Arts and Entertainment
The one reason you should be watching Fox News
May 22, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies
Published: Daily Dot (May 22, 2015) For a while, it didn’t seem like anyone who wasn't a card-carrying member of the GOP had a voice on Fox News, the network that is "fair and balanced," so long as you agree with Rupert Murdoch. A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 60 percent of Fox News viewers were self-described conservatives, compared to 23 percent who identified as moderates...
“David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, and the Importance of Personal Heroes
May 21, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, General Advice
Published: Good Men Project (May 21, 2015) When Jimmy Kimmel got choked up on Tuesday as he discussed David Letterman’s impending departure from the air, he demonstrated an important fact: Everyone needs a hero. That’s a corny thing to say (or write), especially in an era as oversaturated with scandal as our own. Nary a celebrity or public figure has managed to avoid being tarnished by some sort...
Feeling Like a Child in the World of Pop Culture
May 5, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Autobiographical, mic
Published: Good Men Project (May 5, 2015) It’s impossible to enjoy a movie or television show today quite as much as you did when you were a child. Matthew Rozsa speculates as to why. Have you ever noticed that no one enjoys a movie quite like a child? Although I don’t have any kids myself, I’ve spent years chuckling at the great entertainment plight of those relatives and friends of mine...
Adam Sandler’s ugly track record with race: The dumb, offensive, unfunny movie moments that came before ‘The Ridiculous Six’
Apr 27, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Jewish Experiences, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism
Why Joss Whedon Was Right About Sexism in the “Jurassic World” Trailer
Apr 18, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (April 18, 2015) It’s admirable that Joss Whedon doesn’t want to criticize other artists, but he wasn’t wrong in his observation about “Jurassic World.” ___ During an interview with Variety at the premiere for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was asked about his recent criticism of an allegedly sexist clip from Jurassic World. His response was...
Classified: Writer Seeks Neuter Pronoun
Apr 14, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, Satirical Essays
Published: Good Men Project (April 14, 2015) Are you tired of the English language only containing masculine and feminine pronouns? Well, some people are… and Matthew Rozsa is one of them. This is an article about pronouns. Don’t worry, I won’t write one about amateur nouns. Now that the groan-inducing pun is out of the way (this is an article about language, so you should have seen it coming),...
Why Are People So Upset Over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’?
Mar 7, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, Liskula Cohen
Published: The Good Men Project (March 7, 2015) co-authored with Liskula Cohen This is an article by two people who haven't seen or read Fifty Shades of Grey. That's why---and we can't stress this enough---this is NOT a review of Fifty Shades of Grey. It is, instead, an attempt to understand the controversy from the perspective of two total outsiders (and written from Liskula Cohen's...
How Leonard Nimoy made Spock an American Jewish icon
Feb 27, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Jewish Experiences, Original Source Salon.com
Sean Penn’s Big Mistake and What We Should Learn From It
Feb 24, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Immigration, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (February 24, 2015) Sean Penn forgot that behaviors which may seem appropriate in private are often inappropriate in public. ___ For those of you who haven’t heard, two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn is under fire for a racist joke he made during the Oscars on Sunday. As he presented “Birdman” director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu with the award for Best...