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Apr
28
Episodes: How you can fake your way through a writing career

Episodes: How you can fake your way through a writing career

When I interviewed him recently in connection to The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh said something that struck me as true
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Apr
27
Episodes: "The Prom With Me"

Episodes: "The Prom With Me"

When I left my office today, it was out the back way, and I almost immediately ran into a teenager
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Apr
21
Episodes: On publicists

Episodes: On publicists

The thing that happens when you're a critic is people accuse you of being biased. The most recent
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Apr
19
Episodes: The forgotten legacy of the travelogue show

Episodes: The forgotten legacy of the travelogue show

There's been a lot of criticism of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead this season. Some of
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Apr
14
Episodes: Why I resist fandom

Episodes: Why I resist fandom

I'm not a good fan. This is, I think, on the face of things, probably not what most
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Apr
09
Episodes: Captain America: Civil War — complete spoilers

Episodes: Captain America: Civil War — complete spoilers

The good people at the Captain America: Civil War screening said "no reviews until Wednesday, April 13," and
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Apr
07
Episodes: The loud guy

Episodes: The loud guy

Since moving to Vox, I've slowly but surely started making my way into movie screenings. It's
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Apr
06
Episodes: Why I want you to stop saying "laugh track," and why I am losing that war

Episodes: Why I want you to stop saying "laugh track," and why I am losing that war

Please stop saying the words "laugh track." Look. I know I'm not going to get you
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Apr
02
Episodes: All in the Family spinoffs, ranked

Episodes: All in the Family spinoffs, ranked

(On Friday, we rank things, why not?) All in the Family has the most spinoffs in TV history, assuming we
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Mar
31
Episodes: The first TV show with a gay lead character never came out and said he was gay

Episodes: The first TV show with a gay lead character never came out and said he was gay

What's the first TV show with a gay lead character? Lots of people will say Ellen, because in
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