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We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Close Reads

Welcome to Close Reads! Leah Schnelbach and guest authors will dig into the tiny, weird moments of pop culture — from books to theme songs to viral internet hits — that have burrowed into our minds, found rent-stabilized apartments, started community gardens, and refused to be forced out by corporate interests.

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We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Coraline wears a star-patterned sweater in a scene from Coraline

Considering the Perfect Knits of Coraline

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Scarlett Johansson as an alien in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin

The Artistic Bravery of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin

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Let’s All Celebrate the Weirdness of Exorcist III’s Dream Sequence

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A Bloody Fool? On Mark E. Smith’s Smile

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The Tick animated series

Celebrating the Opening Credits of The Tick

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The Incredible Queerness of Peggy and Steve in Marvel’s What If…?

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David Lynch’s Dune Kept Science Fiction Cinema Strange

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Pac-Man Game Over screen

I Sold My Soul to Arcade Satan for the YA Horror Novel Game Over

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Droning and Dread: How Hereditary Gets Under Your Skin

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A Love Letter to the Joyfully Bizarre Mashup of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Naruto

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The Wheel of Time, Trailers, and the Ineffable Hope for the Future

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The Construction of Language in Riddley Walker

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A Muppet Family Christmas Is the Greatest Holiday Gift of All

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Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, Kirk and Spock

The Best Moment in All of Star Trek Is About the Trash We Don’t Appreciate

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Hello There: On Selina Kyle’s Apartment in Batman Returns

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The Adventures of Pete & Pete

“Will I Ever See You Again?” How Pete & Pete Predicted the Future

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The Subversive Hotness of Shrek 2

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Finding the Future Where You Least Expect It: L.A. Law’s “The Plane Mutiny”

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Sad Bangers/Sad Bats: On the Music of Matt Reeves’ The Batman

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The Stunning Artistry of BTS’s “Black Swan”

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Optimism, Identity, and the Fourth Doctor’s Scarf

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Who Belongs in Doggy Heaven? The Religious Subversion of Our Flag Means Death

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A World Filled With Demons: Satanic Panic in The X-Files’ “Die Hand Die Verletzt”

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When Invisible Wrestlers Revealed the Art of Wrestling

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“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

C.S. Lewis, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

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