TV critics have less time to think about tv than anybody. Pretty much all of them miss pretty much everything. Or maybe it's more because no one expected this particular medium to ever go full sneak-allegoric?
That said, shows need to stand up even when not fully understood. That last and hardest trick to art, where the initial pleasures are continuous with the deepest. Or we get the Interstellar problem where no one is happy but the tiny number of people whose brains have been dissertation-damaged into interpretation machines, e.g. me.
My issue with Interstellar remains the same. That story deserved 10 hours on a cable drama. Too squished in the movie structure.
Also re: Saul. I thought it would be better this season after how great I thought season 1 was. I think I've started taking things for granted with it. The lighting of Chuck's house in Season 1 for example. Some of the best stuff in ages.
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That said, shows need to stand up even when not fully understood. That last and hardest trick to art, where the initial pleasures are continuous with the deepest. Or we get the Interstellar problem where no one is happy but the tiny number of people whose brains have been dissertation-damaged into interpretation machines, e.g. me.
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Also re: Saul. I thought it would be better this season after how great I thought season 1 was. I think I've started taking things for granted with it. The lighting of Chuck's house in Season 1 for example. Some of the best stuff in ages.
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