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Getting Desperate: Twitter on primetime

Last night’s episode of Desperate Housewives showed how far things have come: it included a scene that hinged on Tom’s lack of knowledge about Twitter, and hence his failure at a job interview. This shameful experience led to an extended subplot about whether or not Tom should get plastic surgery to disguise his age and [...]

A screen without a mouse: On TV bashing

**This post is also a response to the Passion Quilt Meme. I tag Supervalent Thought, Purse Lip Square Jaw, Unemployed at Last!, and tactical.** Some people will have seen that one of UQ’s most respected television scholars made the editorial of Brisbane’s Courier Mail on Friday, after giving an address to The Sopranos conference at [...]