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Friday, 18 June 2021 12:11

Cancel Enid Blyton! The familiar, tired tropes of GB News and anti-Woke media

Written by Stuart Cartland

Stuart Cartland on Conservative populism and anti-Woke TV: how the launch of GB News represents updated versions of familiar, tired tropes. GB News represents an updated version or equivalent to the familiar and well-worn tropes of anti-political correctness of previous years. The political right dominates British media outlets and the…

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:30

Varieties of working-class women: Wanted, Bitter Daisies and Mare of Easttown

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe discusses various depictions of working-class women in Wanted, Bitter Daisies, and Mare of Easttown In large parts of the world anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of women are now actively engaged in the workplace, with most earning less than men and many performing the essential service and…

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Wednesday, 31 March 2021 08:33

Pros and Cons: Scamming Neoliberal Scammers

Written by Dennis Broe

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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…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Sunday, 14 February 2021 12:13

Carnivore Culture, not Cancel Culture: The Mandalorian Season 2

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Written by Dennis Broe

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…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 01 January 2021 09:56

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

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Written by Dennis Broe

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…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 24 December 2020 09:40

The Year of Living Digitally: 2020 Top 30 Global TV Series

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews global streaming services, part of a generalized movement online this year, and nominates his Top 30 The biggest story in television this year was the rise of the streaming services, with Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+, and NBCUniversal's Peacock joining what was already the crowded field of…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 21 December 2020 21:15

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

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Written by Dennis Broe

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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Friday, 18 December 2020 08:29

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

Written by Dennis Broe

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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.…

Friday, 11 December 2020 11:24

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

Written by Dennis Broe

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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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Wednesday, 09 December 2020 14:05

John Brown as buffoon in 'The Good Lord Bird', vs. Brown as radical in 'Underground'

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe compares and contrasts two images of John Brown in recent TV series. Image above: John Brown at his zaniest, in The Good Lord Bird While the last two episodes of Ethan Hawkes recounting of the John Brown story have some emotional resonance, The Good Lord Bird as a…

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 10:15

5G and ‘Biohackers’: Technology Rules Ok! (or does it?)

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe writes about how 5G technology is designed to make the world safe for capitalist cultures of consumption, and reviews Biohackers There seems to be no questioning the technological imperative. 5G will, when it is fully operative, increase download speeds such that general mobile phone internet activity will be…

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