‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ Is Stuck in Years’ Prior
In the world of Gilmore Girls, there's no transcending one's upbringing. For a bright, witty, and colorful series, it's a dark and depressing message.
Erin Giannini
Erin Giannini, PhD, is an independent scholar in television studies. She's written about product placement and new tech and their effect on TV. She has also published and presented work on religion, socioeconomics, technology, and corporate culture in series such as Supernatural, Dollhouse, Heroes, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and would like to thank the invention of coffee for making it all possible.
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Criterion’s version of Vittorio De Sica’s classic, Bicycle Thieves, allows the “poetry of daily life” to shine through.
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