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Mug Shot Matriarchy
Jake Flanagin examines how reality TV juggernaut Bravo and its ‘Real Housewives’ spin criminality into character development—and ratings gold.
Television
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen
Everybody Loves a Lover
Janna Jones writes about the history and resonances of ‘Love Tapes,’ Wendy Clarke’s 1980s video project.
Run for the Sun, Little One
Carly Mattox considers recent critiques of imperialist nostalgia via Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” and Adam Curtis’s “Shifty.”
The Fascist Cinematic Universe
Tim Brinkhof considers Joe Wright’s new Mussolini miniseries as a flawed representation of the rise of fascism in Italy.
Strange New Lows
Adam Kotsko boldly goes into season three of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” with high expectations.
The Baby Was Screaming
Tia Glista examines the pro-child paranoia that fuels FX’s new series “Alien: Earth.”
Indecent Disposal: FCC and the Censoring of Late-Night
Deborah L. Jaramillo looks at the relationship between the FCC and the television industry over time.
Which! Brother! Do! I! Pick??????
Dorie Chevlen explores the limits of love in the Prime Video series “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
Televising Decline
Elizabeth Alsop reviews “The Studio,” “The Franchise,” and other recent industry satires.
The Siren and the Hack
Eliana Rozinov analyzes the interplay between two recent shows, “Sirens” and “Hacks.”
I Will Not Waste Chalk
Tim Riley reviews Alan Siegel’s “Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of ‘The Simpsons’ Changed Television—and America—Forever.”
I Became a Better Magician
Paul Thompson reviews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal.”
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