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Mike Leigh, Randy Pausch, Reader's Digest and an End to Miserablism

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

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Margaret Heffernan

Mike Leigh, who more or less invented miserablism as an art form, has changed his tune. His new film, Happy-Go-Lucky is, as the title suggests, cheerful. What's he doing?

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Shame TV: Why Humiliation Sells on American Idol and Others

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

Our media is shaped by the content of our culture, so how do we account for this coarsening of our culture, this growth of Shame TV?

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