JB Minton
Author of The Skeleton Key to Twin Peaks and Contributor to 25YL. Josh also co-hosts the Red Room Podcast.
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in VideogamesBungie is Going to Try and Pull Off a CRM Miracle
CRM: “Customer Relationship Management” are software platforms that allow a company to manage information about their customers and use that information to engage with them for the purpose of Marketing, Sales and Service experiences. Bungie, the software developer behind Destiny and Halo, is going to try and pull off a miracle with their 1 million […] More
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Bungie Introduces A New Way To Play Destiny With The Lumina Quest
This week, the fifth exotic hand cannon dropped for the Lumina and, in doing so, Bungie has invented a new way to play Destiny The Game after five years. I’m not going to explain the quest steps or how to get the weapon; there are plenty of places for you to find that information. Instead, […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 10 “Labor Day Luau”
It’s break out time for our friends in Red Oaks and our season one finale starts with Judy taking her first steps to independence. She is a Real Estate Agent now and in her excitement, she offers her poor son some advice. “Change is good for all of us.” —Judy to David But David is […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 9 “Bar Mitzvah”
The moment of crisis for Season 1 of Red Oaks does not come in the finale as one might expect for a 30 minute situational comedy. It comes in the episode just before it, in this episode, where David is riding high on a new crest of his life, where he can see the shores […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 8 “After Hours”
As we careen towards the Season 1 finale of Red Oaks, David Meyers continues his journey from Accounting Major to Film Director. Stop a moment and consider what a leap that is. When I was 19, I was a college student in a Pre-Med program. By the time of my 21st birthday, I was at […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 7 “Body Swap”
Three major things happen in episode 7 of Season One of Red Oaks. The first is a breakthrough and the other two are breakdowns. We are about to jump into the only episode of Red Oaks to indulge in magical realism and I hated this episode the first time I saw it. It just felt […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 6 “Swingers”
No one said the Hero’s Journey was a boring path to walk and this episode begins with a frantic view into Wheeler’s home life. He is a primary caretaker of what seems like dozens of brothers and sisters and their friends. Here, we see what a kind heart Wheeler is as a human being. It […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 5 “Fourth Of July”
The Fourth Of July didn’t use to be just another holiday in the United States of America. It once meant something more to us culturally. It was a day where we put aside our political divisions, and some of us even use to put aside our races and our religions, so that we could celebrate […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep4 “MDMA”
Author JB Minton walks us through the third episode of Season 1 of Red Oaks, the brilliant comedy-drama exclusive to Amazon Prime Video. Starring Craig Roberts, Alexa Sorcha, Gina Gershon and Paul Reiser. More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep 3 “The Wedding”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NZwgyhg1wg&w=560&h=315] In Stasis In this third episode of Red Oaks, “The Wedding,” we see what happens when David takes the straight path. Things seem…safe. There is a tradition in The Hero’s Journey where the Hero refuses the Call to Adventure. Sometimes this refusal can take the form of the hero taking the safe path. […] More
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Red Oaks S1 Ep2 “Doubles”
A Rapid Refresh On The Hero’s Journey It’s pretty simple really, both simple and powerful because it’s the structure of nearly every great story ever told. If you can put aside the heavily dominated male hero population, the Hero’s Journey can be applied to men and women, girls and boys equally. Anyone can be a […] More
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The Call To Adventure: On the Pilot of Red Oaks
Introduction I think the Red Oaks Pilot episode of the Amazon Studios show is one of the finest first episodes of any show ever made. I would certainly put it in my top five. As co-creator of the Red Room Podcast, now nearly ten years old and with over 160 episodes, Scott Ryan and I […] More
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