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Counterculture: An Amazon Prime Exclusive

Amazon Prime’s “The Boys” makes the case for counter culturalism in an irony so deep it extends to their ad campaign, as promoted on their website and pictured above. Screenshot courtesy of Thomas Brodey ’22. During quarantine, I’ve begun watching Amazon Prime Video, though I can’t say

The Invasion of “Among Us” on the Amherst Campus

Out of the never-ending stream of TikTok memes, “Among Us” has emerged as the game of the moment. The game takes place in the lonely expanses of space, where players work to thwart or support a parasitic, alien impostor in a spaceship riddled with various tasks that need to be

Fleet Foxes Return with Pensive New Album ‘Shore’

During the first few months of quarantine, indie folk band Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold struggled with songwriting. Bored, exhausted and uninspired, he started going for long drives through upstate New York. All of a sudden, the pieces clicked into place: “It was kind of like I was going around collecting

“The Midnight Gospel” Boasts an Exciting Format but Suffers from Narrow Perspectives

“The Midnight Gospel” Boasts an Exciting Format but Suffers from Narrow Perspectives

Watching Netflix’s “The Midnight Gospel” is an exercise in concentration. The adult cartoon created by “Adventure Time” animator Pendleton Ward and comedian Duncan Trussell superimposes a fantastical science-fiction universe onto real-world podcast-style philosophical conversations, creating two parallel narratives that can be hard to distinguish.Watching Netflix’s “The Midnight

The Art of the Reboot

The Art of the Reboot

This article contains spoilers for “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.” Over quarantine, I spent a lot of time binge-watching TV shows on Netflix and Hulu, as did many other people stuck inside for months. Among others, I watched “Veronica Mars,” and it was a relief to know that

More than Good Luck: The Success of the 88 Cloud

Just a few years ago, Asian culture was almost nonexistent in American mainstream media. Media representation of Asian culture depended heavily on only a few key individuals, namely figures like Sandra Oh, Ken Jeong and Psy. Don’t get me wrong, these people were prominent figures in mainstreaming Asian American

Remembering Chadwick Boseman: A Sports Legend

Remembering Chadwick Boseman: A Sports Legend

Chadwick Boseman, famous for his role as King T’Challa in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” died on Friday, Aug. 28 of colon cancer at age 43. While his character in the Marvel Universe catapulted him to stardom, Boseman’s parts playing strong figures in the world of sports were some