Growing up in the fundamentalist Christian “Quiverfull” movement, Hännah Ettinger saw her own story in Atwood’s vision.
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Handmaids Rising
Margaret Atwood on what ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,” written in 1984, means in the age of Trump.
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The Anatomy of a TV Show: How ‘The Americans’ Is Made
Caroline Framke shadowed the crew of FX’s Cold War spy drama The Americans during the production of season four episode “Clark’s Place” and explained how the show was made.
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‘We’re Creating a World That Feels True’
“Getting television from an idea in someone’s head to the screen in your living room (or on your laptop) is difficult, fast-paced, and complicated work.” Caroline Framke shadows the crew of FX’s The Americans during the production of season four and offers a closer look at how a TV show is made.
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The Mike and Carol Brady Art Collection
“One element that survived the entire duration of the show is the set of mixed media pieces covered with things you might find in a pair of pants.”
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Twenty Years of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: A Reading List
I don’t remember consciously watching Buffy—it feels like I absorbed it by osmosis. It’s not perfect, but it is wonderful.
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The David Letterman University of Excessive Self-Deprecation
Talking late-night television, retirement, and putting comedy in service of our nation, with the great David Letterman.
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Searching for Mr. Grass
Why are thousands of people watching this man’s grass grow?
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‘Have You Ever Had Trashcan Nachos?’
Helen Hollyman spent a lot of time plumbing the depths of America’s leading purveyor of Donkey Sauce™ to produce this in-depth profile of the man behind the sunglasses, Guy Fieri. But what did she really learn?
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How the ‘Girls’ Cast Came to Be
Lacey Rose gives the cast and creators of Girls — from Lena Dunham to Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner — the full oral-history treatment.