http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2012/05/02/is-hbo-making-a-turn-toward-relevance/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2012/05/02/is-hbo-making-a-turn-toward-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-194100 Fri, 04 May 2012 03:30:41 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=12845#comment-194100 Kyra, this is a really well written piece, thank you. I wonder what you think about HBO’s decision to market Veep by making the pilot available on iTunes? I have seen this with a few other shows, but HBO is notoriously shy of distributing programs on iTunes until after a season has ended, usually at the same time as the DVD release. I think it says something about who they are targeting with this more political, or relevant programming, but I am not sure exactly what it says about this target audience. I loved Veep, although there does seem to be some Seinfeld-esque focus on, as you note, the more everyday trivial matters of being Vice President. And extensive use of the word fuck.

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