Apr
20
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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Episodes 1.5
Apr
18
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
13
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
08
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
06
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
05
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
01
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
30
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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Mar
28
Episodes: Darden and Clark, 4ever and ever
The People vs. O.J. Simpson (the first installment of FX's new limited series American Crime Story) is
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Mar
25
Episodes: On David Bowie
The death of David Bowie in January hit me very slowly, in waves. I was sad about it at first,
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