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Posted inFood, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
‘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?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
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.
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It’s Goodbye Girls
Lena Dunham’s (often groundbreaking, often controversial) show gets its own oral history, days before its sixth and final season is about to start.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s Feminist Struggle
Her iconic main character inspired millions, but some argued the show needed to go even farther.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s Feminist Struggle
Her iconic main character inspired millions, but some argued the show needed to go even farther.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Netflix Wants the World to Binge-Watch
“The answer may reside in Brazil. It’s here, in the shadows of Globo, that Netflix has been creating, revising, and perfecting the first draft of its international playbook.” Over the past few years, the streaming service has grown to prominence in Brazil, setting the stage for expansion into more than 100 other countries.
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How Jokes Won the Election
“It’s the thrill of hyperbole, of treating the extreme as normal, the shock (and the joy) of seeing the normal get violated, fast. “Buh-leeve me, buh-leeve me!” Trump said in his act, again and again. Lying about telling the truth is part of the joke.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Moment Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Changed Course
The internal battles and the decisions Jon Stewart made after taking over The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
America’s HGTV Obsession: A Reading List
These longreads explore some of HGTV’s most popular home and lifestyle shows, from House Hunters to Fixer Upper.