Pilots are undoubtably instrumental in shaping a television show. They have a clear function: to sell the show being represented to networks or distributors, including streaming services. In the context of sitcoms, a pilot must help create a convincing world, an intriguing set of characters complete with witty dialogue, and...
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Picking up a novel in our free time seems to get harder and harder. Sometimes even reading a 15 page article for a seminar seems to be cumbersome. Distractions on the other hand, loom in the foreground, especially if we are reading digitally. The solution then becomes “don’t read digitally”....
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Naomi Pandey discusses Katy Perry's controversial release, 'Woman's World', and what it means to have a failed comeback.
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The third season of the Emmy-winning comedy-drama TV show, The Bear, was released slightly earlier than anticipated. With a ten-episode run, the show is just as captivating and artsy as I remember. However, it was different, and that hasn’t sat well with a sizeable amount of the audience. The third...
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Naomi Pandey discusses the significance of Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' on her life and why it has been such an influential song for her.
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After reading an inordinately high amount of ancient, medieval and early modern literature (as I have been accustomed to), reading new and contemporary literature becomes much-needed. In The Guardian’s new paperback recommendations for May, I found Yellowface. After reading the four-word pitch, “a wickedly funny publishing thriller”, my interest was...
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