Category: Television
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The Malcontent recommends …
“A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power and Jayson Blair at The New York Times”: A first-rate documentary about a true sociopath reveals just how much Blair got away with while working for the paper of record. In one year alone, he had 23 corrections. Blair still seems unable to take complete responsibility for his egregious behavior.…
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Nothing worse than a geek who thinks he’s cool
Billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk doesn’t like Mike Judge’s new HBO show “Silicon Valley”: “I really feel like Mike Judge has never been to Burning Man, which is Silicon Valley,” Musk said. “If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it. You could take the craziest L.A. party and multiply it by a thousand, and…
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The obvious choice to replace Letterman …
Chris Rock, and not just because black audiences deserve a funny host on late night TV. (Arensio, the black Dave Coulier, ain’t it.) Rock has already proven he can do it, hosting a critically acclaimed show on HBO from 1997-2000. Plus, it would keep him from having to play sidekick to the likes of Adam Sandler…
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Because jocks are always funny
For some reason Fox has purchased a sitcom based on the life of NBA star Dwayne Wade. Think “Entourage” meets “My Two Dads,” but worse: The show is described as Wade and “his entourage of eccentric friends, find themselves parenting by committee, when he gets full custody of his two young sons. It’s a recipe…
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Everything bad about the 90s coming to TV
If I asked a terrorist why he hated America and he responded, “It all started when I watching this movie ‘Reality Bites …’ ” I’d absolve him without malice. Everything wrong with the 90s was on display in that putrid flick, directed by the ridiculously overrated Ben Stiller, the auteur behind “Little Fockers” and the…
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