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Orrin Konheim

@orrinkonheim

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active: 2022-03-07 → 2026-07-13

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Journalism How to: The Art of the Interview

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Mar 12, 2022 · 5 min read · 100 claps paywalled #journalism #journalism-tips #how-to-write

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The Three Things You Need to Be Published in Journalism

In 2016, I took a course on news editing and at one point, I decided to share my experiences and give the best direct advice I could muster…

Mar 07, 2022 · 5 min read · 52 claps paywalled #publishing #journalism #journalism-tips

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Some Observations on a Glee Rewatch

Rewatching some of Glee (the part where they introduced new characters into the fray after Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Santana, etc. graduated)…

Jul 28, 2025 · 3 min read · 50 claps paywalled #glee

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Miracle Club-The Older Ladies Having Fun Together Genre

Recent films like 80 for Brady and Book Club provide a joyous context with which to watch screen legends get meaty roles and have fun…

Apr 06, 2025 · 3 min read · 50 claps paywalled #miracle-club #maggie-smith

Miracle Club-The Older Ladies Having Fun Together Genre

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Delayed Oscar Round-Up

Time Pegs Be Damned at this Blog! I’ll React to the Oscars When I Want to React! In All Seriousness, Please Consider Raising Your…

Jul 13, 2026 · 6 min read · 33 claps paywalled #oscars #one-battle-after-another #sinners-movie

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Diary of a Luddite: Part 3 billion squa

If people subscribe to me, then A) I apologize for not posting here as much this year. I’m publishing more on Patreon so please find me…

Mar 28, 2025 · 2 min read · 4 claps paywalled #qr-codes-in-daily-life #luddite #passwords

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If I Wrote Britt Lower’s Emmy Acceptance Speech

Again, I encourage people to subscribe to my writing here and on Medium. Thank you!

Oct 17, 2025 · 3 min read · 1 claps paywalled #oscars #severance #steven-soderbergh

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25 Favorite Songs with the Letter G

I’ve always maintained that I’m not qualified to write about music unless I had at least a master’s degree from a conservatory. You should…

Jun 22, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps paywalled #sara-bairelles #beach-boys #music-criticism

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Reviews of Ballad of a Small Player, Eden, House of Dynamite, and The Roses

Don’t shoot the messenger when I proclaim the downfall of movies, but the vast majority of films of great films I saw this year was over…

Jan 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #a-house-of-dynamite #benedict-cumberbatch #ron-howard

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Ragging on the Best Picture is Nothing New

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m already pretty exhausted of people complaining incessantly in the last 24 hours in a close race…

Mar 17, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #best-picture-winner #one-battle-after-another #oscars-2026

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OR Orrin Konheim · Counter Arts

Move Over Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel is the Generational Voice Now

Re-examining What Was Lacking in the 2000s Hagiocracy of Jon Stewart

Jul 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #jimmy-kimmel #jon-stewart #the-daily-show

Move Over Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel is the Generational Voice Now

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Is there a grand unified theory behind Portlandia’s comedy?

What’s most impressive about “Portlandia” in its fourth season is that the off-kilter sketch show has a fairly narrow focus and doesn’t…

Aug 22, 2022 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #portlandia #fred-armisen #carrie-brownstein

Is there a grand unified theory behind Portlandia’s comedy?

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The Quintessential Minnesota Film: Mighty

A lawyer on the go with only a tinge of Minnesotan drawl in his speech, Bombay seems like the archetypal Twin Cities urbanite but he’s…

Apr 19, 2022 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #minnesota #minnesota-on-film #mighty-ducks

The Quintessential Minnesota Film: Mighty

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Forget Israeli Politics: Think Tourism with These Eight Destinations in Israel

Sometimes my creativity takes me to strange places including wanting to keep a map of my favorite tourist sites and add short write-ups of…

Jul 10, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #haifa #jerusalem #tel-aviv

Forget Israeli Politics: Think Tourism with These Eight Destinations in Israel

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The Two Worst Films of 1980 as Determined by the Razzies

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Jul 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #xanadu

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What I’m Watching Winter: 2026 Edition

Pole to Pole (National Geographic)- Will Smith goes everywhere from the Antarctica to the North Pole, and some of the world’s most remote…

Mar 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #will-smith #the-night-manager #tubi

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OR Orrin Konheim · Dialogue & Discourse

With this level of polarization, we might be better off divorced

When nearly every view is hated by half the nation, then we can’t function

Aug 09, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #identity-politics #civil-discourse #political-discourse

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Why The Big Lebowski is Essential to Some and Why It’s Overrated

I recently saw the 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film Inherent Vice. It’s a film that generated a lot of buzz in 2014 and one aggregation…

Feb 08, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #big-lebowski #inherent-vice