The arts through a high school view

Most breakup songs are sad or angry. “Doomsday” by Lizzy McAlpine does something much more interesting: it turns heartbreak into a funeral. Throughout the song, McAlpine uses death as a metaphor for the end of a relationship. What makes it so powerful is that she treats this emotional death with an almost disturbing level of practicality. This paints the breakup as something she views as inevitable, just as death is. In the opening lines, she sings, “Pull the plug in Septembe

Some shows get their humor from one-liners. Others rely less on specific moments, letting their humor stem from the concept of the plot. Physical humor is also common. However, there’s a specific kind of sitcom that sets itself apart from the rest, where the humor doesn’t come from what’s happening but what keeps happening. Running jokes, repeated habits, and callbacks that build and build over time without getting old not only bring laughter but also manage to build a world

Growing up, Archie Comics were my version of video games. I’d consume them like they were food, flying through multiple a day. I even became so well-versed in the world of Archie that I could begin to recognize which books reused old comics and which were new. The tooth fairy stopped leaving me money under my pillow and began to leave me a new Archie comic on my bedside table. Every Christmas, a 1000-page Archie would be left in my stocking. Now, I probably have hundreds of A

As a 16-year-old, I know I’m far from grown. And yet, every day, my thoughts, emotions, and opinions feel so different from the day before. A huge part of this is the characters in the TV shows I loveand love to rewatch. When I was younger, my opinions about characters and TV shows and movies were pretty black-and-white. There were the heroes and beautiful princesses I admired, and the villains that I unquestionably hated. But as the movies and shows I watch got more mature,