popular culture
- The Baha Men hit, released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with 鈥淢acarena鈥 and other novelty earworms.
- CU Boulder鈥檚 William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman鈥檚 enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.
- CU Boulder alumnus Dan Carlin brings a love of history and a punk sensibility to a new season of The Ampersand as he discusses his hit podcast, Hardcore History.
- Fifty years after 鈥楯aws鈥 made swimmers flee the ocean, CU Boulder cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Mu帽oz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.
- 'The Great Gatsby' remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says CU Boulder scholar Martin Bickman.
- CU Boulder mycologist Alisha Quandt says there鈥檚 little reason to fear a fungi-zombie apocalypse like the one imagined in the HBO hit TV series 鈥楾he Last of Us.'
- CU Boulder PhD student鈥檚 paper argues that the hit film exemplifies 鈥榤asculinity without patriarchy鈥 in media.
- Following a blockbuster opening weekend for 鈥楥aptain America: Brave New World,鈥 CU Boulder鈥檚 Benjamin Robertson reflects on the appeal of superhero franchises and why they dominate studio release schedules.
- Are Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy the greatest love story? CU Boulder鈥檚 Grace Rexroth weighs in.
- In honor of what would have been Paul Newman鈥檚 100th birthday, CU Boulder film historian Clark Farmer considers whether there still are movie stars.