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Over the last several years, Amy Poehler and a wonderfully nuanced comedy cast have made “Parks and Recreation,” a quirky mockumentary about local government in a fictional town, into an under-the-radar hit for NBC. The show, starring Poehler as Leslie Knope, an over-achieving and over-enthusiastic government employee, concluded its sixth season last Thursday, April 24 with a powerhouse episode.
In an era of increasingly realistic and gritty period dramas, it takes more than just extravagant costumes and timely dialogue to be a success. “Turn,” AMC’s newest show about a cabbage farmer that becomes a spy for the colonists in 1770’s America, will have to learn this lesson the hard way after airing a mediocre series premiere on Sunday, April 6.
After inclement field conditions postponed an MU softball doubleheader last Saturday, the girls traveled to Hackensack to face Siena College on Sunday, April 6. Monmouth split the games and their record to now sits at 9-11.
After nine years, 208 episodes, and one great pop culture mystery, we deserved a better ending to “How I Met Your Mother.” The eagerly-anticipated finale that aired last Monday, March 31, was not only shallow, but a slap in the face to the series’ dedicated fan base, who were told by the end of the episode that they had misunderstood the show’s basic premise all along.
The Monmouth softball team traveled to CA over spring break posting a 3-5 record and concluded the week with an overall season record of 7-10. In the final three games of the week, the Hawks fell to both San Diego State and UC Riverside, but achieved a come-from-behind victory over Dartmouth, adding one win and two losses to their record.
Of all the feisty teenage heroines that have populated television culture in recent years, perhaps none were more quick-witted or unflinchingly self-aware than high school detective Veronica Mars. Played with a familiar snarky attitude by the pitch perfect Kristen Bell, Veronica was revived from a premature television graveyard to solve one more mystery on March 14 in the film adaptation, “Veronica Mars.”
The University’s student-run record label, Blue Hawk Records, will be dropping their third EP and hosting a live show outside the Rebecca Stafford Student Center on Wednesday, April 30. Having already launched two successful compilations since the label’s inception in 2013, Professor Joe Rapolla and his Music Industry students are currently working hard to write, record, and deliver new tracks.
The final installment of Monmouth’s “ART NOW” series came to Wilson Hall on Thursday, Feb. 6, showcasing the work of accomplished stop-motion painter, Jennifer Levonian. Much like the previous guests of the visiting artist series presented by Professor Michael Richison, Levonian’s work is accomplished through multiple mediums. Her presentation, which involved both a lecture and interactive workshop, highlighted the process of animating paintings to produce short films.
Though taste in comedy might differ, laughter is universal. Few understood this fundamental truth more than the late Harold Ramis, a Hollywood visionary behind cult classic films like “Ghostbusters,” “Caddyshack,” and “Groundhog Day.” News broke Monday, Feb. 24 that Ramis had passed away due to autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis at the age of 69, and his loss has since been felt all throughout the film community.
For the first time in over 40 years, “The Tonight Show” is back in NY. The controversial move came after a succession of line-up changes by NBC, who finally announced last year that Jimmy Fallon would be replacing long-time host Jay Leno in late night television’s most coveted time slot. The “SNL” alumnou, famous for being one of the happiest people in Hollywood, was all smiles during his hugely-anticipated debut on Monday, Feb. 17.