"Like 'Dollhouse,' it's become increasingly clear that 'Mad Men' is at heart a nihilistic vision of a prefeminist universe.
Over at Surf, New York's Emily Nussbaum writes: "Without getting into serious spoilers, tonight's episode of Dollhouse deal with Sierra's backstory, and it's the most straightforward representation yet of the show's obsessive concern: rape fantasies. I mean this in a good way." [Surf]
Meet the Prince Harry of Asia.
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How Internet Producers Took Over Mainstream Hip-HopYoung beat-makers are selling their work to big stars for low prices — and it’s working really well.
Grab Your Spray-Paint Cans and Celebrate American Vandal’s Peabody AwardPeter and Sam, you deserve this.
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Letitia Wright Spit a Vibranium-Level Freestyle on Fallon“And I spit this flow so free off the dome, Vibranium got me feeling oh so cold with this flow.”
Sandra Is an Anxious Tech Thriller for the Age of Siri and AlexaBut as a podcast, it’s jarringly incomplete.
7 Years in Scandal-land“I got a phone call, and the one phone call was, ‘Can you do the entire thing, but can she not be having an affair with the president?’”
Samantha Bee, Serious Journalist, Makes Case for Sean Hannity Being a Serial KillerWell, he does have average intellect.
“I’m a girl’s girl, meaning I support women no matter what they choose to do.”
Losing Myself in the Paintings of Facebook-Educated Matthew WongAn impressive painter’s debut show at Karma gallery.
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody on Being Madly in Love for 40 YearsThe Homeland star and his actress-activist wife on their first kiss, making each other sob in public, and fighting about communism.
Michelle Dean’s Sharp Tells the Origin Stories of 10 Essential Female CriticsAcross these portraits it’s possible to trace currents in American literary history as it unfolded between World War I and now.
Theater Kids Are Everywhere on TV and in MoviesDrama club is officially the coolest extracurricular.
Scandal Has Always Been About Olivia and Mellie Finding Each OtherWhen you’ve got two powerful women competing over a guy, you start to wonder, “Hey, what if they just dumped him and took over the world together?”
The 23 Greatest Scandal MonologuesNobody can deliver a speech like Olivia Pope.
The Photographer Who Captured Life in Mid-Century Burkina Faso Gets His First American ShowSee lively portraits from 75-year-old Sanlé Sory, in advance of his first American exhibition.
Prince’s Memoir Will Reportedly Be Published by the Holiday SeasonJust in time for Princemas.
Will Smith Does Quite the Michael Jackson ImpressionThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air tells the story of meeting the King of Pop in a closet.