Tuned InTelevision
Game of Thrones Watch: Fire and Reign
Why is fire so important in Game of Thrones? Because it’s like magic: a means through which something material becomes intangible. Also, it’s freaking awesome.
James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column, about pop culture and society. Tuned In, the blog version, is about the stuff we used to call "TV," whether it's in your living room, on your computer or - once the networks figure out the technology and line up the advertisers - in your dreams themselves.
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Boston Manhunt: Scrambling, Waiting, and Digging for Meaning on a Surreal Media Day
Somehow, in years of post-9/11 terrorist fiction, no one had created a narrative for the American-immigrant, high-school-athlete, Eminem-quoting mass-terrorism suspect.
Tuned InTelevision
Dead Tree Alert: The TIME 100, TV Edition
The annual TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people is out. And the path to influence in this world being what it is, not a few of those people are involved with TV.
Tuned InMedia
Un-Arrested Development: On Boston Bomber, Media Outlets Walk Back a Big Story, Again
After last summer’s SCOTUS screw-up, CNN didn’t make the same embarrassing mistake. It—and a few others—made a brand-new embarrassing mistake.
Tuned InMedia
Bloody Visions: What Would the Boston Bombing Look Like in the Google Glass Era?
Some critics complain about graphic images while authorities plead to the public for more video, showing how the surveillance culture can be both scourge and savior.
Tuned InNews Media
After the Boston Attack, the Media Shows Power to Shock and Comfort
The Boston nightmare brought a rush of information (and misinformation), speculation, and even politicized argument. But there was also decency amid the horror.
Tuned InReview
Game of Thrones Watch: That’s What the Money’s For!
It’s not just about swords or dragons. Last night’s Game of Thrones showed that in Westeros as in our world, money has great power—and has its limits.
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RIP Jonathan Winters, 1925–2013
Winters was a certified shape-shifter; he helped establish the idea, now common to comedy fans, that being a humorist was not just about telling jokes but inhabiting characters.
Tuned InReview
TV Weekend: Da Vinci’s Demons
This Renaissance drama might have been really good, if only it hadn’t had the freedom and budget of cable.
Tuned InTelevision
The Americans Watch: The Commitments
The setup of The Americans has made us invested in Philip and Elizabeth’s marriage. But the dramatic, sad “Only You” questions whether we should be.
Tuned InTelevision
Dead Tree Alert: In Late Night, Time to Fire the Desk
My column in the new print TIME magazine looks at who might replace Jimmy Fallon. Or rather, what might replace him.
Tuned InMusic
Accidental Racist: How Bad Punditry Makes Bad Music
The Brad Paisley / LL Cool J song is like every “To be sure, both sides are guilty…” paragraph from a political story, set to a whiny soundtrack.
Tuned InReview
Game of Thrones Watch: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Crossbow
An episode focusing on the dispossessed and losers of war suggests that in Westeros, war does not take place only on the battlefield.
