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The Race to Address Race in Orange is the New Black 23 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
Today I wrapped six weeks of writing about Orange Is The New Black, two episodes at a time, at The A.V. Club. It means I’ve written a lot of words about the show, and lived in its development more tha...
“About the Web? On The Web.” – Lena Waithe’s Twenties 17 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
I heard about Twenties from numerous people online who shared it with the story of Lena Waithe’s struggle to get the show made: the networks all express their love for the project, but suggest there i...
Recap by Default: Why Terminology Matters To How We Write About Writing About TV 16 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
In the wake of Brett Martin’s Difficult Men, which itself comes in the wake of Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution Was Televised, there has been new scrutiny placed on the culture of television criticism....
The Familiar Five: Reflections on a Summer Movie Marathon 29 Jun 2013 | 06:36 am
It was interesting to see how people responded to the notion of seeing five movies in theatres in a single day. My initial instinct that it was madness, an opinion shared by many others; others though...
Series Premiere: Under The Dome – “Pilot” 25 Jun 2013 | 10:34 am
I haven’t read Under The Dome. I actually don’t think I’ve read anything by Stephen King outside of some scattered short stories (and I might even be making that up). And so I don’t really have much t...
Mad Men – “In Care Of” and the Narrative Engine of Place in Season 6 25 Jun 2013 | 12:08 am
“In Care Of” and the Narrative Engine of Place in Season 6 June 24th, 2013 “This is where everything is.” Mad Men began with a spatial divide. In the series’ pilot, we are introduced to Don Draper ...
The Fallacy of the Showrunner Fallacy (And Why It’s Still Productive) 18 Jun 2013 | 01:34 am
In The New Republic’s “The Showrunner Fallacy,” Craig Fehrman responds to what he considers a troubling development within television criticism. Citing Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution Was Televised an...
Season Finale: Game of Thrones – “Mhysa” 10 Jun 2013 | 08:56 am
“Mhysa” June 9th, 2013 “Here only the family name matters.” As Varys explains this fact to Shae, he’s being pragmatic: he’s trying to help someone whose very existence at King’s Landing threatens her ...
Game of Thrones – “The Rains of Castamere” 3 Jun 2013 | 08:05 am
“The Rains of Castamere” June 2nd, 2013 “The closer you get, the worse the fear gets.” Every season of Game of Thrones has built to a big event in the season’s ninth episode. As a result, the end of e...
Season Finale: Orphan Black – “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” 2 Jun 2013 | 07:14 am
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” June 1st, 2013 When I attended the Television Critics’ Association Winter Press Tour in January, BBC America presented a panel for Orphan Black, a new drama series origi...
