San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Photos Ft. Wil Wheaton, Joel McHale, Pauly Shore and Tons of Awesome Costumes
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Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsCommunity's Donald Glover Campaigns for Spider-Man Role
Twitter is a-flutter with all of the fervor of political campaigning and less of the mess. After a short-list of actors up for the role of Peter Parker in a reboot of the Spider-Man franchise came out last week, some fans inspired Community’s Donald Glover to mount a campaign to be considered for the role.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCommunity Review: "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" (1.25)
Last week’s episode of Community in many ways felt like the season finale, not just because it covered the college’s finals but also because it featured the sort of large-scale events that are usually only brought into play during finales. Señor Chang being knocked down to student Chang (his first name hasn’t been mentioned yet, has it?) was the type of unexpected move that isn’t normally deployed in just any random episode. As much as Community is a show that constantly questions our basic assumptions about sit-coms, for the most part it remains a party to the greater constant of... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity Review: "English as a Second Language" (1.24)
Like all school-based shows, Community‘s premise eventually has to come to an end. While shows about workplaces or friendships can theoretically go on forever, school automatically lasts a set amount of time and attempts at extending this can only end up strained. I call this the “Mr. Feeny Dilemma” after my favorite example of it from Boy Meets World, in which the teacher Mr. Feeny follows the show’s protagonists not just from middle school to high school, but then even to college. Forcing a show’s situation to continue longer than it organically would completely removes any sense of reality it... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsJoel McHale and Sofia Vergara to Announce Emmy Nominations
NBC has tapped some of its funniest personalities to present this year’s Emmy nominations. Community’s Joel McHale (who plays reluctant student Jeff Winger) and Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara (the hilarious Gloria) will be handling the announcements of this year’s Emmy nominees come July 8. The early morning ceremony will also include John Shaffner, the TV Academy chairman and CEO.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsCommunity Review: "Modern Warfare" (1.23)
Hype is a powerful thing. NBC itself hasn’t been doing too much to talk up the “Modern Warfare” episode of Community (after all, how much can you promote a single episode of a TV show?) but the show’s creator Dan Harmon has been doing so for quite a while. When I interviewed him a week ago this episode was a lot of what he wanted to talk about, and on Twitter and in discussions elsewhere he’s been implying that the episode is pretty much the best thing made in the history of mankind, ever. I came in with some high... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCatching Up With... Community Creator Dan Harmon
"I wouldn't have been surprised if they had cancelled us, but that's only because I'm so used to everyone smiling and then shooting you in the head..." read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesCommunity Review: "The Art of Discourse" (1.22)
Community isn’t a show that’s just pop culture savvy, its characters for the most part live within a safe little bubble of standard TV and movie plots that protects them from harm. What’s more, they know it, and are more than happy to play their roles as protagonists within a buddy cop movie or a romantic comedy or whatever else comes their way. Luckily that’s not all there is to the show, so it never slips into a world where references themselves become jokes, but there’s definitely a risk of that taking place—only the razor-sharp writing and a stellar cast... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe 10 Best Sitcoms on TV Right Now
The 10 Best Sitcoms on TV? I can't believe I'm even typing that... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCommunity Review: "Contemporary American Poultry" (1.21)
There's no denying that Community is a show suffused with pop culture. Almost every episode's plot has been done by a sit-com or movie previously, and Community does little to hide this—to the point where it sometimes revels in its referentiality. Other than Family Guy and occasionally South Park, it's a show that's most reliant on its audience knowing its pop culture references for enjoyment. This is going to be especially true of an episode centered around Abed.... read more
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