Brett Boessen
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Is this a question...
...of Stewart and his team avoiding substance for ratings, because they do not feel competent stepping fully into the policy arena, or some combination thereof? And would you argue The Daily Show is the place for such substantive critiques, or are you s ... -
I'll admit...
...I haven't seen Game Change. But I find the suggestion that it offers a third way between easy ideology and acknowledging fault fascinating (though I'd argue cynicism doesn't easily collapse onto the latter, either: a fourth way?). Would y ... -
Instructional TV
Would you say more about this idea? Are you referring to specifically didactically themed storylines, like the TWW "Isaac and Ishmael" 9/11 response, or maybe the overall sense that watching TWW provides the viewer with an insight into "re ... -
Games and Movies
Reading your Note, I'm mindful that almost all of what you've written could substitute "cinema" for "games" and still be accurate. And cinema is notoriously suffering from a current contraction of independent projects and vo ...