
A Scandal in Paradise: On “Top of the Lake”
'Twin Peaks,' 'The Killing," lost girls, and the female detective story
April 6th, 2013
'Twin Peaks,' 'The Killing," lost girls, and the female detective story
April 6th, 2013


The only way The Hunger Games works as art is if it shows ordinary people being entertained by death. Then it forces the audience to look at itself.
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