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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
TV BSG in The Atlantic
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I wish my paranoid delusions of grandeur manifested as Tricia Helfer.
James Parker has a piece in this month's Atlantic about how L. Ron Hubbard is the final Cylon.
No, seriously.
He also said this:
Battlestar Galactica is presenting all the symptoms of an extended-run high-concept TV series in its decadent phase. An oracular mood, an obsession with identity, a sensation of multiplying meanings—it’s the paranoid style in American TV writing.
Discuss.
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