are,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and of all fires\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>love is the only inexhaustible one;\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and that’s why I go from life to life,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>from guitar to guitar,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and I have no fear\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>of light or of shade\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>and almost being Earth myself,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>I spoon away at infinity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md50b88x0Y1rwjzpqo1_500.gif\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blaze on, fellow bard, blaze on.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The thing about \u003ca href=\"http://sfsketchfest.com/x/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Sketchfest\u003c/a> is that it lasts a long time. Unlike a music festival that happens in 3 days tops, Sketchfest, which ended Sunday night in San Francisco, has been going on for WEEKS. Which isn't a bad thing actually. It means you get to go through stages of Sketchfest. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/04/3-theories-i-am-developing-about-comedy-based-on-the-nerdist-podcast-sketchfest-2013/\" target=\"_blank\">Develop theories\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/01/27/sketchfest-2013-the-thrilling-adventure-hour/\" target=\"_blank\">Expand your understanding of the very genre of comedy itself.\u003c/a> See a lot of hilarious people you've only ever dreamed of seeing. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/01/tig-notaro-chris-hardwick-and-more-at-nightlife-sketchfest-2013/\" target=\"_blank\">In a science museum.\u003c/a> It also means that the whole festival builds up momentum and excitement slowly but, like an avalanche or tsunami or something, really awesomely (awesome like in the geological sense of the word). Anyway, I did Sketchfest hard this year, but the part I did hardest was this weekend. I went to four comedy shows in two days. Here in reverse order from Totally Amazing to Possibly Life-Alteringly Hilarious are the top four comedy shows I saw this weekend:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Party Down with \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 625px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-party-down-reunion/enhanced-buzz-5228-1360467450-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-998\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-998 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/enhanced-buzz-5228-1360467450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Party Down Reunion\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/enhanced-buzz-5228-1360467450-1.jpg 625w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/enhanced-buzz-5228-1360467450-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">@mradamscott via Twitter\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This show was a perfect nostalgia love party, complete with Ken Marino getting drunk on stage and Ryan Hansen pop and locking. My co-editor Emmanuel \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-party-down-reunion/\" target=\"_blank\">already wrote about it\u003c/a> and I think he is actually the last word on it. Seriously, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-party-down-reunion/\" target=\"_blank\">just read what he has to say\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Tribute to \u003cem>Childrens\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cem> Hospital \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/party-down-childrens-hospital-burning-love-and-garfunkel-and-oates-my-epic-closing-weekend-at-sketchfest-2013/vietbqjjcl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1041\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1041 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl.jpg\" alt=\"VieTbqjJCl\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VieTbqjJCl-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the second event I went to at Cobb's Comedy Club on Saturday (the first being Party Down with \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em>) and when my friend Audrey and I were being seated, I asked if there wasn't any way to get a seat closer than the balcony (where I sat earlier in the day with Emmanuel). The waiter said \"It'll cost you,\" and I asked, \"How much?\" and the next thing you know I was slipping a ten into some guy's palm and we were right next to the sound guy, close enough to make eye contact with Rob Corddry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>is probably the show I care least about on the list of shows that had panels last weekend, but that's just because \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>are two of my favorite shows of all-time ever. So it was still really great. The panel, which included Rob Huebel, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, (getting drunker but in a fun way) Ken Marino and Beth Dover as well as the aforementioned Rob Corddry, was moderated by David Wain, the director of \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>as well as about a million other things I love like \u003cem>Wet Hot American Summer\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Role Models,\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Stella\u003c/em>. Also, because