Acting – Not Queerbaiting – Is at the Heart of Heartstopper
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Acting – Not Queerbaiting – Is at the Heart of Heartstopper

Acting – Not Queerbaiting – Is at the Heart of Heartstopper By Mark Mussari The young British actor Kit Connor took to Twitter recently to come out as bisexual. The fact that an eighteen-year-old actor would announce his gender identity on social media is barely news these days – but Connor felt forced rather than … Continue reading

Lost in Space (A PopEntertainment.com TV Review)
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Lost in Space (A PopEntertainment.com TV Review)

LOST IN SPACE SEASON ONE (2018) (Netflix) Still Lost in Space Netflix brings back the sci-fi classic in this winning reboot by Mark Mussari “Danger, Will Robinson.” You’ll feel a certain thrill when the Robot speaks those lines in the first episode of Netflix’s new reboot of Lost in Space. It might be your childhood … Continue reading

Jimmy Webb’s New Memoir The Cake and the Rain Is a Rollicking, Musical Romp
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Jimmy Webb’s New Memoir The Cake and the Rain Is a Rollicking, Musical Romp

Jimmy Webb’s New Memoir The Cake and the Rain Is a Rollicking, Musical Romp by Mark Mussari “There were two of me,” Jimmy Webb states at one point in his highly engaging new memoir The Cake and the Rain (St. Martin’s Press). Truer words could not be spoken by the composer of some of contemporary music’s … Continue reading

Marta Kristen and Mark Goddard – Fifty Years Later and Still Lost in Space
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Marta Kristen and Mark Goddard – Fifty Years Later and Still Lost in Space

Marta Kristen and Mark Goddard – Fifty Years Later and Still Lost in Space by Mark Mussari Fifty years ago this year, families across the United States sat down on a Wednesday evening to watch the premiere of a new science-fiction series on CBS: Lost in Space. When it first appeared — on September 15, … Continue reading

Ronstadt Generations – Rooted In Family
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Ronstadt Generations – Rooted In Family

Ronstadt Generations – Rooted In Family By Mark Mussari http://www.popentertainment.com/features_music/ronstadts.htm “Though leaves are many,” the Irish Poet William Butler Yeats once observed, “the root is one.” Sit down to talk with the members of Ronstadt Generations — Michael J. Ronstadt and his sons Michael G. and Petie — and you’ll feel the strength of their … Continue reading

Pentatonix – PTX – Pitch-Perfect in Every Way
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Pentatonix – PTX – Pitch-Perfect in Every Way

Pentatonix – PTX – Pitch-Perfect in Every Way by Mark Mussari An eargasm. There’s no other way to describe the experience of hearing the five-member a cappella group Pentatonix sing live. Intricate harmonies buzz in a way not heard since the Manhattan Transfer’s heyday. The band moves deftly among dubstep, ballads, hip-hop — even a … Continue reading

Patty Loveless – Country Soul
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Patty Loveless – Country Soul

Patty Loveless Country Soul by Mark Mussari When Patty Loveless was a little girl, she had an ongoing argument with her father.  Each week the two would settle into their living room in Pikeville, Kentucky to watch television.  Her father, a coal miner and country music fan, wanted to watch the Earl Scruggs and Lester … Continue reading