television
‘Taken Down’ and the underbelly of the Irish economic miracle
March 16, 2020The rise of Ireland to a European economic powerhouse was fueled initially by a housing boom which then crashed in the wake of the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble.
Read moreOn the global television beat: Robin Hood in the neoliberal age
March 11, 2020The last studio big-budget Robin with Russell Crowe had Robin himself as a baron who saves England and guarantees it for the other barons.
Read moreHBO’s ‘Watchmen’: Who will guard the guards?
January 7, 2020Watchmen is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book superstructure.
Read more500 shows and almost nothing to watch: 2019’s top ten TV series
December 19, 2019We have gone from what used to be called the Second Golden Age of Television to what is now referred to as “Peak TV.”
Read moreThree historic TV features on radical composer Marc Blitzstein now available for viewing
December 13, 2019All three videos have been posted complete on YouTube, free and available to all.
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