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Culture Archive

Archives for May 2015

Culture
Tech drama Halt and Catch Fire’s second season is perfect summer televisionTech drama Halt and Catch Fire’s second season is perfect summer television
Culture

The AMC show was a dud in season one, but it sizzles in season two. Time to set a season pass.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Maybe all of Game of Thrones is a shadow war between Varys and LittlefingerMaybe all of Game of Thrones is a shadow war between Varys and Littlefinger
Culture

If that’s the case, then it’s only right to be on Team Varys.

By Zack Beauchamp
Culture
This chart shows the awe-inspiring amount of work that went into adapting Game of ThronesThis chart shows the awe-inspiring amount of work that went into adapting Game of Thrones
Culture

Book three’s storylines were ultimately spread across four seasons of television.

By Emily St. James
Culture
NBC strands David Duchovny in new ‘60s cop show AquariusNBC strands David Duchovny in new ‘60s cop show Aquarius
Culture

The show awkwardly stitches together a police drama and a show about serial killer Charles Manson.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Watch: 25 men explain why it’s so difficult to be a woman in gamingWatch: 25 men explain why it’s so difficult to be a woman in gaming
Culture

This video, from Feminist Frequency, does a great job of explaining what male privilege is and how all men benefit from it.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The corruption scandal wasn’t enough to dethrone FIFA president Sepp BlatterThe corruption scandal wasn’t enough to dethrone FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Culture

The longtime president won reelection for yet another term.

By Joseph Stromberg
Culture
I thought Entourage was going to be the worst movie of summer. Aloha might prove me wrong.I thought Entourage was going to be the worst movie of summer. Aloha might prove me wrong.
Culture

The baffling whitewashing of Hawaii in Aloha is just one of its many problems.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Littlefinger doesn’t need a plan to win the Game of Thrones. He just has to be smart.Littlefinger doesn’t need a plan to win the Game of Thrones. He just has to be smart.
Culture

Look at historical figures who rose from obscurity to power, and they look a lot like Littlefinger.

By Matthew Yglesias
Culture
San Andreas is the hardcore disaster porn movie we deserveSan Andreas is the hardcore disaster porn movie we deserve
Culture

Disaster movies are the empty-calorie fare of cinema. But San Andreas isn’t satisfied with being just another treat on the menu.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Sports
FIFA’s president once inadvertently described everything that’s corrupt about FIFAFIFA’s president once inadvertently described everything that’s corrupt about FIFA
Sports

This is almost too good to be true.

By Joseph Stromberg
Politics
This interview will make Leslie Knope cryThis interview will make Leslie Knope cry
Politics

Why America’s snake people don’t want to run for office.

By Ezra Klein
Russia
Putin’s bizarre FIFA comments reveal his greatest fearPutin’s bizarre FIFA comments reveal his greatest fear
Russia

Putin’s fury over the FIFA prosecution is about much more than the World Cup.

By Amanda Taub
I have narcolepsy, and I hate that people think I’m just lazy
Features

People see me sleeping, nearly sleeping, or just disengaged, and they form their own conclusions.

By Julie Kliegman
Culture
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: The Lego Movie’s 100 minutes of product placement is “anti-business”GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: The Lego Movie’s 100 minutes of product placement is “anti-business”
Culture

His read of the film isn’t totally wrong, but it misses one of the movie’s key points.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Serial comes back for a second season this fallSerial comes back for a second season this fall
Culture

But it won’t be telling Adnan Syed’s story anymore.

By Libby Nelson