Netflix is the new black

Cultural cadence

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I’ve seen more seasons of “The Bachelorette” than I would like to admit. I even watched some episodes of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” this past summer and felt my heart rate quicken every time some dumb fight arose, such as when Kylie stole some of Kim’s clothes. Needless to Read More…

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Spectrum of the shackled

While critics swarming the Internet have harped on that point, the fact that a show features so many women of color, queer folks of color and a realistic transgender character is, white protagonist or not, highly commendable. Read More…

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‘Orange is the New Black’ is arrestingly funny

Jenji Kohan has it on lock with follow-up to 'Weeds'

“Women in television” — and, particularly, the “Can women be funny?” question — is a very tired conversation now. It’s been done and dissected, and now, it should be put in the kitchen, where it can keep silent and make me sandwiches. And yet it keeps cropping up because, joking Read More…