Television

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

Our Story Is the American Story: A Conversation with Renee Tajima-Peña and Geeta Gandbhir
The producers of “Asian Americans” reflect on the making of their groundbreaking documentary series.
Anouk YehJul 23, 2020
"Visible: Out on Television": an LGBTQ TV Roundtable
A group of TV scholars consider Apple TV+'s new docuseries, "Visible: Out on Television," and the narratives of history and visibility it tells.
Alfred L. Martin Jr., Beck Banks, Hollis Griffin, Julia Himberg, Lauren Herold, Maria San Filippo, Mayra BottaroJun 23, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Time Machine: Excerpts from "Time Tells"
Masha Tupitsyn considers the passage of time, Felicity, and stand-up comedy
Masha TupitsynJun 7, 2020
- Television
Laguna Revisited
Sara Davis revisits an early reality TV classic
Sara DavisJun 6, 2020
- Television
Do Black Lives Matter to Westworld? On TV Fantasies of Racial Violence
Hope Wabuke considers the violence against black children at the heart of HBO's Westworld and whether the show will ever have something to say about it.
Hope WabukeJun 4, 2020
- Television
Dance Routines, Pandemic Routines: Ryan Heffington's "SWEATFEST"
Media Studies scholar Kristen Warner and dance scholar Clare Croft consider the queer, quarantied embodiments of Ryan Heffington's Instagram dance class.
Clare Croft, Kristen WarnerJun 1, 2020
- Music
- Television
"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