After my recent conversation with Jim Cuno, the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, I thought I would get in touch with a prominent archaeologist to see what he thought of Cuno’s proposal for a return to partage, the practice whereby source nations used to share some of the finds from archaeological digs with the foreign museums or …
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Corporate Press Release Theater: The Biggest Game
So apparently last night the most-watched TV program in 25 years aired, and I didn’t see it. Well, I did, but mostly in fast-motion. Apparently in the midst of the Super Bowl ads, there was an actual good game last night. But what with hammering out 61[!] ad reviews in four hours, skipping through the game to the next ad block, and …
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"Yes We Can": That Other Big Ad Last Weekend
Other than the Mike Huckabee / Chuck Norris spot and the Hillary Sopranos parody, the two most memorable ads this campaign season are notable for (1) not being TV ads, (2) being for Barack Obama and (3) not coming from the Obama campaign. (I’m not including Obama Girl, if you’re wondering.) The first was the viral Hillary 1984 ad. The …
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Wire Watch: Sympathy for Clay Davis
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, call your own cell phone from a pay phone and remind yourself to watch The Wire.
Halfway through the season, the press and the cops are getting closer. / HBO: Paul Schiraldi
Apologies in advance: this will be the lamest Wire Watch ever. Owing to the Super Bowl and my frenzied marathon …
Top 25 Important Movies On Race
In honor of Black History Month, TIME critic Richard Corliss surveys nearly a century of cinema, and reflects on 25 defining works that broke down the walls of intolerance on the big screen
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Strike Watch: Not to Jinx It…
…but reports are coming in from just about everywhere that the writers and the producers are getting very, very close to a deal.
To anticipate your question: I don’t know. To anticipate the next one: I don’t know that either. We’re all wondering what the end of the strike–if the strike is ending–will mean for our favorite shows; …
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The Morning After: How 'Bout Them Giants…
… of advertising, that is. My instant Super Bowl ad reviews, all five zillion of ’em, are now posted. Add yours here.
[Update: USA Today, meanwhile, has released its 20th annual Ad Meter results; as usual, we agree on a few things–FedEx, Bridgestone–and disagree on a lot: where’s the love for Garmin GPS?]
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TV Weekend: Bowled Over
FOX
It’s become a cliche to say that people now watch the Super Bowl for the ads. In my case it’s literally true, because I have to. I’ll be reviewing the ads again this year for time.com, and in order to file in time, I end up watching the game inside out: I TiVo it, watch the commercials, review them while the game is on, then …
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Ocean's 815
Shara Says requested in the main Lost thread that I spin off a second post to discuss the please-watch-Eli-Stone Oceanic ad that ABC aired later in the evening:
The ad directs you to this website, which in turn directs you to find815.com.
I have nothing to add the discussion myself, since (1) these promos haven’t added to my …
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The Most Important Super Tuesday Interview That You Will Not Watch
Well, I shouldn’t assume, but this is an English-language blog. Sunday morning at 10, though, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will each make their case on what could be their most important Sunday-gab-show appearance before Super Tuesday—on Univision’s Al Punto. From the network’s release:
Univision’s Sunday morning discussion
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Sex and Art City
When I was wishing yesterday that we had something in the U.S. that would create a little media excitement about art on a regular basis, this isn’t what I meant.
But hey, if Sarah Jessica Parker is going to do a reality show about art, at least she’s doing it with “Magical Elves”.
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The Morning After: Everything Else
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that there was something on TV last night other than Lost. This post is for that. Dissenting opinions on Eli Stone? Thoughts about Smallville or Supernatural? Democratic debate postmortems? We’re here for you, really.
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Lostwatch: Back to the Future
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched Lost yet… oh, who am I kidding? Of course you’ve watched Lost.
Not without my daughter. / ABC: MARIO PEREZ
My first observation comes courtesy of Mrs. Tuned In: what is it with Lost and orange juice? Before we saw Jack fix himself a screwdriver to open his and Hurley’s flash-forward last night, …