Kevin Johnson
@kjohnson1585.bsky.social
Website: kevinjohnsonstuff.com
Fred Rogers Production Writing Fellow for 2023; Aspiring writer who loves animation but also scribes about movies, TV, video games, and comics.
Fred Rogers Production Writing Fellow for 2023; Aspiring writer who loves animation but also scribes about movies, TV, video games, and comics.
I have to say, after watching the new Hazbin Hotel episodes, and then watching the new Joe Cappa show Haha You Clowns, I think, beyond anything else, they're just fundamentally two different understandings of how storytelling works
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I have to say, after watching the new Hazbin Hotel episodes, and then watching the new Joe Cappa show Haha You Clowns, I think, beyond anything else, they're just fundamentally two different understandings of how storytelling works
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But why is it blue text on black paper?
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
But why is it blue text on black paper?
Thinking the Democrats are solely focused on healthcare despite every other awful thing happening right now only because a healthcare insurance CEO was shot and killed. That's it.
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thinking the Democrats are solely focused on healthcare despite every other awful thing happening right now only because a healthcare insurance CEO was shot and killed. That's it.
Absolutely love Candi Stanton's cover of Listen to the Music by the Doobie Brothers, one of the sickest baselines I've ever heard
youtu.be/lfq6OTZdXHg?...
youtu.be/lfq6OTZdXHg?...
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Absolutely love Candi Stanton's cover of Listen to the Music by the Doobie Brothers, one of the sickest baselines I've ever heard
youtu.be/lfq6OTZdXHg?...
youtu.be/lfq6OTZdXHg?...
I really enjoyed Sinners but my biggest criticism is how the (genuinely cool) music montage scene gave little to no credence to soul, funk, Motown, and disco artists, which also owe their development to blues. One fancy-dressed rocker as an ode to Rick James types is fine but too simplistic imo.
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I really enjoyed Sinners but my biggest criticism is how the (genuinely cool) music montage scene gave little to no credence to soul, funk, Motown, and disco artists, which also owe their development to blues. One fancy-dressed rocker as an ode to Rick James types is fine but too simplistic imo.
Absolutely love a TV series based on a movie based on a play gets the tagline "Believe in original stories"
The drama! The music! The wigs! The TV series Amadeus now has a trailer:
reactormag.com/amadeus-tv-s...
reactormag.com/amadeus-tv-s...
Amadeus TV Series Trailer Dishes Out Drama, 18th-Century Style - Reactor
The drama! The music!
reactormag.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Absolutely love a TV series based on a movie based on a play gets the tagline "Believe in original stories"
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1999: someday the internet will be a record of everything that ever happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI
(via Axios)
(via Axios)
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
1999: someday the internet will be a record of everything that ever happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
2025: someday the internet will be a record of everything that never happened
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#PortfolioDay
I'm a writer & recently completed a WIA mentorship in production management as well! I'm part-time in Paramount's Page Program, so I'm open for freelance work and full-time assistant opportunities to transition out of the program!
www.aniseoverton.com
www.linkedin.com/in/anise-ove...
I'm a writer & recently completed a WIA mentorship in production management as well! I'm part-time in Paramount's Page Program, so I'm open for freelance work and full-time assistant opportunities to transition out of the program!
www.aniseoverton.com
www.linkedin.com/in/anise-ove...
October 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#PortfolioDay
I'm a writer & recently completed a WIA mentorship in production management as well! I'm part-time in Paramount's Page Program, so I'm open for freelance work and full-time assistant opportunities to transition out of the program!
www.aniseoverton.com
www.linkedin.com/in/anise-ove...
I'm a writer & recently completed a WIA mentorship in production management as well! I'm part-time in Paramount's Page Program, so I'm open for freelance work and full-time assistant opportunities to transition out of the program!
www.aniseoverton.com
www.linkedin.com/in/anise-ove...
The first Star Wars film and Saturday Night Fever both came out in the same year
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The first Star Wars film and Saturday Night Fever both came out in the same year
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Had some time this week (finally!) and I went to check out StuGo, thinking I'd watch an episode or two. Binging the whole thing now. It's pretty incredible, but it's also clear why Disney seemed to have so much trouble marketing it. It's *unhinged*.
August 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Had some time this week (finally!) and I went to check out StuGo, thinking I'd watch an episode or two. Binging the whole thing now. It's pretty incredible, but it's also clear why Disney seemed to have so much trouble marketing it. It's *unhinged*.
So I know that the new season of The Proud Family rankled a lot of folks with the "kick Penny out the house as punishment but it's actually abuse" storyline (admittedly much deserved) but this 3rd season is actually really good?
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So I know that the new season of The Proud Family rankled a lot of folks with the "kick Penny out the house as punishment but it's actually abuse" storyline (admittedly much deserved) but this 3rd season is actually really good?
