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"What sociologist Ulrich Beck called 'the causes of our affliction' became ever more abstract and complex, impersonal and apocalyptic all at once. Pollution, radiation, inflation: invisible killers all. So, what do we do about it? The answer has been the same since the late 1970s."

liberalcurrents.com“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as HellPaddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media.

Liberal Currents

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"The most important part of Beale’s speech is the part that is almost never quoted: it’s the part where he explicitly eschews any kind of direct political action." www.liberalcurrents.com/network-at-5...

liberalcurrents.com“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as HellPaddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media.

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William Bruce McIlvaine

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There are three movies that are touchstones to their eras that I have never seen and still don't want to: The Graduate, Network, and The Big Chill. But I get them, all right, and they are too close to home.