Lonely : Gossip :: Boy : Girl

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather analyze the final episode of Gossip Girl, examining the implications of the big reveal and the ways in which it provides a fitting end to a series.

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Episode 74: Gossip Girl God Mode originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather count down to the final episode of Gossip Girl, and a revelation that will certainly change everything IN this episode, they consider: the diverse molds of adolescence presented by GG and other TFT shows like Friday Night Lights; adults in the GG aristocracy as types of adolescents (all except Bart Bass); “Chivy Antibodies” and the pathogen model of social infiltration, the Trojan Corucopia, and the ontology of the “bump in,” and the necessary ulteriorly of GG third acts.

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Episode 73: Bart Bass Built This originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather count down the Gossip Girl episodes to the antepenultimate, penultimate, and ultimate, considering what range of series finales would be meaningful, what has changed over the arc of the whole series, and and the meaning of art as an economic and socio-cultural signifier in the world of the show.

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References

Episode 72: Lady Gossip, I Presume originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather ponder three of the few remaining Gossip Girl episodes, focusing on generational sexual confusion, the duct taped nipples of anarchy, penetration of the formal organs, the Joseph Campbell-worthy “Chuckquest”, critical sex junctures in path dependent social situations, and the yonic darkness of one’s parentage.

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Episode 71: The Kickstarter Triangle Trade originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather return, and so does Gossip Girl, for its final season.

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Episode 70: The Naked Mole Rat with Two Backs originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather return again (again!) with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 2, Episodes 5 through 7, focusing on bodily fluids, why Misfits is not Downton Abbey, tripling oneself and tripling the system, and the interesting genre questions around Misfits.

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Episode 69: Tripling the System originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather return again with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 2, Episodes 1 through 4, focusing on serialization and equilibrium, immigration and assimilation, mental health, the community center and the possibility of a true public space in post-industrial society, and whether there are any true “fits.”

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Episode 68: Loners with Boners originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather return with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 1, Episodes 4 through 6, focusing on the show’s conflicting ethical universes, the problem of isolation in post-industrial society, and the many threats to pluralism in British culture.

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Episode 67: The One Hundred Meter Trolley Problem originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather welcome actual British person Tim Swann to discuss Misfits Series 1, Episodes 1-3.

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Episode 66: Nathan Doesn’t Die originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Sheely and Wrather realize they were always living in a devil town as they finish Friday Night Lights Season 1. An early digression (why does Sheely say “effing” and not “fucking”?) leads to a whole new theory of the effing teenager continuum, with a discussion of the effing/fucking teenager as engaged in a type of social, personal, and relational experimentation in mami and dadi business.

Continuing the discussion for TFT Summer School. What should be on the syllabus? Leave a comment below.

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Episode 65: Mami and Dadi Business originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]