Brian explains the key aspects of maintaining a lovable screwup character on a TV series without having them become simply unlovable losers
Cronin Theory of Pop Culture
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.
There is a spectrum of how much scrutiny should be paid to changes in popular culture and in the case of Boba Fett's ship's name, who cares?
The original versions of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" worked for their era, but it doesn't mean that modern versions ignore modern sensibilities.
When movies and shows are set at a certain scale, there's only so many people that can die for it to still have a 'happy' ending.
Trust me, your ad agency isn't coming up with a good enough Christmas song for your commercial to make it worth skipping over a classic tune.