Finally getting Netflix to air her special on her terms, the actress and comedian has become a beacon for people, like her, who’ve had to struggle against social norms.
Television
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The Real Tucker Carlson
A neofascist who opposes corporate globalism is still a neofascist—and a threat to democracy.
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The Smuggest Man On Air
Goodbye for now to Tucker Carlson, who punctured the lazy pieties of the media class.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Hedge Fund’s Man at the Democratic National Committee
Despite the opposition of unions, Nancy Pelosi, and the FCC, DNC honcho Cedric Richmond backs a hedge fund takeover of 60 TV stations.
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Dominion, Fox, and Us
Today on TAP: Despite today’s settlement, Americans of goodwill should still pressure cable TV to drop Fox News, and pressure the feds to deport Rupert Murdoch.
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Reclaiming Black Trauma
Once a spectacle produced by and for white people, Black artists and entertainers now present it on their own terms.
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Laughing Through the Pain
A new comedy special brings to light the relationship between race, poverty, and mental trauma.
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Eric Alterman’s List of the Best Stuff of 2022
The year in movies, books, music, and art
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Altercation: The Sunday Shows Enable Republican Extremism
TV bookers apparently can’t stop themselves from giving an uncritical platform to anti-democracy demagogues.
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Don’t You Forget About ‘Abbott Elementary’
The show that rejuvenated the network sitcom is a quietly subversive commentary on class politics.
