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Tuesday, 28 April 2020 11:01

'Babylon Berlin' and German fascism; 'Superstore' and the age of Amazon

Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews more series TV, from Germany and from the U.S. Image above: military fascists in Weimar Berlin Season three of the German megaseries Babylon Berlin continues the exploration of the tensions in the Weimar Republic, as it moves inexorably toward its demise and its replacement by fascism. The…

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 10:02

Ozark, the disappearing middle class, Freud and Freudians

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe on the Global Television Beat discusses some TV series dealing with middle-class life under pressure in Ozark, and depictions of Freud and Freudians in Vienna Blood and Freud The third season of the Netflix popular and critical hit Ozark has the show going ever darker. It’s beginning to…

Tuesday, 07 April 2020 09:45

How predatory profit-making warps TV series: Bro on the Global TV beat

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe continues his series reviewing streamed TV series, and discusses some of the ways the capitalist system affects their availability and content The Swedish series with the mysterious title Jordskott is an anomaly wrapped in an enigma. It’s really a deeply ecological series, posing as a horror/mystery thriller. The…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 02 April 2020 09:28

Twisting the truth: Bro on the Global TV beat

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Written by Dennis Broe

As more people have to stay home and watch TV, Dennis Broe reviews some current TV series from the U.S., Britain and Iceland, showing how they both expose and conceal real social and economic injustice The best network series in what might be a season cut short by the coronavirus…

For Life The Stranger The Valhalla Murders Netflix Proven Innocent

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:06

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

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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…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Sunday, 15 March 2020 16:03

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

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Written by Dennis Broe

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…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:19

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

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Written by Dennis Broe

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…

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 12:06

The Deadly Facade Of 'Democracy'

Written by David Cromwell

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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…

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 12:08

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

Written by Dennis Broe

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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…

Charles Dickens Scrooge Steven Knight Hitchcock

Wednesday, 18 December 2019 20:52

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

Written by Dennis Broe

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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

Monday, 15 July 2019 13:36

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

Written by Dennis Broe

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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…