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2020
Sep
12
 
 
In the middle of America, even in places that don't love Donald Trump, the term "coastal elites" is rarely spoken in admiration...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
10
 
 
Late-night television's overwhelming whiteness has been a topic of pointed conversation for decades, which lends considerable historical resonance to a new Peacock documentary called The Sit-In...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
10
 
 
Ask any pop culture fan under 50 about The Avengers, and you'll get a rhapsody on the whole rambunctious team from the Marvel universe and movies. Ask someone over 60, particularly if that someone is male, and you'll get a loving rhapsody about Diana Rigg in a catsuit...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
9
 
 
Being identified as "woke" – that is, finally understanding the multiple core inequities of American society – can get you admired or ridiculed these days, depending on who has done the identifying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
8
 
 
You wouldn't think prequels would be an automatic winner in the treacherous television programming game...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
Regular real-life Moms are used to taking heat when they miss dinner because they had to work late at the job. Emma Green has them beat...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
I agree: Cancel Culture has gone too far. I don't mean boycotts and shutdowns and shaming or firing people for saying the wrong thing. Though there are certainly places where it's gone too far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
Rotten rich people form a cornerstone of entertaining TV drama, as any fan of Dynasty can attest. To that long and infamous list, we can now add the Cabbotts from The Sounds, a new Canadian mystery drama...