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Phillip Maciak’s “Avidly Reads Screen Time”: A Symposium
“Dear Television” contributors and columnists Aaron Bady, Jorge Cotte, Jane Hu, and Lili Loofbourow review Phillip Maciak’s “Avidly Reads Screen Time...
Aaron Bady, Jane Hu, Jorge Cotte, Lili LoofbourowMay 25, 2023
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Pathos Porn About Climate Change: On Scott Z. Burns’s “Extrapolations”
Aaron Bady reviews Scott Z. Burns’s new climate change series “Extrapolations” (Apple TV+).
Aaron BadyMar 25, 2023
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Police and Thieves: On Tony Gilroy’s “Andor”
Aaron Bady reviews Tony Gilroy’s “Andor,” streaming on Disney+.
Aaron BadyDec 8, 2022
The Heirs and Their Hair: On HBO’s “House of the Dragon”
Sarah Mesle assesses the first season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” spinoff, “House of the Dragon.”
Sarah MesleOct 24, 2022
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Magic (Half) Hour: On "Reservation Dogs"
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak writes about FX's Reservation Dogs, the best show of 2021, and the greatness of half-hour TV
Phillip MaciakDec 29, 2021
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Flick and Feather: On Diana’s Hair
Sarah Mesle reckons with what Diana's hair, in Spencer and in real life, says about feminism, power, whiteness, and princesses
Sarah MesleNov 11, 2021
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Bloodsuckers, Bad Readers: "Midnight Mass" and "What We Do in the Shadows"
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak thinks about What We Do in the Shadows and what Midnight Mass is doing on Netflix
Phillip MaciakOct 22, 2021
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Law and Wooder: On Mare of Easttown
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady thinks about what justice means on HBO's Mare of Easttown and asks why anybody would ever want that.
Aaron BadyJun 2, 2021
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Close Magic: Derek DelGaudio's Illusions of Other People
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak sobs his way through the magic of pre-pandemic closeness in Derek DelGaudio's Hulu film In and Of Itself.
Phillip MaciakApr 1, 2021
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The WandaVision Cul-De-Sac
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady watches WandaVision and finds the Marvel Cinematic Universe dreaming about itself once again.
Aaron BadyMar 18, 2021
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Dickinson's Hair
For Dear Television, Sarah Mesle explores the follicular politics of gender, race, and poetics on Apple TV+'s revisionist fantasy Dickinson.
Sarah MesleJan 21, 2021
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Dance Yourself Clean: Lovers Rock x The Crown
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak explores the two Londons, the two lovers, and the two dance sequences of Lovers Rock and The Crown.
Phillip MaciakDec 29, 2020
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