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‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year

Eric Deggans NPR
'Alien: Earth' is one of the best shows so far this year. Many classic themes recur: A modern world corrupted by corporate exploitation of average people. The question of whether technological advancements are meant to serve humans or replace them.

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Say Nothing Turns the IRA’s Secret History Into TV Drama

An interview with Josh Zetumer Jacobin
The new FX TV show Say Nothing dramatizes one of the most controversial stories in modern Irish history, with characters that include former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. Showrunner Josh Zetumer spoke to us about the challenges of producing the serie

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'Atlanta' Returns With A New 'Robbin' Season'

Linda Holmes NPR
Atlanta doesn't run on its ability to make you tune in to see what happens. It's a show about hustle; if it ever really stops being about hustle, that's likely to be just another vignette about a sudden windfall. For now, it runs on its ability to place you in a particular moment and depict the feeling of it with great precision in whatever way works best.

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Communists for Austerity

John Carl Baker Jacobin
In criticizing capitalism for mass consumption instead of exploitation, The Americans uses Soviet characters to valorize austerity.
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