Have been saving this for Kevin McCarthy's keleventh vote for Speaker of the House. (He will not get home by seven.)
James Poniewozik
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After 20 months working without a contract, my colleagues and I are walking out for 24 hours today. We hoped it wouldn't come to this. We'd rather have a fair deal.
To the management who could choose to equitably share the NYT's financial success with the people who helped achieve it: Please listen.
To all our readers and supporters: Thank you!
A little tip I brought over from the birdsite (caveat, have not had time to see how well it works here). If anyone has any ideas how to filter out posts that people are auto-cross-posting from Twitter, let me know!
Another reason it's sad more people didn't watch RAISED BY WOLVES is we never got the Kari-Lake-as-Necromancer memes we deserved
One of the things I loved most about this series were the episode loglines written in the voice of an ATLANTA hater:
In this interview, the showrunner of ANDOR pushes back on Alan Sepinwall's criticism of its slow-build storytelling. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/andor-explained-season-1-finale-season-2-preview-1234626573/
In theory I don't mind a "it really picks up after five episodes" approach to narrative. Some stories need it! (See THE WIRE.)
In practice, tho, the problem is this often requires giving viewers a proposition that gets them to commit on faith--which these days increasingly means, "Here's a new [insert intellectual property franchise here] series!"
How 'Andor' Drew from... Joseph Stalin? Plus: Inside Season 2 of the Revolutionary Star Wars Show
In an in-depth new interview, showrunner Tony Gilroy tells all about the making of his gamechanging series (including that spectacular prison break), responds to critics, previews Season 2 and much…