Help! I am in need of a good TV show to watch online. Here are some of my favorite to give you an idea of what I like: Homeland, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Louie, Veep, Girls, Sherlock, The Wire, Deadwood, The Americans, Game of Thrones, The Killing, and Top Chef. Thanks!
posted by bjharl
on Jun 2, 2013 -
32 answers
I'm trying to find TV shows (or films) that contain a particular trope that I noticed while watching some old 1980's shows lately. Namely shows where the main character provides a sort of running narration throughout.
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posted by katyggls
on May 6, 2013 -
25 answers
I'm 30 years old and I just saw
Casablanca for the first time. All of a sudden I understand why so many people joke about "always having Paris." And all of those references to gin joints. Can you recommend some other movies to me that are equally important for understanding American pop culture?
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posted by colfax
on Apr 28, 2013 -
99 answers
Please recommend some books about the history of Southern California. I'm specifically interested in the evolution of car culture and the L.A. area as a cultural incubator.
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posted by Sara C.
on Apr 9, 2013 -
36 answers
I'm interested in Korean pop culture: K-pop, K-drama, K-film. I've seen previous questions about specific recommendations if music and movies. I am checking those out. There is so much material, I'm trying to get a broader perspective.
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posted by gimletbiggles
on Mar 12, 2013 -
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I'm applying to teach an honors composition course with the theme 'diversity within pop culture'; what interesting/cool/new resources are out there?
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posted by littlegreen
on Feb 9, 2013 -
8 answers
I'm at home ill at the moment, watching lots of films and reading a lot (this week I've watched 14 films and read 2 books). I'd like to find sites (or podcasts/lectures/etc) that intelligently examine media and/or popular culture. I regularly read articles on
Popmatters and sometimes the
A.V. Club (but not so much). What are your favourite film/media crit resources? Podcasts? Lectures? Thank you in advance for any help!
posted by everydayanewday
on Jan 29, 2013 -
13 answers
I'm looking for examples of visual timelines in movies, video games, or fiction. Scenes where a span of time is represented metaphorically, preferably as a physical object, diagram, or action. A good example is
this scene from
Me and You and Everyone We Know in which two characters use a street as a visual metaphor for their potential relationship.
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posted by oulipian
on Nov 13, 2012 -
17 answers
I'm starting a Korean class next week, and I'd like to get a broader exposure to modern Korean media.
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posted by Merzbau
on Sep 23, 2012 -
12 answers
What is the story behind the pop-cultural trope of the "Japanese Houseboy?"
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posted by Miko
on Sep 22, 2012 -
12 answers
I'm being forced to visit Disney in September, for two and a half days. The rest of my family will be staying longer, so I get to pick what we do those two and a half days. My son is 5 and this is his first Disney "experience". What the heck do I select?
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posted by anastasiav
on Apr 9, 2012 -
23 answers
I'm trying to remember a web-video series that was mentioned on the blue a couple of times in the last year or two. All I can remember is that they were hosted by a woman (maybe light brown/blond hair...?) who was giving a funny/feminist take on various things in pop culture. Does that ring a bell with anyone? I think maybe one of the topics she talked about was yogurt commercials aimed at women. I know, not much to go on!
posted by trillian
on Feb 20, 2012 -
3 answers
I'm looking for images, most likely illustrations but photos might do, that depict the most absurd, over-the-top awesomeness. Imagine someone sat down and said "I'm going to draw the silliest, most awesome thing ever."
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posted by bondcliff
on Nov 4, 2011 -
36 answers
What songs, from any genre, mention a specific calendar date. For example, Papa Was a Rollin Stone (the 3rd of September), September by EWF, (21st night, September. Pride in the Name of Love "early morning, April 4) etc?
posted by timsteil
on May 6, 2011 -
61 answers
What are your favorite interesting or telling U.S. pop culture references to urban planning issues, including the image of city/suburb/exurban/rural areas as places to live and the process of creating community?
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posted by carmicha
on Mar 16, 2011 -
32 answers
I want to decorate a rec room in my basement with prints and other items that have been featured in movies and TV shows. I’m not looking for promotional things or other advertisements, but prints that are well known from those movies. Someone should see it and go “Hey!! That’s the thing from that movie! Where did you get that?”
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posted by bondcliff
on Dec 13, 2010 -
35 answers
Can anyone suggest good examples of ironic/self-referential (e.g. perhaps they acknowledge their own advertising purpose) *print* ads (or perhaps billboards) that also use some kind of popular culture reference (could be movie/music/trend/celebrity/subculture etc.)?
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posted by zresearch
on Sep 19, 2010 -
5 answers
What was the first instance of two characters on a TV show sending or receiving a text message on TV?
