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‘Breaking the Ninth Wall’ with Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: Internet Creation

January 2009. It is a curious experience to watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog shortly after watching Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton 2007). Dr. Horrible writer-director-composer Joss Whedon is an...

“The status is not quo”: Television’s Horrible Future

January 2009. I'm interested in being an Internet Roger Corman. He's responsible for a slew of the greatest directors of the last couple decades, because he was the only B-movie system that...

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog – A Cult TV Event without the TV

January 2009. "I am a believer in evolution not revolution." "Things are changing and its really important that we make sure that as they change, they change for the better and Dr. Horrible...