television
How to organize a union: ‘The Porter’ and Black service industry militancy
July 6, 2022A joint production of the public Canadian Broadcasting Company and BET+, 'The Porter,' about the organization of the first Black union in North America, is exactly the series we need right now.
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‘Better Call Saul’: The fading middle class in a ‘Breaking Bad’ universe
June 21, 2022The Breaking Bad universe has established a template for languishing, but never challenging, diminishing expectations as the American “universe” itself shrinks globally.
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‘Plague at the Golden Gate’: Public health and private ignorance
May 20, 2022Director Li-shin Yu’s scientific moral tale of the battle against Bubonic Plague in San Francisco over a century ago might as well be the story of Dr. Fauci’s heroic struggle against COVID-19.
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‘From’ is a terrifying horror allegory of society in times of peril
February 25, 2022Hopefully From stays on its current trajectory and doesn’t stray too far from the elements, including the real-world allegory that makes it so compelling.
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‘Yellowstone’: Low Noon, or How the Western was Lost
February 15, 2022The writers shifted focus to an idealized cowboy lifestyle which Sheridan located in Texas—where a man could still be “free.”
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