The Tiger King and I
Seth Greenland thinks about what it means to laugh at Netflix's Tiger King when nothing else at the moment seems particularly funny.
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen
Seth Greenland thinks about what it means to laugh at Netflix's Tiger King when nothing else at the moment seems particularly funny.
Seth GreenlandApr 9, 2020
TV is producing a “new normal” for us in these strange times, and it can incite us to ask what new productions might emerge.
Lynne JoyrichApr 8, 2020
In honor of the end of The Good Place, Meghan Gilbride takes us on a guided tour of bureaucratic afterlives from Virgil to Albert Brooks to Michael Schur.
Meghan GilbrideMar 10, 2020
Jonathan Alexander interviews actor, writer, and director Kit Williamson about his show “EastSiders."
Jonathan AlexanderFeb 24, 2020
The fictional town of Mayberry provides a clue to the root of our national poison, and show us how we picked the wrong lawman.
Grafton TannerJan 26, 2020
Jonathan Alexander on Nico Tortorella, gender fluidity, and contemporary culture.
Jonathan AlexanderNov 26, 2019
Jorge Cotte takes stock of what HBO's Watchmen is doing, what it thinks it's doing, and what, until last night, we might have thought it was doing, too.
Jorge CotteNov 25, 2019
Chloe Lizotte considers the Manson depictions from the summer of 2019, asking what contradictions of representation and historical memory they share.
Chloe LizotteNov 10, 2019
Jorge Cotte explores the queasy, wobbly, ethically ambiguous experience of being close to the billionaire children of HBO's Succession.
Jorge CotteOct 24, 2019
Jim Gavin talks about “Lodge 49,” his AMC show set in Long Beach.
Eric DuckerOct 9, 2019
Leslie Kendall Dye views Hulu's series, The Act, through the lens of motherhood, daughterhood, and inter-generational trauma.
Leslie Kendall DyeSep 27, 2019
Sophia Stewart finds a lot to like in “I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution” by Emily Nussbaum.
Sophia StewartAug 19, 2019