[ad_1] It’s hard to imagine TV without an intergalactic dinosaur robot teen drama. Yet, that’s how children’s television was in the U.S. until Aug. 28, 1993, when the first episode of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” hit the airwaves and forever changed pop culture. A year prior, Fox had established itself at the top of cutting-edge… Continue reading ‘Power Rangers’ at 30: How Japanese monsters and teen drama captured a generation
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Netflix and other streamers wield too much power over labor. Use antitrust law to break them up
[ad_1] The Hollywood writers’ strike is in its fourth month, and the actors’ strike is in its fourth week with no end in sight. Many have called the stalemate an existential crisis because it concerns new issues such as residuals from streaming services and rules for the use of artificial intelligence. These go beyond the… Continue reading Netflix and other streamers wield too much power over labor. Use antitrust law to break them up
Undercurrents of Power in Annie Baker’s “Infinite Life”
[ad_1] Alex BaraschCulture editor After Ira Sachs’s “Passages” was hit with a rare NC-17 rating, in no small part for its explicit sex scene between two men, the IFC Center leaned into the controversy, programming a series that promised to “put the sin back in cinema.” “Passages” centers on a man (Franz Rogowski) who leaves… Continue reading Undercurrents of Power in Annie Baker’s “Infinite Life”
The Disciplining Power of Disappointment
[ad_1] At the center of the American national narrative is progress. The supposed ongoing propulsion into the future is not only about direction or momentum; it is also suffused with moral meaning. Our progress, as promulgated by its boosters, has been toward a more perfect union. The historic promises of personal liberty, democratic self-rule based… Continue reading The Disciplining Power of Disappointment