Archive for May, 2012

Stranded on the TV Battleground: Hulu’s Invisible Original

May 7, 2012
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Stranded on the TV <i>Battleground</i>: Hulu’s Invisible Original

Despite generic familiarity and a solid first season, Hulu's Battleground has struggled to draw the attention of critics and viewers alike as the site's first original fictional series.
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Klosterman, philosophy and cultural studies: An audio interview

May 4, 2012
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Klosterman, philosophy and cultural studies: An audio interview

An audio interview with Chuck Klosterman, accompanied by a discussion of how his work not only blurs things that us cultural studies professors celebrate by taking “low” culture seriously, but also in a way that inevitably makes us nervous.
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Is HBO Making a Turn Toward Relevance?

May 2, 2012
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Is HBO Making a Turn Toward Relevance?

HBO's Veep may have a veneer of frivolity, but it's part of HBO's larger move towards politically relevant material in 2012.
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