Let me begin by saying that this week’s cold open was a wonderful representation of the show as a well-run ensemble comedy. Max and Caroline are ragging on Has as usual, yes, but he retorts, and Oleg and Earl are not far behind with their own comments. It’s light, snappy, and most importantly funny. Considering that I’m more than likely going to be reviewing this into the next year, this is the show I want to be watching every Monday night. Continue reading
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As some of you know, I review the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls every Monday night. I do so mostly because The A.V. Club has dropped it from its reviewed shows, and partly because it brings in the hits. This past episode featured the following exchange between Korean diner owner [he’s Korean, the diner is not] Han Lee, played by Matthew Moy, and casting director Tom, played by Eddie Shin:
Before you ask, yes, I put the video together myself.
The reason this struck me is that it highlights a humorous turn of events that I’ve observed more than once. As I mentioned in my review, Shin’s character’s response echoes, almost word for word, that of Howling Commando Jim Morita, played by Kenneth Choi in Captain America: The First Avenger:
Yes, I put that clip together as well. Sorry for the out-of-sync sound. Continue reading
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Tagged asian, Asian-American, assimilation, Captain America: The First Avenger, CBS, Chinese, comfort, Dum Dum Dugan, Eddie Shin, film, Han Lee, Howling Commandos, Japanese, Jim Morita, Kenneth Choi, Korean, Matthew Moy, Nisei, Olympus Has Fallen, race, racism, Red Dawn, television, threat, Tom, Xenophobia, yellow peril
Fair warning, I attended a screening of Iron Man 3 tonight in order to write a review for a children’s magazine. I enjoyed it a lot. I am not sure how my enjoyment of that movie will affect my opinions of this episode.
We start things off with a cake literally out of carrots, so colour me interested from the outset. Then Max jokes about how she and Chestnut [their horse] should one day get the same rights as gay couples, and Caroline admits to subway molestation as being an acceptable poor man’s version of an actual massage. Oof. Maybe I should have waited a day before writing this. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Broke Girls, And the Extra Work, Asian brother, Beth Behrs, Caroline, casting director, CBS, cheesecake, Chestnut, copstitutes, cupcake business, Current Total, Earl, Eddie Shin, Extra, Fresca, Han, Jennifer Coolidge, Kat Dennings, Korean, Matthew Moy, Max, Oleg, review, S2E21, sex, Shake Weight, Skank and Funk, Sophie, SVU, television, TV
CBS putting their sitcoms on hiatus is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because last week was my first full week of work, and I’m trying to get back into a schedule; it’s a curse because I am super rusty, and two weeks off feels like an eternity.
We start things off with Max and Caroline coming back from the “Under a Dollar,” where the former bought steak and a steak-eatin’-chair and the latter bought sheets. There’s some really great stuff here when Caroline tears her new purchase, and reads the bag it came in: “Thread count: Yes. Washing instructions: Do not wash.” Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Broke Girls, And the Worst Selfie Ever, Andy, Beth Behrs, booty calls, Caroline, CBS, cheesecake, cupcake business, Current Total, dirty, Earl, free clinic, Friends, Han, herpes, Jennifer Coolidge, Joey, Kat Dennings, less than a dollar store, Matthew Moy, Max, Oleg, online dating, review, S2E21, sex, sheets, Sophie, STDs, television, thread count, TV, Web MD
EVAN: Dear readers, we have gathered here today to read as Gordon and I discuss the concept of what I’m calling “easy money” shows, and how we, as recent college graduates, view them.
GORDON: You mentioned a few specific examples earlier on- could you list ’em off again for the readers?
EVAN: Well, at the top of my list is a personal favourite of mine, “Storage Wars.”
Not only does it tickle me to no end that Jarrod ignores Brandi’s warnings not to bid [at around 00:26], but I am enraptured by the promise of finding treasure among, well, garbage. Continue reading
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Tagged America, antiques road show, california, Canada, CSI, debt, easy money, el dorado, Extreme Couponing, finances, gold, heatlh care, Las Vegas, midgets, pawn stars, recent college graduates, staged, stock market, storage wars, student loans, TLC, Toronto
The purpose of Fame Day is to, as the page states, “to give credit [and praise] where it is due.” While Gordon has used it to draw attention to significant contributors to our present day world a few times, I have in turn pointed readers towards YouTube to check out a series I deem to be of high quality. This is another of those times.
I was directed towards a show hosted on the YouTube channel of Vice magazine, and was captured instantly. As an avid lover of food shows [which you’d know if you’ve been keeping up with E>], Munchies was exactly the sort of show I didn’t know I was looking for, a window into the lives of chefs that didn’t include their motives for supporting various charities [I’m looking at you, Top Chef Masters]. Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, Anthony Bourdain, Cal Elliott, chef, chefs, Christina Tosi, cooking, Dairy Queen, Dale Talde, drunk, Fame Day, food, Food Network, food shows, honest, Momofuku Milk Bar, Munchies, restaurant, restauranteurs, restaurants, Rye, Talde, transparent, TV, Vice, YouTube
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