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Eric Thurm

Eric Thurm
Eric Thurm is a writer in Brooklyn whose work currently appears in The Guardian, The New Republic, GQ, and Esquire. He is the creator and host of the event series Drunk Education (formerly known as Drunk TED Talks).


Better Call Saul Knows Morality is About More Than Individual Choice

How the Breaking Bad Prequel Complicates and Improves on the Original
September 12, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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Toward a Theory of Radical Corniness

How Pose is Reinventing the Very Special Episode
July 20, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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The Philosophy of Romantic Comedy

From His Girl Friday to Set it Up, Rom-Com is a Language We All Speak
June 29, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

Dietland Has Teeth. So Why Is it Afraid to Use Them?
June 5, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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The Inherent Anxiety of the “Good Cop” Show

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is Beloved, but Its Premise Raises a Big Question
May 21, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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It’s Time for TV to Eat the Rich

On FX's Trust and Why We Can't Stop Watching the Wealthy
March 26, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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Is the Quest for an Ethical Reality Show Doomed?

Eric Thurm on UnREAL, The Bachelor, and Vanderpump Rules
March 7, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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The Surprising, Unorthodox Media Criticism of High Maintenance

What HBO's Show about a Weed Delivery Guy Says about Ethics in Journalism
February 12, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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The Dream of 2011 is Dead: Portlandia Comes to an End

Like the "Hipster" Itself, the IFC Sketch Comedy Has Become a Kind of Relic
February 2, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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Can Speculative Short Fiction Really Work on TV?

On Black Mirror, Electric Dreams, and Her Body and Other Parties
January 19, 2018  By Eric Thurm
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Where Can Hollywood’s Reboot Obsession Go From Here?

A Live-Action Netflix Anime Adaptation Offers a Surprising Answer
December 28, 2017  By Eric Thurm
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We Still Need the Morality Lessons of Philip Pullman

A Book for Young Readers Can Help Adults Learn How to Live
November 20, 2017  By Eric Thurm
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I Watched the Entire Hot Shakespeare Show So You Don’t Have To

What You Might Have Missed, From Torture to Radiohead
September 8, 2017  By Eric Thurm
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Is Joyce Carol Oates Trolling Us?

On Gaffes, Cats, and My Obsession with JCO's Twitter Feed
October 5, 2016  By Eric Thurm
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