‘Fanfiction and the Author’ Gives Well-Blended Discourse for Maximum Fan Enjoyment
Scholar Judith May Fathallah's work blurs lines between author and ethnographer, fan experiences and genre TV storytelling.
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“The Evolution of Sin” in ‘Westworld’
The uncanny similarity of scenes in this show to the Hollywood harassment/abuse stories -- up to and including the proposition that suffering can advance one's career -- reveals Westworld to be too content to reenact the mechanisms of systemic abuse.
Me, Myself, and I: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and the Art of Being a Sociopath
Rather than attempting to understand other peoples perspectives and becoming more sensitive to them, Curb Your Enthusiasm insists that we’re all pretty much insufferable.
‘Game of Thrones’ Live Recaps Six Seasons of Westerosian History at Madison Square Garden
Game of Thrones epic live concert experience featuring Ramin Djawadi's powerful score also serves as a two hour "previously on..." catch-up for the upcoming seventh season.
Chavez: Cockfighters
Twenty years later, the New York foursome's new EP does little more than make long-time fans yearn for their older material.
‘The Leftovers’ Fears and Regrets
The first season of The Leftovers struggles to balance between its mysterious circumstances, its brooding melodrama, and its devotion to complicated characters.
True Detective: Episode 5 – “Other Lives”
Writer Nic Pizzolatto displays an affinity for placing clues in schools of red herrings.
‘True Detective’: Maybe Tomorrow
True Detective, Season 2, Episode 3: Where does the kitsch end and the surreal begin?
In Defense of a Second Season for ‘Halt and Catch Fire’
Women are the alpha-characters in Halt and Catch Fire. There may be no better dynamic duo of smart leading females on TV today than Donna and Cameron.
In Defense of HBO’s ‘Enlightened’
A couple years after its demise, it’s time to look back at how brilliant and confusing Mike White and Laura Dern’s Enlightened really was.
‘True Detective’ and the Death of Television Criticism
Something has gone wrong if critics consider True Detective the best that contemporary television has to offer.
In Defense of the Phrase ‘Spoiler Alert’
Hey, did anybody else have the Good Wife plot twist spoiled for them last week? Thanks to Google, Time and the Associated Press, I did.