Disney’s Tiananmen Censorship Viewed from Hong Kong
Disney+ is censoring an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ that discusses the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Television
Impeachment: American Crime Story
This second season follows the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.
Reno TV Station Revives Misleading Dem Attack on GOP Senate Candidate Laxalt
The ad was temporarily pulled while the station reviewed Republicans’ objections.
Images Available in Virginia School Libraries Deemed Too Sexually Explicit for TV
A women’s group tried to run ads calling attention to the material, but they were rejected by all local stations.
What Is the Future of James Bond?
Creative decisions that livened up the latest movie may prove difficult to reconcile with something like the Bond we have come to know and love.
The Uses of Profanity
A review of Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever, by John McWhorter.
Donna Rice Hughes Warns about Obscenity Crisis
What with the Internet and the pornification of the culture, the question has to be posed: Is there such a thing as ‘community standards’ anymore?
Sand in the Gears: A Gorgeous but Slow Trip to Dune
Virtually all of Dune is scene-setting, world-building, setup. It may be the longest prologue ever made.
Red Tide and the Horror of Addiction
In its latest season, American Horror Story turns one of the worst modern ills into a macabre metaphor.
Sorry, Rod Dreher: Foundation Is a Poor Model for Political Life
Is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation both a model for how society should be saved and proof that Rod Dreher is right? Not exactly.