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The Society of the Spectacle
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Society of the Spectacle
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and power.
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The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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The Wire
Carries a strong pull into music through power and South Asia.
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The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books · Strong bridge
The Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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Music · Strong bridge
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
Anime · Strong bridge
Eden of the East
2000s
On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society goes on about their lives as normal. During her graduation trip to America three months later, friendly college student Saki Morimi's life is f...
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Film 1970s
The Godfather
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1960s
The Master and Margarita
The Devil visits Soviet Moscow. Satire, romance, and Pontius Pilate in one impossible novel.
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
Anime 2010s
Beastars
In a civilized society of anthropomorphic animals, an uneasy tension exists between carnivores and herbivores. At Cherryton Academy, this mutual distrust peaks after a predation incident results in the death of Tem, an alpaca in the school's drama club. Tem's friend Legoshi, a grey wolf in the stage crew, has been a...
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Film 1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.