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Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:06

Fend for Yourself and Get Greedy: 'Bad Banks' and Global Financial Misbehaviour

Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe on the Global Television Beat, Episode 4 Most presciently these days with the outbreak of the Coronavirus and the collapse of the financial markets, the German powerhouse series Bad Banks opened Season One with the story of a run on Germany’s third largest bank. Equally prescient was the…

Sunday, 15 March 2020 16:03

'Taken Down' and the underbelly of the Celtic Tiger: Bro on the Global TV beat

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe presents Episode 3 of his series on TV series First it was called the Celtic Tiger, and then the Celtic Phoenix. The rise of Ireland to a European economic powerhouse was fuelled initially by a housing boom, which then crashed in the wake of the bursting of the…

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:19

Why not steal from the poor and give to the rich? Bro on the Global TV beat

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe reviews some more TV series and asks: why steal from the rich and give to the poor when you can steal from the poor and give to the rich? The Robin Hood legend has certainly come under fire these days. The last studio big budget Robin with Russell…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 19 February 2020 12:06

The Deadly Facade Of 'Democracy'

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Written by David Cromwell

David Cromwell analyses the way that autocratic, runaway capitalism has corrupted the mainstream media, and why there will not, and cannot, be major changes in society without genuine public ownership and control of the media. Image: Democracy Devoured, by kennardphillips If you were mad enough to judge the state of…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 04 February 2020 12:08

Exposing the Culture of Corporate Capitalism: Bro On The Global Television Beat

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe introduces the first instalment of Bro on the Global Television Beat, a new series of TV criticism that covers the best in streaming and Serial TV programmes for British and U.S audiences Episode 1: Steven Knight’s A Christmas Carol: Dickens in the Age of Neoliberalism Steven Knight is…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 18 December 2019 20:52

500 programmes and nothing to watch: Top Ten TV series of 2019

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews the best TV Series of 2019 I could not fit all the series I liked this year into a Top Ten so I have what amounts to a Top 30 best series in global television. At first glance this might indicate that series are improving but let’s…

Homecoming Bad Banks Bloody Vienna Who Is America Proven Innocent Folklore Back to Life Grisse Burden of Truth Nancy Drew Chambers The Mandalorian Late Night

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 15 July 2019 13:36

Godzilla vs. Bambi? American monopoly capitalism vs. European public service broadcasting

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reports from the recent Fontainebleau conference on series TV, and the growing conflict between American-owned media companies and European public service broadcasters The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! This is the cry of alarm of European broadcasters, the majority of whom are part of publicly owned…

Friday, 12 July 2019 14:31

Should politics be comedy? Donald Trump - one giant, bad joke

Written by Doc Ritchie

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Doc Ritchie surveys how comedians have treated Trump, one 'giant, bad joke' Republicans are blaming President Obama for creating Donald Trump while others say he was created in a lab when a young real estate developer was bitten by a radioactive douchebag. – Conan O'Brien, American comedian Ukraine, April, 2019:…

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Monday, 08 July 2019 07:43

After Life

Written by Tony McKenna

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Tony McKenna reviews After Life, the new black comedy-drama written by Ricky Gervais for Netflix Ricky Gervais has two seminal qualities which make him a wonderful writer. One, he has a capacity for cruelty, a hangover from his background as comedian, for good comedy is often cruel. Gervais does not…

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Friday, 19 April 2019 08:16

The Voices

Written by Jim Mainland

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The Voices by Jim Mainland, with images by Peter Long The voices arrived every morning. In fact, I often seemed to wake to their jibber-jabber. They weren’t the voices of anyone I knew, despite the intimacy they assumed. They weren’t people who would normally have anything to do with the…

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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 16:02

Call the wealthy to account! Serial incest in Game of Thrones and Taboo, and serious tax avoidance in the real world

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe finds parallels between the rich and powerful in the final season of Game of Thrones, and their modern-day equivalents in the real world It’s wildly and devilishly seductive, glamourous, and the ultimate expression of unbridled passion. It functions as a key plot device driving the story in shows,…

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