PUBLICATIONS BY TOPIC
COMEDY
My writings here center on stand-up comedy, sitcoms, late-night talk shows, American film comedy, Shakespearean comedy, and comedic web series.
Can Stephen Colbert Uphold David Letterman’s Legacy—and Tone?
In Media Res (1 Sept 2015)
Don’t Say Cheese: The Smiles of Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart
JSTOR Daily (2 Jun 2015)
Why You Know Marc Maron Better Than Your Own Family
JSTOR Daily (21 Apr 2015)
"Slapstick Comedy"
Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. 2014. 700-702. Print.
12 Slams on Seinfeld
Mental Floss (5 Jul 2014)
"Jerry Seinfeld"
100 People Who Changed American Entertainment, 2013. Print.
Comic Conversations and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
18.03 FlowTV (Jul 2013)
Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages, Giving Until It Hurts
In Media Res (15 Jun 2012)
Louie's ‘God' As Cathartic Television
In Media Res (22 Mar 2012)
Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife
In Media Res (10 Oct 2011)
Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
FlowTV 13.07 (Jan 2011). [Also voted a FlowTV favorite.]
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear: For the Young or the Young at Heart?
FlowTV 13.03 (Nov 2010)
Musical Spectacle and the Missing Bard in Hamlet 2
Bright Lights Film Journal, 70 (31 Oct. 2010)
Why Did Everybody Love Raymond?
FlowTV 12.08 (Sept 2010)
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
FlowTV 12.04 (Jul 2010)
ABC's The Middle: Redefining the Working-Class Male
FlowTV 12.01 (Jun 2010)
Message and Meaning in the ‘Sassy Gay Friend’ Videos
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (12 Apr 2010)
Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Bright Lights Film Journal, 71 (31 Jan. 2010)
Why David Letterman's Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
FlowTV 11.05 (Jan 2010)
Something’s Gotta Give and the Classical Screwball Comedy
Journal of Popular Film and Television 37.1 (2009): 9-15. Print.
Kenneth Branagh, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and (Mis)Interpreting the Musical Genre
Literature/Film Quarterly 33.2 (2005): 83-91. Lead article, Shakespeare edition. Print.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? A Problematic (Re)Interpretation of Maria in Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night."
Literature/Film Quarterly 30.3 (2002): 217-22. Print.
In Media Res (1 Sept 2015)
Don’t Say Cheese: The Smiles of Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart
JSTOR Daily (2 Jun 2015)
Why You Know Marc Maron Better Than Your Own Family
JSTOR Daily (21 Apr 2015)
"Slapstick Comedy"
Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. 2014. 700-702. Print.
12 Slams on Seinfeld
Mental Floss (5 Jul 2014)
"Jerry Seinfeld"
100 People Who Changed American Entertainment, 2013. Print.
Comic Conversations and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
18.03 FlowTV (Jul 2013)
Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages, Giving Until It Hurts
In Media Res (15 Jun 2012)
Louie's ‘God' As Cathartic Television
In Media Res (22 Mar 2012)
Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife
In Media Res (10 Oct 2011)
Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
FlowTV 13.07 (Jan 2011). [Also voted a FlowTV favorite.]
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear: For the Young or the Young at Heart?
FlowTV 13.03 (Nov 2010)
Musical Spectacle and the Missing Bard in Hamlet 2
Bright Lights Film Journal, 70 (31 Oct. 2010)
Why Did Everybody Love Raymond?
FlowTV 12.08 (Sept 2010)
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
FlowTV 12.04 (Jul 2010)
ABC's The Middle: Redefining the Working-Class Male
FlowTV 12.01 (Jun 2010)
Message and Meaning in the ‘Sassy Gay Friend’ Videos
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (12 Apr 2010)
Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Bright Lights Film Journal, 71 (31 Jan. 2010)
Why David Letterman's Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
FlowTV 11.05 (Jan 2010)
Something’s Gotta Give and the Classical Screwball Comedy
Journal of Popular Film and Television 37.1 (2009): 9-15. Print.
Kenneth Branagh, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and (Mis)Interpreting the Musical Genre
Literature/Film Quarterly 33.2 (2005): 83-91. Lead article, Shakespeare edition. Print.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? A Problematic (Re)Interpretation of Maria in Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night."
Literature/Film Quarterly 30.3 (2002): 217-22. Print.