“In general, in this saga of land, the enemy is the sea. Or rather, it’s a certain, specific caricature of people who live near the coasts: Surf vs. turf. It’s white-collar city folk who have degrees and suits. Who drink pour-over coffee... It’s bankers. Lawyers. Vegans.”
That’s probably as close as I will come to reviewing The Madison but I elaborated on it in this essay on Yellowstone (which at least was not boring) www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/a...
Taylor Sheridan has one boring idea about who does and does not qualify as real & authentic and he's just going to keep repeating it until the TV industry runs out of money to pay him
Jesus where do I start
Well I'll start here. The USA is a country of 342 million people. The highest linear rating here is like ~3% of that. A couple decades ago it would have been 3x the audience. There's nothing you can say "the average American" watches anymore! Fragmentation is real!
Jeff is a producer! He didn’t have to do this! HE MADE A CHOICE TO DO IT
YOU’RE GOD DAMN RIGHT YOU’RE SORRY
get their ass Mo
The one that lives in my head is the marketing people trying to invent the wheel. You're so smart, you tell us what color it should be!
"Heroes, antiheroes and villains are interchangeable here. There is no good and evil, only strength and weakness, winning and losing." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/a...
I wrote about the White House’s nihilistic war-meme videos [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/a...
I don't know, expert Emily Nussbaum may have some ideas for you to punch that up
So I guess every professional writer needs to send a nice “please do not steal my identity” email. Putting it on my to-do list right after the “Please don’t take my wallet” and “Kindly do not stab me in the head” emails. I mean if I’m not proactive, I only have myself to blame!
Hahaha what the fuck
Merlin is my new Pokemon Go
Everybody who claims they don't understand figurative hyperbole is lying
Nothing he said was wrong! He was also correct about theatrical screenings! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills on this one
What broadcast shows would have worked better on streaming? Swingtown! Watching DTF St Louis brought that back to mind
It gave me the feeling that I get from almost every Bill Lawrence show, “It’s fine, it means well, I guess”
I guess I can now reveal that I was subtweeting Rooster, one of the least HBO-feeling HBO comedies I have ever watched
There is one EXTREMELY Ziggy-era-Bowie influenced song on this album
I did not have “The new Squeeze album is actually good” on my 2026 bingo card but there have been worse surprises this year!
Its a real curiosity—it distinctly sounds like an album written in the 1970s and arranged/produced in the 2020s (which it is) [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...
Jesus, Matt, I’m so sorry, you do not deserve this!
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Maybe not the definitive answer but the Live Aid version of “TVC 15” absolutely killed
Yup. I grew up in a Michigan small town that swung hard from Obama to Trump and man, the number of people who in 2016 suddenly became experts on the place where I spent the first two decades of my life! It’s a national pastime!
Most people also won’t finish your 500-word article. So write at whatever length is appropriate for the subject.
Schulz should have done a Friday Night Lights style mid-run reboot, some time in the 70s. Carry over a few supporting regulars, new school kids carry the main storylines. Woodstock stays but there’s a new dog.
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