Beast, the, the Eunuch & the Glass-Eyed Child: Television in the Eighties

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Year: 1990
Pages: 382
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 151112517

Product Code: 788199846

Description

Ron Powers (au). In this lively & provocative collection of essays, veteran media critic Ron Powers, recipient of both a Pulitzer Prize & an Emmy Award, takes a searing look at a pivotal decade in TV history. He playfully presents some serious thoughts on TV, arguing that TV is a subject of utmost importance, “perhaps the unifying & inevitable subject of our time.” The essays by Powers contain significant insights into what TV did for us &, most especially, to us in the 1980s. He shows how America has reached a stage where the distinction between entertainment, news, & education -- between TV & the real world -- has nearly vanished.

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