Showtime had the money, the talent, and the freedom to compete with HBO. So why was it so often content to settle for almost-great television?
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Charlie Recksieck
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Who doesn’t love a good character actor sighting? Also known as a “that guy”, a character actor raises the level of any movie he or she appears in; if I…
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A good “Easter egg”, like pornography, is hard to define, but we know it when we see it. Some of these extras for fans are basically trivia, some are namechecks…
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My Instagram feed/algorithm is pretty ponderous; it’s a steady diet of old baseball cards, great music clips, and things like the opening credits to “Love, American Style.” What does that…
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