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Television Review: “The Chair” — Weeding the Groves of Academe

August 19, 2021
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The Chair asserts that professors have lives outside the university and they are demanding and draining.

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Television Review: “Ted Lasso” — Its Second Season Scores Big

August 4, 2021
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The sophomore season of the Apple TV + hit comedy is even more winning than its first.

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Film Review: “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage” — Hell on Earth

July 21, 2021
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The premier entry in the HBO documentary series “Music Box” shows how everything about the concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of Woodstock goes terribly wrong, then gets worse.

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Watch Closely: On the Couch with “In Treatment” — Stimulatingly Cathartic

July 19, 2021
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The increased racial and cultural diversity of In Treatment’s cast and overall tone are noteworthy and commendable.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Mare of Easttown” — Women Hold Up Half the World

July 9, 2021
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Mare of Easttown is particularly effective in interweaving troubled domestic timelines, families held together by women who are on the brink of psychic or emotional collapse.

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Television Review: “Schmigadoon!” — Sending Up the Great White Way

July 8, 2021
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Schmigadoon! is both an enjoyable love letter to classic Broadway musicals and a good-natured spoof of their now antique conventions.

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Television Review: Bo Burnham’s “Inside” — A Hall of Mirrors

June 30, 2021
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Bo Burnham deserves kudos for calling himself out on his own bullshit. But that doesn’t absolve him of seriously confronting the problem of excessive self-consciousness, especially nowadays.

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Television Review: “Starstruck” — Rewriting the Rom-Com

June 25, 2021
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Starstruck is the rare rom-com that will appeal to audiences who aren’t just fans of the genre.

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Television Review: “Penguin Town” — Birdwatching

June 23, 2021
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For kids and penguin lovers, Penguin Town is a gushy fait accompli. But the series also has rewards for others.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Halston” — Gifted, Greedy, and Gregarious

June 3, 2021
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There are stunning scenes full of energy and visual beauty, but Halston left me feeling somewhat cold.

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