all these things are connected and it is clear all these people are friends, David Wain once directed an episode of \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>and he was actually in the audience for the earlier \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>panel. Unlike the earlier panel, mostly everyone on the \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>panel was a little drunk, which gave the whole thing a nice, friendly, sloppy feeling. The highlights of the night were: a) the viewing of \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/46795889\" target=\"_blank\">a promo for the show which started out as a blood drive PSA and ended in a slo-mo good-time blood fight\u003c/a> and b) the moment when I asked David Wain during the Q&A why he wasn't on screen more and he said, \"I will be in the fifth season.\" When I for some reason said, \"Oh, I don't have a TV,\" the whole panel started screaming at me. At one point, Erinn Hayes said to the crowd: \"This girl doesn't even have a TV and yet she paid to get in here?!\" and I said: \"Actually I didn't pay.\" The cast really lost it then and Erinn Hayes pointed to the door and said: \"GET OUT\" while Rob Corddry mouthed \"I'm sorry.\" It was the most fun I've had getting yelled at probably ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>Burning Love\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/party-down-childrens-hospital-burning-love-and-garfunkel-and-oates-my-epic-closing-weekend-at-sketchfest-2013/vkqq0kjjbk/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1046\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1046 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk.jpg\" alt=\"VkqQ0kjJBk\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't watched \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://screen.yahoo.com/burning-love/\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Love\u003c/a> \u003c/em>yet, you are doing something wrong. It's a web series that actually works, a take-off on \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>franchise or more accurately the \"Next week, on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>...\" segments that air at the end of every episode. Basically: \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>is really short and it stars a bunch of your favorite comedians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the third panel I saw at Cobb's. The show was over-booked so I was only able to get one ticket, but I bribed the same waiter for the same seat and this time instead of making eye contact with Rob Corddry, I was gazing into the eyes of Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr. Or at least I was trying to. This was the largest panel and it included director and co-creator Ken Marino (who was drinking another beer, potentially to deal with his hangover from Saturday) (I saw so much Ken Marino this weekend I kind of think he's my friend now), writer and co-creator (and Ken's wife) Erica Oyama, host Michael Ian Black, executive producer Jonathan Stern, and series stars June Diane Raphael, Beth Dover, Carla Gallo, Rob Huebel, Natasha Leggero, Joe Lo Truglio, Paul Scheer and Janet Varney plus, like I said, Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003cstrong>Aside for super fans only:\u003c/strong> The cross-pollination was getting a little bananas at this point. June Diane Raphael had been in the audience at \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>too and Martin Starr and Ryan Hansen were in that panel because, well, they starred in \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em>. The moderator of the panel was Paul Scheer, who is a contestant on \u003cem>Burning Love S\u003c/em>eason Two and was a guest star on \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>as well as the moderator of\u003cem> \u003c/em>Saturday's \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>panel. Plus I swear he was wearing the exact same Nike's as David Wain was on Saturday. But ANYWAY.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>panel started with a preview of the second season, in which once-spurned June Diane Raphael is now the bachelorette. The show premieres on the internet on Valentine's Day, but those of us in the audience got to see the first two episodes. I won't give any spoilers but, as already known, Ryan Hansen is a dreamboat, Martin Starr is one of my top 5 favorite people I have never met and Colin Hanks looks like he's perfect as a \"lifestyle consultant.\" It's going to be an awesome season. We also got to see a very quick sneak peek of Season 3 which is a take-off on \u003cem>The Bachelor Pad \u003c/em>where former contestants of \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>are competing in teams for $900. Michael Ian Black wears a crop top. So it's definitely going to be a success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the panel, Paul Scheer scoured the crowd for single ladies for a live version on \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>called \u003cem>Quick Burn\u003c/em>. Unfortunately, the reason I gave for being worthy of wife-hood (\"I can skateboard a little\") was not as popular with the crowd as \"I'm a dancer\" from Krystin with a \"K\" and a \"y\" so I did not find my true love on stage at Cobb's on Sunday. But a girl named Krystin (?) and a boy named Jeremy (?) did. Or at least they pledged to live happily ever after, after a lightning elimination process directed by Michael Ian Black. The whole thing was pretty magical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Garfunkel and Oates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/party-down-childrens-hospital-burning-love-and-garfunkel-and-oates-my-epic-closing-weekend-at-sketchfest-2013/drew/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1047\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1047 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew.jpg\" alt=\"drew\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew-400x220.