I remember reading him in the Washington Post decades ago when I lived in the DC area. He took TV seriously as a cultural force and not just mindless entertainment.
On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 8:37 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > It’s been years since I even heard his name. As I recall, he tried to use > television criticism as a form of social criticism, but he didn’t seem to > like television (or society) very much. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 5:25 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Presumably Craig T. Nelson was unavailable for comment. >> >> David >> >> On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 03:18:34 PM PST, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> He was a high impact writer, on television, and in the earlier years of >> this list. His books were interesting, but also infuriating. My problem >> with him was not so much that I frequently disagreed with him, but that he >> often seemed like the stereotype of a critic who cared more about his own >> ego and rhetorical turns of phrase than he did about the work he was >> writing about. >> >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> >> On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 1:01 PM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> His Post obit: >> >> https://wapo.st/4aT2Pvr >> >> Mark Jeffries >> spotligh...@gmail.com >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 2:41 PM Melissa P <takingupspace...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Longtime *Washington Post* TV critic >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/706403210.685877.1705195518031%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/706403210.685877.1705195518031%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFt45eQu%3DJQLjSA9hB26FW_zZkOteOZ1SqDBW0Qsr5%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFt45eQu%3DJQLjSA9hB26FW_zZkOteOZ1SqDBW0Qsr5%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGVzx2SraJPtSaNicuABidGYqNr-EmCdGvxD%2Bu29nVC5A%40mail.gmail.com.
