http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/02/who-is-this-comely-actress Comments On: Who Is This Comely Actress? by David Schmader en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by heatherly]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:26:07 -0800 The Stranger http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert…

you will love this, schmader.
Posted by scary tyler moore]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:16:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by fletc3her]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:33:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Reader01]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:06:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Queerly Yours]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:49:07 -0800 The Stranger In some ways, it's unassailably respectable: a Sunday night costume drama, oozing the cream of the British acting profession. But it's not particularly worthy or worthwhile, and yet neither is it trashy or amoral enough to be watched with irony. It falls equidistantly between the two vastly separated stools of Our Friends in the North and RuPaul's Drag Race. Watching it is nothing to be proud of, but neither is it sufficiently shaming to be conversationally interesting.

I've seen every single episode. I enjoy it enormously. I'm already looking forward to the Christmas special. I also think it's shit. Not badly acted or filmed – but appallingly scripted and structured. Utterly inept with regard to these elements of television production which I previously considered vital to a drama's success – or certainly its enjoyability. Yet I undoubtedly do enjoy Downton Abbey, and not "because it's so terrible". I unironically enjoy it despite how bad it is. Is that what they call cognitive dissonance? Or is it just really liking footage of a stately home?http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:35:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:31:00 -0800 The Stranger