Category: TV

Searching for Truth

Trump, Objectivity, and the Media

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Oeuvre Reviews, Joshua Malina: Scandal, Season 1

“As to why I decided watching Josh Malina’s oeuvre was a good idea: It’s not. As to why I
became a fan: Reader, I think he’s cute.”

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All American (Anti-) Hero

In the third episode of Netflix and Marvel’s new superhero show Daredevil, a man crushes in his enemy’s face by repeatedly smashing it with a bowling ball.

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Sex on TV

Mad Men

The man will keep his suit on and will be married, but definitely not to you.

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Babylon Berlin Review

A snapshot of a young republic in peril, and its lessons for our times.

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Red Eyes, Clear Heart, Can’t Lose

On the stoner realism of “High Maintenance.”

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Lights, Camera…Checkmate

A Nass writer considers Netflix’s miniseries The Queen’s Gambit.

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Replacing the Irreplacable

Earlier this week, America met its replacement for the (some would say) irreplaceable Jon Stewart.

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Cartoons and Self Formation

Returning to the Powerpuff Girls.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination

Wherein a Nass writer looks at the popular sitcom from a more radical angle.

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Love Lessons

Wherein a Nass writer contemplates the influence of Disney on her burgeoning worldview.

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Nass Recommends: Riverdale

When corny becomes profound.

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