Nathan Rabin, Critic to Watch

by | Sep 29, 2006 | Dear Dexter

Nathan Rabin, who I commended a week or two ago for his review of Little Miss Sunshine, has a glorious post over at The Onion’s A/V Club blog alleging that Tupac Shakur is either the most over-rated rapper ever, or the second most over-rated. He writes:2Pac...

Tricks of the Pop Culturist Trade

by | Oct 3, 2006 | Dear Dexter

In my continuing efforts to better serve my readers, I’m inaugurating a "Tricks of the Pop Culturist Trade" series, in which I endeavor to demystify the art of pop cultural criticism by revealing one or another of my writing tricks. Today’s...

I, Woodward

by | Oct 4, 2006 | Dear Dexter

I’d like to direct you, my dear, dyspeptic readers, to the video of Mike Wallace’s interview with Bob Woodward, author of State of Denial, on last week’s 60 Minutes. In it you’ll find confirmation of everything you already knew about the Bush...

Fugging the Fug

by | Oct 5, 2006 | Dear Dexter

I’m pretty sure that I’ve addressed GoFugYourself.com, and the myriad issues surrounding it, at this blog and/or column before, but I found myself, today, wanting to say something further about the site, which "fugs"–i.e. rags...

House of Carters brings the pain

by | Oct 7, 2006 | Dear Dexter

I just sent in a short Q&A on the House of Carters, the new reality show from E! that reality-fies the lives of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his four siblings as they live together in one house for the first time in a long time. You’ll get my brief take...