‘Who is America?’ – mid-season analysis
Manny Pannu reviews Sacha Baron Cohen's explosive political satire 'Who is America?' and looks into some of the controversies which the show has generated
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‘Roseanne’ Cancellation Controversy
The popular US sitcom ‘Roseanne’ has been cancelled due to controversy regarding racist tweets from the show’s leading character Roseanne Barr, but what are the wider implications for television and wider society? Barr tweeted “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj” in the early hours of the...
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What is killing The Walking Dead’s viewing figures?
The eighth season of The Walking Dead concluded on our screens less than a month ago, and the arc of ‘All Out War’, adapting material from 11 of the comics the show is based on, was used to fill the storyline for the season’s entire 16 episodes. The Walking Dead...
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There is No ‘Demise of Radical TV’
Manny Pannu responds to The Guardian's Stuart Jeffries on the topic of whether there is a modern demise of radical and intellectual content on television
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The Apu Controversy
Two writers discuss the recent controversy surrounding Apu, and its impact on The Simpsons and on the television industry in general
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