This is not TV viewing for the faint of heart or any other parts of the soul for that matter.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Reflecting on the frightening lessons of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
If anyone doubted the damage a shallow, sanitized Marian ideal of womanhood could inflict—on women, on faith and on the church—Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ shows us.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Bill Nye can’t save the world all by himself.
Bill Nye’s gags are every bit as goofy as they were in the ’90s. But his new show on Netflix is weighed down by a condescending attitude.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Critic, curator, broadcaster and scoundrel: the man behind the epic documentary “Civilisation”
Robert Hosmer reviews “Kenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilization” by James Stourton.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Game Show Philosophy: ‘Jeopardy!’ is a show for our time; ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is from another
Rather than being a recent outcropping of American pop culture at its most vulgar, “Wheel of Fortune” is arguably our clearest survival of classical civilization.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Harry Connick, Jr. on daytime television, his Catholic conversion & life at a Jesuit high school
Sean Salai, S.J., interviews Harry Connick, Jr. about the intersection of his faith and show business.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Why are we so fascinated with the lives of the English queens?
If the rich are different from you and me, how much more different, then, are royalty?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A brilliant 17th century nun is brought to life on Netflix
Sor Juana Inés found both tension and sustenance in her religious life.
Posted inAmerica en Espanol, Arts & Culture
‘Jane the Virgin’ ofrece una refrescante mirada a la sexualidad cristiana
Jane no es la católica enojada y reprimida que hemos llegado a esperar en la cultura pop.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
‘Jane the Virgin’ offers a refreshing look into Christian sexuality
Jane is not the angry, repressed Catholic we have come to expect in pop culture.