Show Me a Hero

‘Show Me a Hero’ and I’ll Write You a Springsteen Song
Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Television

‘Show Me a Hero’ and I’ll Write You a Springsteen Song

By
 / 1 March 2016
Show Me a Hero's brilliant use of Springsteen’s music deepens both the characterization of the series’ central characters and the situations in which they are embroiled.
Bittersweet and Uplifting: ‘Show Me a Hero’ Offers No Easy Solutions
Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews/Television

Bittersweet and Uplifting: ‘Show Me a Hero’ Offers No Easy Solutions

By
 / 2 September 2015
In its conclusion, HBO's Show Me a Hero delivers the catharsis of a social victory despite firm political barriers.
The Evolution of Racism: Coded Bigotry and Aggression in ‘Show Me a Hero’
Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews/Television

The Evolution of Racism: Coded Bigotry and Aggression in ‘Show Me a Hero’

By
 / 27 August 2015
With overt acts of racial violence are now less socially acceptable, writers David Simon and William F. Zorzi expose the coded racist rhetoric in the middle third of Show Me a Hero.
Corrupted Ideals, Seedy Underbellies: There’s No Place for Heroes in ‘Show Me a Hero’
Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews/Television

Corrupted Ideals, Seedy Underbellies: There’s No Place for Heroes in ‘Show Me a Hero’

By
 / 20 August 2015
Writer David Simon and director Paul Haggis explore the seedy innerworkings of institutional politics in a powerful new miniseries.