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This week on Slate Plus, the gabbers speak about the Los Angeles Review of Books’ Digital Humanities series and how data and technology are transforming the humanities.
On this week’s Slate’s Culture Gabfest, the gabbers discuss the supposed progressiveness of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldman’s Neighbors 2 and the bloodthirsty decadence of AMC’s comic book adaptation, Preacher. Next up, the critics take a look at Christian Lorentzen’s objection to the adverb in his piece for Vulture, “Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?”
Links to some of the things we discussed this week follow:
- Neighbors (2014), described by Julia as “extremely excellent.”
- Katy Waldman’s piece in Slate on Zac Efron’s post-frat-bro frat bro.
- Tootsie (1982)
- Preacher Book One
- Vertigo series Sandman
- Justified
- The Walking Dead
- Breaking Bad
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Joss Whedon’s Avengers series
- Friday Night Lights
- Grindhouse: Death Proof
- Christian Lorentzen’s piece in Vulture on ridding writing of the adverb.
- Slate’s piece from 2013 on how “literally” is acceptable as an intensifier.
- Jesse Sheidlower’s 2005 piece in Slate on “literally,” the word we love to hate.
- Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep.
- LA Review of Books Digital Humanities interview series.
- NY Review of Books
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Endorsements:
Laura: Kate Beckinsale’s performance in Cold Comfort Farm.
Julia: The warm embrace of Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld.
Stephen: The massive force in jazz that is Bill Evans, as shown in this video performing at an Oslo concert in 1966.
Outro: Bill Evans’ Oslo Rehearsal Tape (1966) as endorsed by Stephen.
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