Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #385: April Ludgate-Dwyer
I get it. If you polled a thousand fans of Parks and Rec, nine hundred of them would list Ron Swanson as their favorite character. And...
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Joe Pace
Oct 20, 2023
Favorite Fictional Characters, #384: Jim Brockmire
You may recall Hank Azaria from his turn as the Blue Rajah who wouldn't throw a knife on the under-the-radar superhero comedy "Mystery...
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Joe Pace
Feb 4, 2022
Favorite Fictional Characters, #383: Kate Bishop
I was a big fan of Hawkeye back in the 1980s. His turn as wisecracking-yet-responsible leader of the West Coast Avengers has always been...
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Joe Pace
Jan 31, 2022
Favorite Fictional Characters, #382: Roy Kent
There are no shortage of interesting characters in Ted Lasso's orbit. Ted himself, of course. The unstoppable and irrepressible Keeley...
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Joe Pace
Jan 30, 2022
Favorite Fictional Characters, #381: Jim Halpert
I was a latecomer to the pop culture phenomenon of The Office. I only started watching it a couple of years ago with my family. My boys,...
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Joe Pace
Aug 28, 2020
Favorite Fictional Characters, #380: Rogelio de la Vega
I was reluctant to start watching Jane the Virgin. We went in cold knowing nothing about it, and I wasn't sure what to make of the title....
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Joe Pace
Dec 4, 2019
Favorite Fictional Characters, #379: Troy Bolton
High School Musical was a thing about a decade ago, a cultural touchstone for the middle school kids I coached and taught back in the...
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Joe Pace
Aug 26, 2019
Favorite Fictional Characters, #378: Johnny Lawrence
I'll be as direct as possible. If you haven't watched the Cobra Kai series, go to YouTube now and watch both seasons. I'll wait here....
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Joe Pace
Jul 23, 2019
Favorite Fictional Characters, #377: Jake Epping
Point One: Stephen King is often dismissed as a mediocre wordsmithing machine, cranking out modest midlevel fare, a sort of literary Bon...
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Joe Pace
Jul 22, 2019
Favorite Fictional Characters, #376: R2D2
By way of context, it's important to note that I was two when Star Wars was released in 1977. The first movie I really recall seeing at a...
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Joe Pace
Jul 18, 2019
Favorite Fictional Characters, #375: Kevin Pearson
This is Us is schmaltzy. It's treacly. It's saccharine mixed with honey poured over platitudes. It's a soap opera, an afterschool special...
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Joe Pace
Jul 13, 2019
Favorite Fictional Charatcers, #374: Eleanor Shellstrop
First things first: Kristen Bell's leading lady on The Good Place is a terrible human being. She's greedy, lazy, selfish, boozy,...
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