@HeerJeet around a rich, successful man yelling at others about how their dreams are worthless.
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@bendwilliams It's meant to be a provocative statement.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bendwilliams Here's the argument: TV critics so focused on high end stuff like the Wire they ignored Apprentice & wrestling.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bendwilliams Because of nature of TV criticism, we don't have a rich critical/cultural vocabulary for understanding Trump's appeal.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bendwilliams Yes, but I think if we had people who paid attention to Apprentice we might have better clue as to what's going on. -
@HeerJeet you should check out@realityblurred. He's long taken unscripted TV seriously.@bendwilliams
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@bendwilliams Well, there's that Rick Perlstein thing on Apprentice which was good. But Trump's charisma clearly TV/wrestling based.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bendwilliams This article offers some clues: http://washingtonspectator.org/the-secret-to-trumps-ratings/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bendwilliams@emilynussbaum Agree it's not TV criticisms job to explain appeal of right-wing authoritarian pseudo-populism but... -
@HeerJeet@bendwilliams@emilynussbaum Wasn't on Helen Vendler to write about Lindsey's "Late, Great Planet Earth" tho it led to Xian right. - Show replies
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