This is one of those songs that they instantly knew would be a hit. MSF backed arrangements. Norman Harris at guitar. Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt as producers. A sound that somehow fits a chill/relaxed vibe AND could cook in the club scene. And it was a B-side!*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCi...
The Spinners - I'll Be Around
YouTube video by BakNDaDay
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is one of those songs that they instantly knew would be a hit. MSF backed arrangements. Norman Harris at guitar. Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt as producers. A sound that somehow fits a chill/relaxed vibe AND could cook in the club scene. And it was a B-side!*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCi...
Mickey 17... wasn't good.
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Mickey 17... wasn't good.
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why didn’t American Eagle not just immediately shoot another campaign with a non-white model using the same “great jeans” ad copy then start rolling it out as a diversity campaign with a new model of varying backgrounds/limb differences/etc. every few days turning it into “we all have great jeans” ?
August 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
why didn’t American Eagle not just immediately shoot another campaign with a non-white model using the same “great jeans” ad copy then start rolling it out as a diversity campaign with a new model of varying backgrounds/limb differences/etc. every few days turning it into “we all have great jeans” ?
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But if you hear of any good jobs while I'm hooting and hollering on Batman: The Ride, email erikadamswrites@gmail.com.
And for a full archive of quality pop-culture writing from the past 17 years, visit erikmadams.com.
And for a full archive of quality pop-culture writing from the past 17 years, visit erikmadams.com.
The search for the next thing begins tomorrow. Today: I'm riding roller coasters.
It's all still too fresh, and there's a lot of processing to do, but what's certain is that I'm glad my two years at IGN ended with a review of the new Naked Gun.
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But if you hear of any good jobs while I'm hooting and hollering on Batman: The Ride, email erikadamswrites@gmail.com.
And for a full archive of quality pop-culture writing from the past 17 years, visit erikmadams.com.
And for a full archive of quality pop-culture writing from the past 17 years, visit erikmadams.com.
This was the VERY point that the American Pie movie was trying to make
i think a lot of young men really overestimate the positive impact that having lots of sex with different partners will have on their lives and also overestimate how much their peers are fucking
Difficult thing about counteracting the alt-right's monopoly on "how do I get laid" content is that "stop trying to get laid" has very poor SEO potential
August 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This was the VERY point that the American Pie movie was trying to make
The recent-ish Chip Whistler Big City Greens episode did a "don't do evil like your nemesis or you will become like them!" plotline and it's actually kinda sickening to yet again see this plotline in this day and age, especially with the genuine evil happening all around us today.
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The recent-ish Chip Whistler Big City Greens episode did a "don't do evil like your nemesis or you will become like them!" plotline and it's actually kinda sickening to yet again see this plotline in this day and age, especially with the genuine evil happening all around us today.
The sea shanties thing seemed like it hit its peak through TikTok's video multi-reply feature (like that great fake hostage video series of videos) and it's weird we don't see that kind of thing anymore
Does anyone else remember when sea shanties were a thing or was I just suffering from a high fever for a few weeks four or so years ago
July 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The sea shanties thing seemed like it hit its peak through TikTok's video multi-reply feature (like that great fake hostage video series of videos) and it's weird we don't see that kind of thing anymore
Finally getting around to Squid Game S3 and (vague spoilers) at the very least I like that the ultimate cruel antagonist is someone you just don't see coming
July 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Finally getting around to Squid Game S3 and (vague spoilers) at the very least I like that the ultimate cruel antagonist is someone you just don't see coming
I think a big reason that the Epstein thing is sticking is because a lot of excuses in Trump's first term was that he was stymied from exposing the deep state due to Dems having a majority in Congress. Now that's not the case, his base is expecting him to do just that.
July 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I think a big reason that the Epstein thing is sticking is because a lot of excuses in Trump's first term was that he was stymied from exposing the deep state due to Dems having a majority in Congress. Now that's not the case, his base is expecting him to do just that.
It's gotten to the point that even *networking* isn't enough to help with finding employment
July 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It's gotten to the point that even *networking* isn't enough to help with finding employment
Everyone loves Steven Spielberg because of one simple fact - he just knows how to end his movies
July 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Everyone loves Steven Spielberg because of one simple fact - he just knows how to end his movies
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For a project for my Women in Animation mentor circle: does anyone have experience with ftrack?
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
For a project for my Women in Animation mentor circle: does anyone have experience with ftrack?
Season 3 of Legend of Vox Machina has a particularly gross and nasty portrayal of hell
i'm sick of portrayals of hell where it's just reliving the worst moments of your life. that only ever became popular because it was easy to film. if i'm paying $20 to see a movie i demand bosch style demons putting people through pasta extruders
June 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Season 3 of Legend of Vox Machina has a particularly gross and nasty portrayal of hell