Posts by Eric Thurm
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The ‘New York Times’ Vows Column on Will McAvoy and MacKenzie McHale’s ‘Newsroom’ Wedding
The wedding party was composed entirely of the staff of ‘News Night With Will McAvoy.’
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How Would ‘News Night With Will McAvoy’ Cover the Events of This Season’s ‘Homeland’?
The best coverage of real-world events doesn’t come from the “lamestream media” anymore. The only people qualified to report on Carrie Mathison’s exploits are Aaron Sorkin’s intrepid reporters.
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The ‘Homeland’ Milk Carton All-Stars: Where Are Chris Brody & Co. Now?
There’s a veritable graveyard of ‘Homeland’ characters who have just dropped off the map, even thought they could theoretically still be integral to the plot.
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The Six Lessons of the Internet, According to ‘The Newsroom’
For all the good it does, Twitter can be kind of scary, especially the way it can flatten public conversations. But on ‘The Newsroom,’ Twitter is like a monster — a symbol of the unknown that threatens to infect the world of ‘News Night.’ It is shorthand for the unscrupulous, vicious forces of modernity that exploit the worst instincts of the public for “clicks.”
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How I Watched ‘The Newsroom’ With My Mother
‘The Newsroom’ might be the most frustrating television experience of my adult life. The first season helped me discover my capacity for hate-watching something and made it difficult to revisit old episodes of ‘The West Wing’ without all of Aaron Sorkin’s annoying tics collapsing on top of me like a drunk Charlie Skinner. So I turned to the biggest and most hopeful ‘Newsroom’ fan I know: my mother.
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All of the Green Lights: Which of Your Favorite Rappers Are Also Your Favorite Showrunners?
The leading TV creators and their hip-hop counterparts.
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Who’s That Guy? Vince Staples, Who Gave Us the Song This Summer Deserved
Earl Sweatshirt’s erstwhile wingman is coming into his own with a Def Jam contract and two brutal new tracks.
