• Dear Television > Week 1

    You Won’t Read This Review of “Masters of Sex”: The Problem of Episodic Criticism

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    I WANT TO TALK with you about Masters of Sex. I want to talk about Michael Sheen’s acting, Lizzy Caplan’s …

    Sex and the Slightly Unreliable Narrator

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    Dear TV, I’D HOPED Masters of Sex would resist following Mad Men down the sepia brick road to the land of overburdened …

    Against Pop-Freud

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    Dear TV, WE’VE TALKED A BIT HERE about Masters of Sex in relation to Mad Men and The Sopranos, and …

    Masters of None?

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    MASTERS OF SEX, “PILOT” Dear Television, Let’s talk genre. WHEN I WATCH Masters of Sex, here’s what I see: 1) …

    S is for Scandal

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    MASTERS OF SEX, “PILOT” Dear Television, BEFORE WE GO any further in discussing the pilot of Showtime’s new drama, Masters …

    Exposing Yourself on Television

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    MASTERS OF SEX, “PILOT” Dear Television, FIRST OF ALL, it’s great to be back at the LARB. I’m also excited …