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The Lived-In Comedian
In order to discuss the lived-in comedian I must first explain the term. Of course it's a brand new term. I tried searching for something that would explain the idea I'm trying to examine, yet there's nothing that quite fits the bill, so I decided to call these performers "lived-in." When I discuss the "lived-in" comedian, I am describing a person who performs comedy (or making something that is perceived as comedy) and yet when not performing, they still seem to remain in their roles. The most famous lived-in comedian is Andy Kaufman, who spent much of his career confusing the masses. Interviews that might begin candidly, eventually veer far in directions of absurdity. Is this real? Is it a joke? Even to this day some people believe he faked his own untimely death and disappeared far from the public eye.
By Matthew Becker7 years ago in Geeks
Romance Reviews: Daphne Loveling's 'Lords of Carnage'
In the world of romance, there are many sub-genres. As a reader, we pick the ones that interest us, and in many cases, we pick the ones that reflect things in our lives. I grew up around bikers. My favorite babysitters were a biker and his old lady. I also married into a biker family, worked around bikers and my children’s godfather was a biker. So, when I chose to read M.C. romance, it was important to me that they were represented well. As a romance reader, I do expect them to have hot romance and even hotter men. In the Lords of Carnage series, I found everything I expected.
By Amanda Penn7 years ago in Geeks
Best Shows on Netflix
Let's start off strong and let me introduce to you the CW reboot hit Dynasty. This has become one of my favorite shows and I just recently binged all twenty-two episodes of the first season in about three days. This series is so well put together and it never lost my attention, mainly because I love Elizabeth "Liz" Gillies who is a main character and plays Fallon Carrington.
By Lyvia Jack7 years ago in Geeks
How to Be an Ally to Your POC Cosplayers. Top Story - October 2018.
The cosplay community is full of creative and nerdy individuals who love to come together to embrace their fellow nerds in fandom shenanigans. As much as the community embraces our differences, we still aren't exempt from issues like racism and colorism and other -isms/phobias. There have been too many occasions when a POC (person of color or NON-white) cosplayer dresses up as a non-white character and get told their skin color is "too dark for that cosplay." There have been cases of white (or Non-POC) cosplayers darkening their skin for the sake of "cos-accuracy" which the POC community has already expressed how harmful the practice is but people still do it.
By Yarn Goddess Cosplay7 years ago in Geeks
Cartoon Characters Live in a Different Universe
Have you ever wondered how your favorite cartoon came to be? How one person or a team of people created it out of nothing? They got help, from the cartoons themselves. One person created this theory in the year of 2005 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, under the name of Roxanna Clay. Roxanna was on a team of four people, and they wanted to create a new cartoon that would be popular for young kids to watch. One of her co-workers, with an undisclosed name, went missing for over a week. He was supposed to be with the team brainstorming ideas the entire week. When he came back, he suddenly had an astonishing idea that everyone loved the moment he proposed it.
By Breann Elizabeth7 years ago in Geeks
MCU Fantastic Four Fancast!
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 swiftly coming to an end, phase 4 would be the perfect time to introduce some new characters to the vast universe. With the recent news of Disney buying all of 21st century's film rights a lot of the Marvel fan base would like the X-Men to come into the Universe, however, I think, along with many other fans that The Fantastic Four should be introduced first.
By Greg Falconer7 years ago in Geeks
If Anime Took on the Marvel Universe
With the recent success of Infinity War and the sequel title around a half ways away, along with that new Jump Force game due to be released some time these next few weeks... There has been an abundance of speculation, to say the least. Fans, on both sides of the fence, have been asking the question... Who would triumph in an all out war between the anime universe (which would include; Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece,One Punch Man, and My Hero Academia) and the Marvel comic book universe. As a long time fan of both, my entire life to be more specific, I personally believe I can add some valuable insight on this particular hypothetical conflict. Now to be clear! There would be no dominating victor in this contest. Both sides have a long list of contending characters along with their star characters and over all beast characters that are seemingly impossible to stop on their own. That being said there are a variety of different advantages that pertain to both sides of the conflict as well.
By Carlos Guerra7 years ago in Geeks
'American Pie' - Review
Bold statement approaching—this is, in my eyes, the best teenage movie of all time. No film has captured the essence of what it is like to be a horny teenager in your final year of high school quite like this one. A time where talking to women, let alone getting laid, seemed more difficult than quantum mechanics and more terrifying than swimming with bloodthirsty sharks. Embarrassing to say, but this film is extremely relatable. Okay, I doubt many teenage boys were seen by their entire school on webcam... you know what, I won't spoil anymore because if you haven't seen this film, I urge you to watch it immediately.
By Brandon Wettig7 years ago in Geeks