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posted by TsuKata
on Aug 24, 2010 -
15 answers
Is there a kid-friendly portal to pop music videos? She is not satisfied by Kid Disney and she wants to listen to the "latest" hits. She begs us to let her watch music videos on YouTube, but she's not ready to be let loose on that yet. So where can we let her browse and watch "current" videos with not too much bad stuff?
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posted by cross_impact
on Aug 23, 2010 -
9 answers
I'm looking to generate a
cross-cultural list of famous young talents (singers, actors, dancers younger than ~20, from any time in history) that are/were widely considered to be precociously charming. Idols and starlets, if you will. Is/was there a Russian Donny Osmond? An Indian Justin Timberlake? Who's the quintessential Morning Musume girl?
posted by xo
on May 14, 2010 -
18 answers
I am hoping someone can explain why 2 pop cultural phenomenons are considered offensive and/or worthy of sometimes extreme derision: Ed Hardy and Bluetooth headsets.
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posted by discountfortunecookie
on Feb 22, 2010 -
46 answers
At 2:15 of
this brief clip, the interviewer asks Elvis Costello if he wants to defend what he'd said in Newsweek about Boston (the band, I'm pretty sure, given her exchange with Nick Lowe starting at 1:58). I've been unable to figure out on the Google just what was said about Boston; can you tell me?
posted by ibmcginty
on Dec 1, 2009 -
3 answers
I need visual examples of vintage influences (1920s-1950s) in current popular culture to prove retro design is still hip with the cool kids.
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posted by miss lynnster
on Oct 27, 2009 -
36 answers
There are gay icons and lesbian icons - are there people who are bisexual/pansexual icons?
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posted by divabat
on Sep 15, 2009 -
47 answers
Pop-culture enthusiasts: I am working on a project that will incorporate 80's(ish) themes/icons. But there is a caveat.
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posted by dogmom
on Aug 24, 2009 -
30 answers
In writing a research book, how far along should I be before approaching publishers, agents, etc? Help needed to get my nonfiction pop culture centric book into bookstores
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 3, 2009 -
7 answers
What music came out soon (within a year) after September 11 2001 that was uniquely affected, either in perception or creation, by the terrorist attacks?
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posted by Potomac Avenue
on Aug 3, 2009 -
60 answers
I was out to lunch the other day and saw this guy across the way wearing this great t-shirt. Being largely anti-social, I could not work up the nerve to inquire of him where he got it - thinking instead that I could just use my excellent Google-fu. Of course, that has turned up nothing. Maybe you can help.
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posted by kbanas
on Jun 8, 2009 -
7 answers
Who was the Ur-Paris? Who were the Paris Hiltons of yesteryear? Whenever I find myself in conversation with people-who-think-they're-smarter-than-everyone, I know that I will soon be subjected to a rant about how we now live in the most facile of times, obsessed with celebrities like Paris Hilton. I'd like to hear arguments for the opposing view: that this is nothing new, that, throughout history, it has always been human nature to be interested in the lives of certain people...
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posted by surenoproblem
on Oct 5, 2008 -
50 answers
I just saw the movie High Fidelity for the first time. There was one scene in the record store where Jack Black's character is wearing a t-shirt with Yanni's mug in it's full glory. As soon as I saw it I knew I HAD to have that shirt! I've managed to find some similar shirts on Ebay, but nothing quite as spectacular as the one in the movie. So I will be forever in debt to anyone who can find this shirt available for purchase. Help me MeFi, you're my only hope!
posted by jluce50
on May 12, 2008 -
5 answers
where can i find an image of the fuzzy laser background that was used in school pictures in the 80's and early 90's?
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posted by binocularfight
on Apr 22, 2008 -
5 answers
I'm a child of the '80s, and I loved the '80s. However, I didn't develop a sense of good taste until about 1994, and as a result my pop-culture radar is completely jammed with crappy cartoons designed to sell toys, cereal commercials, and Ewoks. Can you recommend
totally awesome movies/TV shows/etc. that will satisfy my '80s nostalgia, but are good enough to watch today?
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posted by Metroid Baby
on Apr 3, 2008 -
75 answers
From whence the phrase "oohh, not in the broccoli" spoken in a stereotype ESL japanese speaker accent?
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posted by Mitheral
on Mar 8, 2008 -
5 answers
Dear Metafilter,
Please help me identify and track down a copy of this movie.
Somewhere in the early '80s while living in the outskirts of detroit, I, as a young impressionable lass, was obsessed with watching kung fu action flicks.
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posted by minjungkim
on Feb 3, 2008 -
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