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The Imprecise Truth and The Flawed Memory: Martyrdom and Abuse in The Tale (2018) and National Treasure (2016)

Both explore the line between truth and fiction: what differentiates beliefs from facts, and where does memory fit in all that?

TVA. MartineJuly 24, 2018film, television, cinema, abuse, sexual assault, sexual abuse, hbo, the tale, national treasure, channel 4, british, memory, prosecution, trial, memoir, documentary, celebrity, fame, dysfunction

Four Levels of Doom and Gloom in Black Mirror

It’s easy to think that Black Mirror operates on technophobia, but it has always been about people, and about how we misuse what we create.

In Praise of Martha Jones, the Oft Unappreciated Doctor Who Companion

Martha’s role doomed her from the start: she was the rebound, for the Doctor and for the fans — and rebounds, obviously, never look good.

TVA. MartineJune 11, 2018doctor who, fandom, television, bbc, british, martha jones, david tennant, appreciation, underrated, freema agyeman, russel t davies, showrunners, fans, popularity, pop culture, companions Comments

Nonchalant and All-Consuming: Revisiting Skins, Over a Decade Later

In many ways, Skins was the teenager it was trying to portray: arrogant, defiant, so hell-bent on the shock factor that we were often left with a show where wild things happened, impressing no one.

John Mitchell Is the Tortured Vampire Edward Cullen Wishes He Was

It’s all smoke and no fire when “complicated” characters spend more time telling us, rather than simply showing, that they are twisted.

TVA. MartineJanuary 8, 2018vampire, being human, john mitchell, british, edward cullen, angel, buffy, lestat, twilight, complicated characters, protagonist, antagonist, anti-hero, unreliable protagonistComment

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