TV, internet and other media

TV, internet and other media

 

Pros and Cons: Scamming Neoliberal Scammers
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 08:33

Pros and Cons: Scamming Neoliberal Scammers

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Dennis Broe continues his reviews on TV series The shrinking middle class, and the pressures put on that class to survive an onslaught from the top directed at them and their working-class compatriots, is the subject of a number of contemporary series. Ozark, the most popular series on Netflix, has…
Ozark Breaking Bad Valhalla Murders Double Indemntiy Big Sky Vertigo Psycho
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Carnivore Culture, not Cancel Culture: The Mandalorian Season 2
Sunday, 14 February 2021 12:13

Carnivore Culture, not Cancel Culture: The Mandalorian Season 2

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Dennis Broe continues his series of reviews, discussing The Mandalorian Season 2 and the growing limits on creativity in streaming services One of the surprise hits of the contemporary streaming era is the first original series on Disney+, The Mandalorian. A surprise not because it was a hit – any…
Disney+ Baby Yoda star wars Sex and the City
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What's Left on the Dial? Alternative TV in the U.S.
Friday, 01 January 2021 09:56

What's Left on the Dial? Alternative TV in the U.S.

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Dennis Broe reviews alternative TV and podcasts in the US. Image above: Amber Ruffin as Melania Trump on Late Night The US election has finally been secured with even Donald Trump tacitly acknowledging that he lost. In the aftermath, the mainstream media has now swung behind Joe Biden and the…
Melania Trump Means TV Socialist Program A Closer Look The Daily Show
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Marginalised and forgotten: indigenous and working-class people in TV series
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 21 December 2020 21:15

Marginalised and forgotten: indigenous and working-class people in TV series

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Dennis Broe reviews TV series that focus on indigenous and working-class themes, including Mystery Road, Don’t Forget The Driver, The Connors, and Superstore. Image above: Aaron Pedersen as Jay Swan in Mystery Road Few series on television focus either on both the earth’s first inhabitants, the indigenous, now mostly quartered…
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Mystery Road Don't Forget the Driver Superstore The Connors
Coming Undone: The Undoing, Big Sky, The Deceived and the limits of MeToo
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 18 December 2020 08:29

Coming Undone: The Undoing, Big Sky, The Deceived and the limits of MeToo

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Dennis Broe reviews some more series TV, regrets the reactionary and elitist tendencies of some contemporay feminism, and calls us 'to reach across race and class boundaries installed by a capitalist patriarchy'. Image above: Grace’s Manhattan in The Undoing “The rich are different,” said Fitzgerald, in a languishing dreamy tone.…
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What’s Left on the Dial? Alternative TV and Podcasts
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 11 December 2020 11:24

What’s Left on the Dial? Alternative TV and Podcasts

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Dennis Broe gives us a guide to some alternative TV media The US election has finally been secured with even Donald Trump tacitly acknowledging that he lost. In the aftermath, the mainstream media has now swung behind Joe Biden and the return to normalcy. The dominant media opposed Trump not…
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RT Redacted Tonight Mother of all Talk Shows Means TV Democracy Now Loud and Clear The Socialist Program Moderate Rebels Late Night The Daily Show A Closer Look
‘Vida’ on Starz: Fighting gentrification “But with a little sex”
Friday, 11 September 2020 09:52

‘Vida’ on Starz: Fighting gentrification “But with a little sex”

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Dennis Broe reviews Vida and some other of the latest series on streaming services. Image above:Vida’s Mari (Chelsea Rendon) as neighbourhood activist All over the news today are articles about a new kind of white flight, again as in the 1960s to the suburbs, but this time it is also…
Vida Gentrified Motherless in Brooklyn Starz PValley Party Down
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