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Drew Beck\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To be honest, I was a little disappointing I had to miss \u003cem>Stella\u003c/em> and more Michael Ian Black and David Wain for Garfunkel and Oates, the singing duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci. While I like \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8HKRTavM0&feature=share&list=UU1R9fG_iKqvt9FIhEQH9nTA\" target=\"_blank\">their stuff\u003c/a>, I wasn't convinced I would be experiencing anything new by going to their stage show. Guess who was the most wrong of all the wrong people? ME. Garfunkel and Oates was not only the highlight of Sketchfest, they were the highlight of February and the highlight of comedy that I've ever seen, which is pretty amazing since I was so far back I couldn't actually see them. On the walk back to our neighborhood Sunday night with my friends Drew (who took the above picture) and Audrey (same Audrey who came with me to \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>and pretty much every other Sketchfest show I attended), we tried to figure out what was so transcendent about the show that made us break into an impromptu dance party while the Rickshaw Stop was getting cleared out and kept us smiling and laughing for hours after it was over. Here are some things we came up with (list-within-a-list!):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci are really trying to say something honest about the human experience. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We decided that Garkunel and Oates is like what feminism is really meant to be in that, yes, they are girls and the perspective they bring is that of two women in their early thirties, but they are being so honest and earnest, and in a way, so specific, their music is pretty accessible to anyone (though maybe not 12 year-olds...they are pretty explicit).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. They are self-aware in a disarming way.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garfunkel and Oates can talk about pretty much anything from accidentally pleasuring oneself during a go-cart race to the annoying attitude of pregnant women, because the people they are most critically aware of is themselves and what they are really concerned with is how they act in the world. 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The panel, which included Rob Huebel, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, (getting drunker but in a fun way) Ken Marino and Beth Dover as well as the aforementioned Rob Corddry, was moderated by David Wain, the director of \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>as well as about a million other things I love like \u003cem>Wet Hot American Summer\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Role Models,\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Stella\u003c/em>. Also, because all these things are connected and it is clear all these people are friends, David Wain once directed an episode of \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>and he was actually in the audience for the earlier \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>panel. Unlike the earlier panel, mostly everyone on the \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>panel was a little drunk, which gave the whole thing a nice, friendly, sloppy feeling. The highlights of the night were: a) the viewing of \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/46795889\" target=\"_blank\">a promo for the show which started out as a blood drive PSA and ended in a slo-mo good-time blood fight\u003c/a> and b) the moment when I asked David Wain during the Q&A why he wasn't on screen more and he said, \"I will be in the fifth season.\" When I for some reason said, \"Oh, I don't have a TV,\" the whole panel started screaming at me. At one point, Erinn Hayes said to the crowd: \"This girl doesn't even have a TV and yet she paid to get in here?!\" and I said: \"Actually I didn't pay.\" The cast really lost it then and Erinn Hayes pointed to the door and said: \"GET OUT\" while Rob Corddry mouthed \"I'm sorry.\" It was the most fun I've had getting yelled at probably ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>Burning Love\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/party-down-childrens-hospital-burning-love-and-garfunkel-and-oates-my-epic-closing-weekend-at-sketchfest-2013/vkqq0kjjbk/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1046\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1046 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk.jpg\" alt=\"VkqQ0kjJBk\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/VkqQ0kjJBk-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't watched \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://screen.yahoo.com/burning-love/\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Love\u003c/a> \u003c/em>yet, you are doing something wrong. It's a web series that actually works, a take-off on \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>franchise or more accurately the \"Next week, on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>...