Michael Berkowitz

LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz

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  ‘Yellowstone’: Low Noon, or How the Western was Lost

  February 15, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz

  The writers shifted focus to an idealized cowboy lifestyle which Sheridan located in Texas—where a man could still be “free.”

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  ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’: Rediscovering the wheel

  February 3, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz
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  Challenging the poverty of words: Interview with progressive poet Frederick Pollack

  January 12, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz

  People’s World culture writer Michael Berkowitz asks about socialism, history, the future, and poetry’s role in all of those.

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  ‘Drive My Car’: It’s the journey

  December 28, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi has fashioned a brilliant study of relationships and love, need and understanding.

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  ‘Normal People’: Love among the ruins

  November 29, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Rooney et al have created a masterpiece.

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  ‘Maid’ on Netflix: Class struggle on the small screen

  November 12, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Clearly, we need more stories about how we live in order for us to build back better a new society.

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  ‘The Unusual Suspects’: Round them up!

  September 13, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

  Unusual Suspects is also notable for its clear-eyed observations on the class dynamics between servants.

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  ‘The White Lotus’ (HBO) and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ (Hulu): Hot tub hegemony!

  September 3, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz
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