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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Clive, 1939-2019, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Binge watching (Television).

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

Television series.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen 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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Text

Title Sequence

The Ducks Have Left the Pond

Actors Airborne

Sorkin on the Racing Line

Sweet Faces Speak Poetry

City of the Dead

Breaking Understandably Bad

The Way We Weren't

Displays of Secrecy

Game of Depths

Ariadne's Labyrinth

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300224573

0300224575

OCLC:

954283059