Tele Talk: In examining ethical dilemmas, ‘The Good Place’ reminds us all to extend empathy

Imagine if the action of eating a banana every morning was steadily earning you a place in hell. Welcome to NBC’s “The Good Place.”

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Dear white people: You don’t have to pretend to like this show

You could have replaced my brainstem with a celery stick last summer and not have noticed an appreciable difference in my behavior. Stuck in a weird kind of stasis, I wasn’t doing much aside from eating my mom’s leftovers and mindlessly slaughtering Bokoblins in “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of

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HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ brings to life one of modern literature’s most captivating female friendships

CW: Contains mild spoilers HBO’s new mini-series “My Brilliant Friend” begins with the most modern of openings: a vibrating iPhone, its glow piercing a dark room. The caller ID is briefly visible before an elderly woman, lying alone in bed, answers. Whoever Rino is, he isn’t one for preamble: “Mamma’s

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