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I make sense

Missives on media, marketing and more. Edited by Amar Patel

May 22, 2017

Masterful fun

by Amar Patel in TV, relationships


Master-of-none-italy
Master-of-none-italy

What a special feeling when you bond with a TV show. And I’m not talking small returns like getting your weekly dose of laughs or escapism. I mean the awe-inspiring, mind-bending, occasionally even cathartic kind. To be honest, it’s only happened a handful of times in my life.

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Amar Patel

TAGS: Master of None, Aziz Ansari, Twin Peaks, The Office, Quantum Leap, Vera Chok, The Good Immigrant, Bicycle thieves, Melina Matsoukas, Angela Bassett, Bobby Cannavale, Modena, Alessandra Mastronardi, Lena Waithe, Eric Wareheim, Canco Hamisi, Marta Acuna, Digable Planets, Pino D’Angio, Zach Cowie, Jim Jarmusch, Night on Earth, Paris Je T'Aime


October 10, 2012

Boy meets girl – how hard can it be?

by Amar Patel in relationships


A scene from In Search of a Midnight Kiss, where the recently dumped Wilson places an add on Craigslist, hoping to find a date before the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve in NYC. An angel appears in the form of the neurotic Vivian

A scene from In Search of a Midnight Kiss, where the recently dumped Wilson places an add on Craigslist, hoping to find a date before the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve in NYC. An angel appears in the form of the neurotic Vivian

A scene from In Search of a Midnight Kiss, where the recently dumped Wilson places an add on Craigslist, hoping to find a date before the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve in NYC. An angel appears in the form of the neurotic Vivian

A scene from In Search of a Midnight Kiss, where the recently dumped Wilson places an add on Craigslist, hoping to find a date before the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve in NYC. An angel appears in the form of the neurotic Vivian

The other night I had a long call with a close friend who is working abroad – one of those long-distance Skype check-ins where both have so much to say yet both struggle to have a fluent conversation. I don't know, maybe it's the 'laptop' effect – the feeling that you're either conference calling or being interviewed instead of having a chat. Anyway, one point of anxiety was his imminent date with a friend of a work colleague's partner. This prompted a length digression into single life and the games we play. 

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TAGS: Ricky Gervais, Tom Rachman, Coming to America, Imperfectionists, David Brent, Pulp Fiction, The office, New Yorker, Myers Briggs, Friends, jerry seinfeld, Woody Allen, Play it Again Sam