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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Former Critic at Large

    Latest articles by Emily St. James

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    Roseanne Barr attempts to explain both her — and her character’s — Trump support. Sort of.Roseanne Barr attempts to explain both her — and her character’s — Trump support. Sort of.
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    Barr exchanged some tense words with reporters while promoting the new season of Roseanne.

    By Emily St. James
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    Oprah Winfrey to powerful, terrible men: “Time is up”Oprah Winfrey to powerful, terrible men: “Time is up”
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    Winfrey incorporated a lifetime of social justice movements into an epic Golden Globes speech.

    By Emily St. James
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    6 winners and 5 losers from the 2018 Golden Globes6 winners and 5 losers from the 2018 Golden Globes
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    Winners: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri and Oprah. Losers: The Post and E!

    By Alissa Wilkinson, Caroline Framke and 1 more
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    9-1-1 takes the case-of-the-week show and cranks it up to 5009-1-1 takes the case-of-the-week show and cranks it up to 500
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    Babies in walls. Snakes. Connie Britton staring into the middle distance. And that’s just episode one.

    By Emily St. James
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    What will happen to the Fox TV network after the Disney/Fox deal? Ask again later.What will happen to the Fox TV network after the Disney/Fox deal? Ask again later.
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    The network is going to lose the studio that provides most of its programming as a corporate sibling.

    By Emily St. James
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    Somewhat unexpectedly, The X-Files is deeply relevant again in 2018Somewhat unexpectedly, The X-Files is deeply relevant again in 2018
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    Lots of TV shows like to say “fake news.” Only The X-Files really knows what that means.

    By Emily St. James
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    Saturday Night Live was the emptiest show of 2017Saturday Night Live was the emptiest show of 2017
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    The venerable sketch comedy series has nothing of consequence to say about the Trump era.

    By Emily St. James
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    Critics roundtable: how we navigated 2017’s good, bad, and most comforting TVCritics roundtable: how we navigated 2017’s good, bad, and most comforting TV
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    Four Vox Media TV critics gather to talk about everything from Big Mouth to Big Little Lies.

    By Emily St. James, Caroline Framke and 2 more
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    “Metalhead” is what people who hate Black Mirror hate about Black Mirror“Metalhead” is what people who hate Black Mirror hate about Black Mirror
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    The episode contains some brilliantly tense sequences, but is also a nasty little exercise in nothing much.

    By Emily St. James
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    Black Mirror’s “USS Callister” turns white guy nerd fantasies into a terrifying trapBlack Mirror’s “USS Callister” turns white guy nerd fantasies into a terrifying trap
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    A man obliterates the fine line between loving something and fetishizing it.

    By Emily St. James