Brian explains why films and TV shows "inspired by true events" have to make sure that they are punching up, not punching down
Cronin Theory of Pop Culture
Brian explains why it is important for characters to atone BEFORE starting a redemption arc.
Brian explains why it is important for the danger you put the characters into on your TV drama to be reasonable
Brian explains why it is a bad idea for Christmas TV movies to be devoid of sex
Brian explains the key aspects of maintaining a lovable screwup character on a TV series without having them become simply unlovable losers
Brian explains how difficult it is for a TV series to avoid bringing a "ship" on the series to romantic fruition once it has been teased, as the snowball romance becomes unstoppable.
Brian explains why you should not be afraid of resolving your "will they or won't they?" romance after a few seasons.
Brian explains why you should always let historical figures in your historical fiction to at least be as interesting as they were in reality
Silk Sonic leaned heavily into their shtick at the 2022 Grammy's and Brian is all for seeing stuff like that at award ceremonies.
You'll invariably see some over-the-top reactions to whatever the latest Super Bowl halftime show is, but keep in mind that no one seriously cares.