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Please “Treme,” I Beg You--Get Over Yourself
On Wednesday, TNR senior editor Ruth Franklin explored the way authenticity is played with in David Simon’s new HBO show, “Treme.” Here, John McWhorter offers his own, markedly different opinion on the subject. READ MORE >>
Downfall Returns!
The studio may have pulled the famous Downfall Hitler bunker scene from Youtube. But one crazy man, refusing to concede defeat in the face of all evidence, has taken it upon himself to fight to the bitter end. He's reenacted the scene himself. So now anybody who wants to make a Downfall parody can just use this footage. READ MORE >>
Al Qaeda Loses Again
They say victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. Somebody should tell that to al Qaeda: A top Pakistani Taliban commander took credit for yesterday's failed car bomb attack in New York City. READ MORE >>
John Cage, Game Show Contestant
You Know Who Else Pulled Videos Off Youtube? Hitler.
You know those ever-present "Downfall" parodies, in which a scene from the movie with Hitler in is bunker is given subtitles to parody some recent event? (If you don't, you're probably reading this on paper printed out for you by your grandchild.) They're all getting taken down by the film studio: READ MORE >>
The Composer Who Should Have Won the Pulitzer Prize
The Conservatism of Lady Gaga
White Hot Bosporus
Ankara, Turkey READ MORE >>
