The Perfect Show for the Era of Disappearing TV
2 years ago

The Perfect Show for the Era of Disappearing TV

Slate  

Imagine a place where anything you wanted to watch, anything you wanted to read, anything you wanted to listen to was always at your fingertips. Related From Slate Station Eleven’s Creator Explains Why He Changed the Book’s Ending One of the most significant, if least spectacular, media news stories of the past year has been the quiet dismantling of the HBO Max streaming catalog. It’s one thing for a beloved show to get snubbed, but that’s not quite what happened to Station Eleven. Alison Herman’s review at the Ringer bears the headline, “If You Can Bear It, ‘Station Eleven’ Is Exactly What We Need Right Now.” Meghan O’Keefe’s review at Decider was called “Station Eleven is the Best Show You’re Not Brave Enough to Watch.” Revisiting it at the end of this year, it’s instructive about what we stand to lose if our art starts slipping away. But art, Station Eleven might remind us, gives us a way of seeing the world in which we actually live, whether you’re a stranded astronaut or a dying king, or just somebody who’s mildly annoyed that your favorite show got canceled.

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Wired  

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LA Times  

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Wired  

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LA Times  

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LA Times  

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