Claire DuMont, Author at The Student Life

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By Claire DuMont 3576 Views Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Culture, Fleabag, Game of Thrones, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Series Finales, Television, Television Column, The Office, The Sopranos, TV, TV Column

TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reckons with her inability to watch series finales, and whether or not the fear even matters in the age of streaming and binge-watching.

Portrait of Jim and Pam from The Office TV Show

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February 20, 2020 11:49 pm

Regularly scheduled programming: To all the TV couples I’ve loved before

By Claire DuMont 3802 Views Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fleabag, Gilmore Girls, Parks and Recreation, Schitt's Creek, Succession, Television, The Good Place, The Office, Veronica Mars

TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 takes a look back at the best TV couples of all time, from the heartwarming “Parks and Recreation” duo of Ben and Leslie to the toxic “Succession” pairing of Tom and Shiv.

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February 6, 2020 10:15 pm

Regularly scheduled programming: ‘Sex Education’ is an amazing teacher of important issues

By Claire DuMont 6559 Views Feminism, Gossip Girl, Netflix, Otis Milburn, Rotten Tomatoes, Sex Education, Sexual Assault, Social Justice, Television, Trauma, Trauma Healing, TV, Veronica Mars

Claire Dumont SC ’23 discusses “Sex Education” and its powerful storyline concerning sexual assault and healing, and how it embodies the show’s incredible capacity to connect people.

Black and white drawing of a boy in a letterman jacket, the main character o High School Musical the Musical: The Series. Only the letterman jacket is colored in red, while the boy's shirt is a pale yellow.

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December 5, 2019 8:35 pm

Regularly scheduled programming: ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ is ‘Glee’ meets ‘The Office’

By Claire DuMont 7616 Views Disney, Disney Channel, Glee, High School Musical, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Musical, Nostalgia, Olivia Rodrigo, Rise, Television, Television Tropes

TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reviews spin-off “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” and its portrayal of high school theater. “‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ also thrives in its ability to find the balance between making fun of high schoolers and taking itself seriously,” she writes.

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November 14, 2019 8:40 pm

Regularly scheduled programming: Please slow down, Netflix

By Claire DuMont 3333 Views Cinnamon Girl, Controversy, Gilmore Girls, Narration, Netflix, Podcasting, Speed, YouTube

Should Netflix integrate a feature where users can change the speed of their content? In this week’s TV column, Claire DuMont SC ’23 discusses the controversy.

Bill Hader as the titular character of "Barry" clad in red looks surprisedly at the viewer while holding up a gun. He stands next to Jodie Comer as Villanelle in "Killing Eve," who also wears red and holds up a gun to her lips, smiling. The black background is splattered with a maroon blood texture.

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October 31, 2019 10:45 pm

Regularly scheduled programming: ‘Barry’ and ‘Killing Eve’ assassins will hold your heart hostage

By Claire DuMont 4910 Views Barry, Bill Hader, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Drama, Emmys, Jodie Comer, Killing Eve, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sandra Oh

In this week’s TV column, Claire DuMont SC ’23 contemplates the effortless charm and humor that assassins Barry (“Barry”) and Villanelle (“Killing Eve”) exude.

A close-up of a blue suit lapel with a "vote!" button pinned to it. The background is a stylized American flag design with pink stripes and blue and white stars.

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October 10, 2019 7:58 pmOctober 10, 2019 9:50 pm

Regularly Scheduled Programming: ‘The Politician’ has my vote

By Claire DuMont 2639 Views Ben Platt, Competitive Election, Macbeth, Netflix, Payton Hobart, Politics, Ryan Murphy, The Politician, TV Show

In this week’s TV column, Claire DuMont SC ’23 reviews “The Politician” and its perplexing portrait of the American political system. She writes, “I was surprised to watch the trailer and discover that the show was actually about teenagers, not adult politicians … in a time so fraught with political disillusionment, politics can be like high school drama.”