Television

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen

"Never Have I Ever"...Seen Myself on TV
Linde Murugan considers Mindy Kaling's funny and frustrating take on religion, nationality, race, caste, and diasporic identity.
Meenasarani Linde MuruganMay 28, 2020
- Television
Freud: A Star Is Born
Elena Comay del Junco (psycho)analyzes the representation of Freud and psychoanalysis in popular media.
Elena Comay del JuncoMay 26, 2020
- Film
- Television
The Television is the Night Car: An Interview with Graeme Manson about Snowpiercer
Everett Hamner talks to Orphan Black's Graeme Manson about his new television adaptation of Bong Joon-Ho's film Snowpiercer.
Everett HamnerMay 25, 2020
- SF
- Television
How to Miss What Isn't Gone: Thoughts on Modern Nostalgias While Watching "The Office"
Lucas Mann discusses modern forms of nostalgia and the pleasures and perils of rewatching old favorites
Lucas MannMay 24, 2020
- Television
Real Life Rock Top 10: May 2020
LARB presents the May installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusMay 22, 2020
- Music
- Television
Love the One You're With: "High Fidelity" Goes Corporate
Annie Berke on Hulu's adaptation of High Fidelity as a Millennial romantic comedy of media conglomeration and tech utopianism.
Annie BerkeMay 12, 2020
- Television
Marion Stokes and the Power of Guerrilla Archiving
Grace Hadland reviews the documentary on reclusive guerrilla archivist and media critic Marion Stokes, “Recorder.”
Gracie HadlandApr 23, 2020
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.
Seth GreenlandApr 9, 2020
- Television
Watching Television in a Pandemic
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
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Celestial Bureaucracy: What "The Good Place" Owes "The Aeneid"
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
- Television
Unapologetically Queer: Kit Williamson on “EastSiders” and Revolutionary Representation
Jonathan Alexander interviews actor, writer, and director Kit Williamson about his show “EastSiders."
Jonathan AlexanderFeb 24, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Make America Mayberry Again
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
- Politics
- Television