Play all : a bingewatcher's notebook / Clive James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Clive, 1939-2019, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television series--21st century--History and criticism.

Television series.

Binge watching (Television).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 200 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Television and TV viewing are not what they once were--and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic Clive James. Since serving as television columnist for the London Observer from 1972 to 1982, James has witnessed a radical change in content, format, and programming, and in the very manner in which TV is watched. Here he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing a brilliant, eminently entertaining analysis of many of the medium's most notable twenty-first-century accomplishments and their not always subtle impact on modern society--including such acclaimed serial dramas as Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Mad Men, and The Sopranos, as well as the comedy 30 Rock. With intelligence and wit, James explores a television landscape expanded by cable and broadband and profoundly altered by the advent of Netflix, Amazon, and other "cord-cutting" platforms that have helped to usher in a golden age of unabashed binge-watching.

Contents:

Title Sequence 1

The Ducks Have Left the Pond 23

Actors Airborne 43

Sorkin on the Racing Line 57

Sweet Faces Speak Poetry 73

City of the Dead 85

Breaking Understandably Bad 95

The Way We Weren't 121

Displays of Secrecy 135

Game of Depths 151

Ariadne's Labyrinth 173.

ISBN:

0300218095

9780300218091

OCLC:

956745250