Sam Barsanti
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About Sam Barsanti
Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, which covers tech and startup news.
He'll happily talk to anyone about comic book movies (he thinks the MCU peaked with Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and giant robots (he thinks some of the Transformers movies are good), and he canonically exists in The CW's "Arrowverse" series of superhero shows.
Sam is also a published poet and horror writer, and his fiction work has appeared on The No Sleep Podcast.
Favorite Media
Sam tends to like anything with a heightened bit of style, and he has said that his favorite movie is Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (not because it's a badass action-thriller, but because it has smart things to say about badass action-thrillers). Also it's just really cool.
Beyond that, he thinks Daredevil is the best Marvel character and he collects Optimus Prime toys.
Industry Experience
10 years at The AV Club, plus freelancing at IGN, Primetimer, The Hustle, and Collider.
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