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The College of Communication 2024 Writer in Residence Stacy Traub speaks to students during an open lecture on Tuesday. Traub is an Emmy-nominated writer known for her work on popular TV shows such as “Glee” and “black-ish.” COURTESY OF MICHAEL DOWDING

Writer, producer Stacy Traub ‘has stories to tell’ as COM’s second writer in residence

Anna Albrecht March 29, 2024
Writer and producer Stacy Traub, the College of Communication’s second ever writer in residence, visited COM writing classes from March 25 to 29 to share her experiences in the television industry.
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The ins and outs of daydreaming

Katrina Liu September 14, 2021
You deserve time to dedicate yourself to something with no judgment.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: Understanding eating disorders when entertainment doesn’t

Emma Shapiro April 22, 2021
Shows need to be respectful toward individuals who are struggling with eating disorders.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: The ableism pandemic

Emma Shapiro February 25, 2021
In movies with characters who have a disability, the role should always be first considered for people who have the same disability, have lived these experiences and are able to accurately portray them. We need to approach this situation with solutions, so people no longer have to suffer misrepresentation or lack of representation when watching a character they wanted to relate to.
“Ratched,” Netflix’s newest original series, stars “American Horror Story” regular Sarah Paulson as a nurse at a mental institution. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Netflix’s ‘Ratched’ misses the mark as true origin story material

Molly Farrar September 22, 2020
“American Horror Story"'s Sarah Paulson stars in “Ratched,” a Netflix Original that despite its visual successes, falters as a follow-up to the classic 1970s film.
The new nostalgia comedy-drama “Everybody Wants Some!!" is about a college baseball team in the 1980s and stars Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin and Ryan Guzman. The film opened Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: “Everybody Wants Some!!” relatable, fun for all

Mariel Cariker April 1, 2016

Director Richard Linklater’s newest film “Everybody Wants Some!!” deserves its use of not one, but two exclamation points. As a spiritual sequel to Linklater’s 1993 film “Dazed and Confused,”...

Cast members of the new comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!” Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin and Ryan Guzman speak to members of the press Friday afternoon at the Eliot Hotel. PHOTO BY SOFIA FARENTINOS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

INTERVIEW: “Everybody Wants Some!!” cast shares ’80s lightheartedness

Conner Reed March 27, 2016

At one point in Richard Linklater’s newest film, Jake, a college freshman played by Blake Jenner who’s just spent a long weekend with his future baseball teammates, enters the first class of his...

BONADIES: Award shows validate streaming services

BONADIES: Award shows validate streaming services

Ben Bonadies January 19, 2016

The 65th Primetime Emmy Award Ceremony in 2013 was a landmark for Team Internet. It was the first time an original piece of online content was nominated for a major award, with “House of Cards” nominated...

Throughout the month of November, The Atlantic is compiling a list of the "#ActualWorst" characters on television from reader submissions. PHOTO COURTESY THE ATLANTIC

The Atlantic’s pursuit to find worst character on TV encourages cultural interaction

Sonia Rao November 16, 2015

There’s an episode in the seventh season of “The Office” in which Mindy Kaling’s character Kelly Kapoor and the rest of the Dunder Mifflin staff attend a viewing party of “Glee.” Kelly constantly...

“Scream Queens,” a comedy-horror series about a sorority, premiered Tuesday on Fox. PHOTO COURTESY FOX

REVIEW: “Scream Queens” is your new guilty pleasure show

J.D. Capelouto September 25, 2015

If the new Fox television series “Scream Queens” were a person, it would be Taylor Swift. It’s genre-hopping, cliched, well-marketed and, most of all, you love to hate it. The show begins by introducing...

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