Birthdays are a great narrative device for any TV show. Unlike other major holidays such as Christmas, Halloween or Thanksgiving (the latter two being especially favoured by US TV while Christmas it seems belongs to everyone) which aren’t about anyone in particular (anyone mortal anyway), birthdays are about one Continue Reading
Happy birthday to … my favourite fictional celebrities
Right … now … in the interests of complete and utter birthday cake-covered full disclosure, it is my birthday today. And in the interests of making that full disclosure even more plump, I love birthdays. I mean seriously love them in a would-celebrate-them-24/7-365-days-a-year kind of way way. So at Continue Reading