Posts Tagged ‘ quality drama ’

Vivisecting The Knick

October 22, 2014
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Vivisecting <em>The Knick</em>

Steven Soderbergh and Cinemax's new series, The Knick, has become a critical darling, called the best in a new era of director-centered television. Kristen Warner, Lisa Coulthard, R. Colin Tait, and Andrew deWaard weigh in on its critical accolades.
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Brit-Lit Fantasies and Their Fans

January 8, 2011
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Brit-Lit Fantasies and Their Fans

PBS premieres new period-piece Downton Abbey on Sunday, reminding us that Brit-lit mini-series, which construct variegated representations of mainly white, heterosexual, aristocratic, life, continue to be hugely popular.
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Boardwalk Empire’s Aged Media Conundrum

January 6, 2011
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Boardwalk Empire’s Aged Media Conundrum

Among the many threads entwined in this production are its virtually fetishistic engagement with and display of early 20th century material culture, including forms of media.
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Vampire Shows and Gendered Quality Television

August 26, 2010
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Vampire Shows and Gendered Quality Television

If I were to pick a worthy successor of Buffy's Sunnydale, it would be Mystic Falls rather than Bon Temps.
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I Saw God and/or Treme*

April 18, 2010
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I Saw God and/or <em>Treme</em>*

Thoughts on David Simon's next HBO outing, Treme
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