UPDATE: For the full interview, click here. I had an email interview with Benny and Rafi Fine recently, the pair that makes up the Fine Brothers, the duo of producers making some of the most popular viral videos on the net, along with a couple of web series. They’re razor-smart, and I hope to quote [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Where and How to Publish Your Videos, Web Series
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 29th, 2009
Web Series Research and Television Genres
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 28th, 2009
I’ve been incredibly busy of late with various projects (lectures, editing documentaries, freelance and academic articles) and haven’t had time to post. Nevertheless I did want to give a couple scholarly updates. First is really just a class assignment — click for report — on Jason Mittell’s Genre and Television. Mittell’s is a remarkably well-researched [...]
A “New Kid” Delivers Mad Men Parody “Ma Men”
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 16th, 2009
(Click the photo above for video!) The level of humor here is pretty base: the Boston accent is funny. But, hey, it is funny! Bloggers are already raving about New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre’s spoof Ma Men – although it really has little to do with the original. The 36-year old McIntyre is [...]
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Tags: comedy, Digital Culture/Industry, new media, web series, Web Series/Online Video 
No Comments »Rising Indie Director Shows Us A Rare Romance
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 15th, 2009
Original at Ronebreak. Let’s just say this: if Bloomingdale’s offered me money to make a short film, I’d say, “sign me up!” Rising indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins, whose first feature Medicine for Melancholy (my thoughts on it here, and here) made a small critical splash last year in the indie film community, not to mention [...]
Passing Strange Is Good For Your Soul
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 14th, 2009
Passing Strange is Good For Your Soul. (click: Original Article) (Grade: A-) All media is marketing. It’s easy to forget that sometimes, and media saavy people can be easiest people to fool. Sophisticates think they watch Mad Men only because it’s subtle and rich, or District 9 because it’s a commentary on the brutality of [...]
Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Short Film Program
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 12th, 2009
Here’s the schedule for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s short film program Film@Perelman. I’m excited to introduce and hold Q&A’s at screening of these films, which I’ve selected, during the fall! For the HTML list of programs on the museum’s website, click here. I’ve also given talks at the museum, including one introducing a screening [...]
Naughty Republicans: Rich (Mad Men) and Poor (True Blood)
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 8th, 2009
Everyone who follows television is tripping out over the stunning success of HBO’s True Blood, and even I, as a fan, am rather stunned. Consider this: when True Blood premiered last year it garnered 1.44 million viewers, leaving industry watchers to once again proclaim that HBO had lost its mojo. Last week’s episode, in advance [...]
Dr. Ken Jeong: Brilliant or Lucky?
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 8th, 2009
Original at Ronebreak. Not many people know the name Ken Jeong, but they definitely know his face. Ever since his big-screen debut in Knocked Up two years ago, North Carolina-raised Jeong – also known as Dr. Ken – has been a hot commodity, booking nearly two dozen current and upcoming parts in TV and film. I didn’t realize [...]