\" segments that air at the end of every episode. Basically: \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>is really short and it stars a bunch of your favorite comedians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the third panel I saw at Cobb's. The show was over-booked so I was only able to get one ticket, but I bribed the same waiter for the same seat and this time instead of making eye contact with Rob Corddry, I was gazing into the eyes of Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr. Or at least I was trying to. This was the largest panel and it included director and co-creator Ken Marino (who was drinking another beer, potentially to deal with his hangover from Saturday) (I saw so much Ken Marino this weekend I kind of think he's my friend now), writer and co-creator (and Ken's wife) Erica Oyama, host Michael Ian Black, executive producer Jonathan Stern, and series stars June Diane Raphael, Beth Dover, Carla Gallo, Rob Huebel, Natasha Leggero, Joe Lo Truglio, Paul Scheer and Janet Varney plus, like I said, Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003cstrong>Aside for super fans only:\u003c/strong> The cross-pollination was getting a little bananas at this point. June Diane Raphael had been in the audience at \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>too and Martin Starr and Ryan Hansen were in that panel because, well, they starred in \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em>. The moderator of the panel was Paul Scheer, who is a contestant on \u003cem>Burning Love S\u003c/em>eason Two and was a guest star on \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>as well as the moderator of\u003cem> \u003c/em>Saturday's \u003cem>Party Down \u003c/em>panel. Plus I swear he was wearing the exact same Nike's as David Wain was on Saturday. But ANYWAY.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>panel started with a preview of the second season, in which once-spurned June Diane Raphael is now the bachelorette. The show premieres on the internet on Valentine's Day, but those of us in the audience got to see the first two episodes. I won't give any spoilers but, as already known, Ryan Hansen is a dreamboat, Martin Starr is one of my top 5 favorite people I have never met and Colin Hanks looks like he's perfect as a \"lifestyle consultant.\" It's going to be an awesome season. We also got to see a very quick sneak peek of Season 3 which is a take-off on \u003cem>The Bachelor Pad \u003c/em>where former contestants of \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>are competing in teams for $900. Michael Ian Black wears a crop top. So it's definitely going to be a success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the panel, Paul Scheer scoured the crowd for single ladies for a live version on \u003cem>Burning Love \u003c/em>called \u003cem>Quick Burn\u003c/em>. Unfortunately, the reason I gave for being worthy of wife-hood (\"I can skateboard a little\") was not as popular with the crowd as \"I'm a dancer\" from Krystin with a \"K\" and a \"y\" so I did not find my true love on stage at Cobb's on Sunday. But a girl named Krystin (?) and a boy named Jeremy (?) did. Or at least they pledged to live happily ever after, after a lightning elimination process directed by Michael Ian Black. The whole thing was pretty magical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Garfunkel and Oates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/party-down-childrens-hospital-burning-love-and-garfunkel-and-oates-my-epic-closing-weekend-at-sketchfest-2013/drew/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1047\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1047 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew.jpg\" alt=\"drew\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/drew-400x220.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Drew Beck\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To be honest, I was a little disappointing I had to miss \u003cem>Stella\u003c/em> and more Michael Ian Black and David Wain for Garfunkel and Oates, the singing duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci. While I like \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8HKRTavM0&feature=share&list=UU1R9fG_iKqvt9FIhEQH9nTA\" target=\"_blank\">their stuff\u003c/a>, I wasn't convinced I would be experiencing anything new by going to their stage show. Guess who was the most wrong of all the wrong people? ME. Garfunkel and Oates was not only the highlight of Sketchfest, they were the highlight of February and the highlight of comedy that I've ever seen, which is pretty amazing since I was so far back I couldn't actually see them. On the walk back to our neighborhood Sunday night with my friends Drew (who took the above picture) and Audrey (same Audrey who came with me to \u003cem>Childrens Hospital \u003c/em>and pretty much every other Sketchfest show I attended), we tried to figure out what was so transcendent about the show that made us break into an impromptu dance party while the Rickshaw Stop was getting cleared out and kept us smiling and laughing for hours after it was over. 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