Deliberately ahistorical period pieces are generally empty and useless (I’m looking your way, Bridgerton), since they obscure rather than reveal the truth about our pasts and ourselves. Nonetheless, The Great is the exception to that reliable rule, as Tony McNamara’s manic Hulu hit employs its inaccurate vision of 18th-century Russia for delightfully daffy comedy that
While Obama’s Celebrities (and Carnival) Distract, Record Political Arrests in Cuba
May 8, 2016 by
Here’s what the media focused on this week in Cuba, courtesy of President Obama’s policy: Chanel glamorizing Cuba’s despotism, the Kardashians frivolizing its repression, Gisele Bundchen idolizing Che, and Carnival travelers paraded around by Castro’s intelligence services (through the MININT-owned entity, Havanatur). Here’s what the media ignored this week in Cuba, also courtesy of President […]