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The imperialist problem with ‘3 Body Problem’
April 3, 2024Netflix joins the cultural Cold War against China.
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’: The big chill
January 3, 2024A clear-eyed look at how the structure of modern wealth and corporate power contributes to annihilation, rather than solving the bleakest of futures.
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Top 25 global series 2023: Frugality and austerity trump creativity
December 21, 2023Expect shorter series, fewer episodes and faster pulling of the plug so that the landscape begins to look more like that of already frugal budget-conscious series from around the world.
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The (television) season of our discontent: Streaming and striking in 2023
December 20, 2023The year in the TV business can be broken into three parts.
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Top 25 series for 2022: Rising above the corporate glut
December 20, 2022In the wake of the near collapse of the major streaming services in 2022, and parallel to the wave of retrenchment and belt-tightening, series still trended toward homogenization.
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