Tag: Obama
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American TV and post-9/11 political imaginaries: 24, The West Wing and The Wire
Everyone my age will remember where they were on 9/11. I distinctly remember the BBC stopping a lunchtime episode of Neighbours for it, so I immediately knew something big was happening. As the day turned into a week, which turned into a month, which turned into a new epoch of…
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Who’s going to do the changing? Obama’s Victory and the Creative Class
First of all, congratulations to Barack, he certainly talks the talks, now lets see if he really can ‘change’ America – I think we all know what that would entail. I wanted to make a quick observation though. Watching the news this morning and seeing the cheering Obama supporters, one…