Black president? Old news. Here’s where TV and Movies are going next.
Overthinking Politics
Thoughts on the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Who best to clean up the oil spill? Fictional criminals.
To the newly unemployed victims of the Gulf oil spill, it must seem like the government simply can’t or won’t help them. Only a team of highly trained criminals with hearts of gold can save the day.
USA v. USA Network: When they watch Burn Notice, the terrorists win.
A recent Supreme Court decision suggests that the USA Network show Burn Notice is providing “material assistance” to terrorists.
On May 21, Join the T-Party… the Mr. T Party!
The Post-Racial Eyed Peas: Race, Robots, Ladies, Lumps
Does the success of the new Black Eyed Peas show support or refute the argument that America has moved beyond race? Also: robots.
This Is What Happens When You Let an Amateur Run the Government: How Hollywood Is Ruining America
Hollywood tells us that amateur politicians can save this country. Hollywood is dangerously wrong.
The Anti-Americanism of Modern Warfare 2
The Worst Speech in Political History: the Tragedy of The American President
The plot of 2010’s cable news channels eerily echoes the 1995 film The American President.
Jack Bauer in the Age of Obama
Jack Bauer and 24 still bestride TV like a colossus. A hoarse, belligerent colossus that clasps men by the lapels and thrusts them floorward, but a colossus nonetheless.