Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Schmagnificent: ‘Schmigadoon’ delivers on the promise of musical theater
“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What I’m Putting in My Covid Time Capsule
What will we hold onto from the pandemic? Perhaps the videos we watched and experiences we had, mostly virtual, in connecting with other people.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
How does a change of heart happen?
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Could you explain what the Synod on Synodality is to a 10-year-old? If not, we need to simplify some things.
I’m surprised to find that it’s my confusion about the synodal process that has grown more than my enthusiasm for what is being discussed.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I’m a priest and Writers Guild member. Here’s why Catholics should support the writers strike.
I would like to offer three anecdotes from my life that I hope will speak to what the Writers Guild of America is fighting for and why Catholics should care.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Interview: The women behind ‘Sister Boniface Mysteries,’ a show about a crime-solving nun that gets religion right
Sister Boniface reminds me of so many great women’s religious that I have had the good fortune of knowing—enormously competent, of deep integrity and undaunted in their commitment to helping people.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
When we dismiss others, we only starve ourselves
A Reflection for Friday of the Third Week of Easter, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Peacock’s ‘Mrs. Davis’ is a show about a nun fighting A.I. But it’s really about God.
To those who are already exhausted by the all-A.I., all-the-time reporting of 2023, have no fear: “Mrs. Davis” is not a show about A.I., not really.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
In his new special, John Mulaney is a modern Prodigal Son with a message about mercy
After a stint in rehab, a break up from his wife followed almost immediately by a new relationship and then a baby with the actress Olivia Munn, comedian John Mulaney is back with a new Netflix special, “Baby J.”