TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reckons with her inability to watch series finales, and whether or not the fear even matters in the age of streaming and binge-watching.
Tag: TV Column
Couch potato: How Netflix’s algorithm affects what you watch — or doesn’t
To explore Netflix’s algorithm and the extent of its influence, Gabriella Del Greco SC ’21 does a deep dive on her own Netflix account compared to the account of her perfect opposite: a middle-aged man.
Couch potato: On the perils of watching TV with your parents
How to navigate watching TV with parents when perils like sex scenes and explicit content appear
Tele Talk: Visualizing consent — why you should watch this ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episode
The Grey’s Anatomy episode “Silent All These Years” provided intentional, compelling and necessary storytelling regarding sexual assault.
Cartoon carnage — A cross-cultural analysis of child violence in animation
Anime has been showing a trend towards a more specific kind of violence — explicit violence toward children.
Trash & Treasures: What it means to be a good person — an exploration of morality in ‘BoJack Horseman’
Is BoJack Horseman a good person trying to disrupt his pattern of toxic behavior, or a scumbag completely incapable of change?
‘You’ teaches us to look beyond our raving romanticism
“You” employs all the rom-com stereotypes. But Joe manipulates the story to portray himself as a misunderstood romantic with good intentions.
“Marriage Boot Camp: Black Edition” — it’s not the real title, but it may as well be
Reality television is terrible. Yet, the worse the show is, somehow the more fun it is to watch. “Marriage Boot Camp” isn’t one of those shows.
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
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