I'm not sure how Vox gets to preach this evangel from a high horse of pandering to an audience. Their production quality is better than their competitors but the content is only marginally better. They're not head and shoulders above the rest. The field is lead by tv fiction in general and Netflix in particular but not exclusively. I have discovered more about political power play dynamics from House of Cards than I have from any political analysis including Daily Show and such like satire. I have a better understanding of contemporary history from watching Mad Men than any discussion forums. There's more contemporary relevance in sitcoms like Louie and Community and crime drama Breaking Bad than all current affairs talk shows combined.
You can't manufacture care and you can't care about everything. You need focus. Without deconstruction it's just newsroom reporting banal lowest common denominator drama, usually gore or scandal. Beyond that it's all subtle nuances of ethical grey areas which are never explored in actualities but are fundamental to good fiction which is finally making a comeback to TV since the Twilight Zone.
I'm not sure how Vox gets to preach this evangel from a high horse of pandering to an audience. Their production quality is better than their competitors but the content is only marginally better. They're not head and shoulders above the rest. The field is lead by tv fiction in general and Netflix in particular but not exclusively. I have discovered more about political power play dynamics from House of Cards than I have from any political analysis including Daily Show and such like satire. I have a better understanding of contemporary history from watching Mad Men than any discussion forums. There's more contemporary relevance in sitcoms like Louie and Community and crime drama Breaking Bad than all current affairs talk shows combined.
You can't manufacture care and you can't care about everything. You need focus. Without deconstruction it's just newsroom reporting banal lowest common denominator drama, usually gore or scandal. Beyond that it's all subtle nuances of ethical grey areas which are never explored in actualities but are fundamental to good fiction which is finally making a comeback to TV since the Twilight Zone.