{"id":16581,"date":"2024-01-23T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16581"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:19:35","slug":"episode-573-david-thomson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-573-david-thomson","title":{"rendered":"Episode 573 – David Thomson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 573:
\nDavid Thomson<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Our use of television now is different than in its first 50 or so years, because it’s saying to us now, ‘You do realize you’re alone in this world and that the sense of authority you had in the medium is not longer there. No one’s in charge. It’s not gonna be alright.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hey! Anything good on TV? I know, right? Let’s listen to legendary film critic David Thomson<\/a> as we celebrate his amazing new book, REMOTELY: Travels in the Binge of TV<\/a> (Yale University Press)! David & I get into how TV has changed and how it’s changed us, the communal experience of going to the movies vs. sitting on the sofa, the ways his relationship with his wife deepened in front of the tube during lockdown (and why he gave her some of the best lines in Remotely<\/em>), and the personal, political, & social implications of watching crap over a long period of time. We talk about falling into the stream of streaming, how advertising was the snake in American TV’s garden, BBC’s very strange exception for its licence fee, the courage in actually writing about what he’s watching (even though Remotely<\/em> isn’t a critical guide), and what made Ozark<\/em> special to him. We also discuss\u00a0Clive James<\/a>‘ transformation of TV criticism, the end of a golden age of TV, the importance of live sports events, the joy of seeing Barbie<\/em> in a packed theater, how everything points to a world where no one is in charge, and a lot more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read REMOTELY<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“I don’t think TV is affected by criticism. The thing about TV is: is it on<\/strong> or is it off<\/strong>?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n