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CultureMarch 9, 2023
Rock Steady: How the Former Oscars Host Spent a Year Plotting His Slap Back
Chris Rock revives the furor over The Slap on the eve of the 2023 Oscars.
Ben Schwartz
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Arts and EntertainmentFebruary 24, 2023
Academy Fight Song: The Politics Behind Andrea Riseborough’s Surprise Oscar Nod
Was a viral nomination push another exercise in white privilege?
Ben Schwartz
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TelevisionFebruary 6, 2023
Always That Guy: Bill Maher’s Pliable Right-Wing Brand
CNN banks on the commentary of an obliging provocateur as it veers rightward.
Ben Schwartz
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJanuary 13, 2023
Babylon, Streaming Residuals, and the Boss’s Hollywood
A pending showdown with Hollywood unions might kill nostalgia for the golden age of film moguldom.
Ben Schwartz
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December 9, 2022
The “Sight and Sound” Wokeness Furor Signifies Little
The backlash to a film’s elevation into the list’s number-one spot highlights the fierce immobility of critical consensus in the film industry.
Ben Schwartz
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CultureOctober 28, 2022
Ye of Toxic Faith: Behind the Kanye Downfall
How the hip-hop legend succumbed to the right-wing grifting machine
Ben Schwartz