Review: Iron & Wine at The Forum
An extended version of my review of the Iron & Wine show at The Forum in Melbourne for Tone Deaf.
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A few thoughts on Catching Fire
I can’t really say much more about Catching Fire other than: wow. I could watch it every day for a month and still find something new to write about each time.
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Counting down the best opening credits on TV right now
Despite the respective ends of Breaking Bad and 30 Rock, the disappointing return of Arrested Development and the imminent departure of Mad Men, it’s still a pretty great era for television shows – and the same can definitely be said of the calibre of opening credit sequences and theme songs.
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The best way to spend a winter
My favourite part about footy? The sounds. You don’t watch a game – you hear it.
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Arya Stark and the women of Westeros
One of the major criticisms of Game of Thrones (particularly by outsiders who aren’t fans of the show) is its treatment of women.
It’s fair to say that many of the women on the show are not in control of their own fate; but in Westeros, not many males are, either.
(There’s a big difference between depicting misogyny and endorsing misogyny.)
But for all of the brutal treatment of women the show has thrown up, they’ve also given us half a dozen female characters on a Peggy Olson level of radness.
For every Ros, we get a Shae, which is totally fine with me.
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