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‘Quantum Leap’ and the Denial of Meaning
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‘Quantum Leap’ and the Denial of Meaning

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 / 3 March 2014
Grand "explanations" are simple, it's actions and decisions that are complex. Quantum Leap treated ordinary people's problems as the real matters of cosmic importance.
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Why Does TV Betray Us So, Every Christmas?

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 / 18 December 2013
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Back Away Slowly, Walter White, Sgt. Suzanne ‘Pepper’ Anderson’s Got Her Own Big Gun

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 / 3 October 2013
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Forget the Brooding ‘Man of Steel’, Here Are Five Ways to Have Fun with a Lighter, Brighter Superman

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 / 29 July 2013
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Superman and the War Against Anachronism

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 / 28 May 2013
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Retro Future: Reviving ‘Have Gun — Will Travel’ and ‘The Rifleman’

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 / 25 February 2013
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A Blackly Sardonic Telling of Abe Lincoln: ‘Crime Classics, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln’

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 / 12 February 2013
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Love-Drenched Gunfighters in ‘The Guns of Will Sonnett’

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 / 9 December 2012
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The Three Stooges’ Chaotic Neutrality in ‘I Can Hardly Wait’

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 / 8 August 2012
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No Contract for Old Men: 5 ‘Old Folks’ in Pop Culture That Are 5Xs Tougher Than You

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 / 31 May 2012
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Kafka Noir: ‘The Sickroom’ and ‘A Country Doctor’

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 / 2 February 2012
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Tough Guys Recite: The 5 Best Poetry Spittin’ TV Characters

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 / 25 October 2011