Television

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

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  The Ethical Game: Morality in Postapocalyptic Fictions from Cormac McCarthy to Video Games

  David Roman discusses Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," "The Walking Dead," and "DayZ."

  David RomanMay 23, 2015

  • Noir

  • Television

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  The Marriage Plot: Three Versions of “Wolf Hall”

  The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn has been told and retold from hundreds of angles. So why did Hilary Mantel’s version catch fire?

  Laurie WinerApr 30, 2015

  • Fiction

  • Television

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  The Anti-Mamet: On Tina Fey’s Men

  Masculinity in '30 Rock' and 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'

  Nicholas MirielloApr 18, 2015

  • Television

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  That’s So Awkward: Issa Rae and the Revitalization of Black Women in Television

  Issa Rae’s fictional characters bring real Black women to TV.

  Minda HoneyApr 11, 2015

  • Television

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  Woman out of Time: On “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

  The latest in the "man out of time" storytelling tradition, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" subverts the form, skewering the absurdity of our era.

  Andrew Benedict-NelsonApr 6, 2015

  • Television

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  How the Golden Age Lost Its Memory

  “The ‘golden age’ simply isn’t what it used to be.”

  Andrew HeiselMar 22, 2015

  • Television

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  The Froth Estate: VICE’s Cult of Immersion

  VICE’s preoccupation with “immersive” journalism places undue emphasis on vicarious thrills and not enough on reporting.

  Franҫois KiperMar 21, 2015

  • Television

• Life Is Easier than We Make It

  "The Slap" is about people who are so distracted they have very little sense of how to count their blessings.

  Laurie WinerMar 19, 2015

  • Television

• Brown Broads, White TV

  “I want to understand: why does abjection signify freedom for white people?"

  Kyla Wazana Tompkins, Rebecca WanzoMar 16, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Television

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  The Big Thaw: “Togetherness” and What Thirty-Something Means Now

  Thirtysomething is the new twentysomething. Soraya Roberts looks at the evolution of quarter-life crisis TV and film, from "The Big Chill" to HBO’s "Togetherness."

  Mar 8, 2015

  • Television

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  I Want My Anti-TV: On “Tim and Eric”

  “Steve Brule Special” and “Bagboy”

  Gavin TomsonFeb 20, 2015

  • Television

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  The Trees, The Trees

  “Entering the town of Twin Peaks. Five miles south of the Canadian border, 12 miles west of the state line. I have never seen so many trees in my life."

  Nathan HuffstutterFeb 6, 2015

  • Television