Bad Buddy Series Revisited, by Rich Paschall All parents set boundaries for their children. We would expect nothing less. In some cases, the boundaries may be too extreme. This could cause family conflict between the parents and children. Such is… Read More ›
Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
A murder mystery, a 10-year journey, and strong characters bring this 16-episode drama to life. A Thai mini-series review, by Rich Paschall This sixteen-part Thai drama is a complex tale of crime, hate, anger, and murder that tears apart the… Read More ›
Developing Real People, by Rich Paschall There have been a lot of BL series in recent years from a long list of countries. Some are ongoing from season to season while others last only for a few episodes. They all… Read More ›
Clues, Hints, Irony, and Chemistry, by Rich Paschall There is a lot to watch for in Bad Buddy. If you have not seen the series yet, what are you waiting for? We definitely have some clues for you to watch… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #183 The right question, but the wrong “slant.” I could care less what race they show them to be, but I do care how much they distort the story and how little they apparently care for J.R.R. Tolkien’s… Read More ›
“From two people who can’t be friends, without knowing it, we become two people who can’t be just friends.” Pran, Episode 11 It’s a simple story, really. It has some of the common elements of other BL series. It is… Read More ›
Gay Storylines and Television, part 2, by Rich Paschall We know that you “Young Royals” and “Special” people have been eagerly awaiting the rest of our Top Ten. We do not want you to feel like you are up “Schitt’s… Read More ›
Gay Storylines and Television, part 1 OK, maybe your television is not a small screen, but at one time our TV sets were much smaller. In fact, some of my Top Ten memorable LGBT series were seen on a small… Read More ›
Television review, by Rich Paschall When I was much younger, we used to watch broadcast television on the three major networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC) plus local programming and syndicated programs on “Chicago’s Very Own” WGN. I must have watched… Read More ›
Imagine my surprise as we were surfing the Disney channel — we are out of binge-worthy shows — to discover a show called “Sketchbook.” “Wow,” I said to Garry. “They wrote a show about me.” Obviously, I had to watch… Read More ›
Bad Buddy Series, by Rich Paschall Sometimes an intelligent series with likable characters comes along. This is one of those. We don’t get insulting stereotypes in this Romeo and Romeo love story. Nor does everyone love and hug one another… Read More ›
One of the things I’ve noticed watching streaming rather than networks is the quality of the shows is better. Maybe it’s just the shows we’ve watched recently. For all I know, the rest of the shows are terrible. So far,… Read More ›
Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt, and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
For the past couple of weeks, Garry and I have been watching (again) all 7 seasons of “The West Wing.” Aside from being a brilliantly written show, it clarifies where we are as a nation. That we are fighting exactly… Read More ›
Again, I tried reading “A Dance With Dragons” by George R.R. Martin. It is book five of an interminable series called “A Game of Thrones,” the most violent, grim, and repetitive — and long — series ever written. It makes… Read More ›
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Well, that’s not really true. More like: “It was the best of times. It was not so bad, at times.” Also, I hear they are bringing back Patrick Stewart… Read More ›
The Australian show “Rake first showed on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ABC1 in 2010. The fourth series started on ABC TV in May 2016. Richard Roxburgh stars in it as a “rake” — Cleaver Greene, a brilliant Sydney barrister typically defending a guilty client…. Read More ›
CONVERSANT ABOUT TELEVISION? We are not too sophisticated to watch TV. Despite Karl Marx who said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium… Read More ›
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Well, that’s not really true. More like: “It was the best of times. It was not so bad, at times.” Once more, we are bravely going where no Star… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 