A review of this week’s Succession, “The Disruption,” coming up just as soon as we get less question-y questions… Early in “The Disruption,” Kendall is in a stretch limo on the way to a black-tie fundraiser for the Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Journalists. He invites Naomi Pierce, …
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A review of this week’s Fargo, “East/West,” coming up just as soon as my dog is named Rabbit… In 2009, the Coen brothers sat down with critic Elvis Mitchell for a career retrospective conversation on their home turf in Minneapolis. At one point in the wide-ranging discussion, Mitchell asks about …
Read More »John Mulaney on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese, and John Mulaney and Saturday Night Live. While noting in the monologue that he means “a lot to a small group of people,” those people are all huge SNL fans. A host can’t automatically make a show good, …
Read More »'The Good Place' Recap: Freeze Frame
A review of this week’s The Good Place, “Help Is Other People,” coming up just as soon as I wear the same watch as Richie Sambora… Last week, I argued that Season Four had done a bad job of developing and using the four human test subjects, the rebooted Chidi …
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