Summary:Â We continue our examination of the hit TV show “Castle”, today mining for insights about romance in 21st C America. It’s an ugly picture, suggesting (as did previous chapters) that perhaps we no longer defend America because we no longer like it. America has always been an ideological project. It might have evolved into …
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Summary:Â The TV show “Castle” shows us the mad nature of marriage in 21st C America, and suggests why we no longer work the machinery that drives our vital institutions (this the alienation that social scientists warn of). We no longer believe reforming America requires understanding what’s happening and clearly seeing how we want to …
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Summary:Â Today we look at the collision of values between our hero, Richard Castle, and the lovable rogue Rogan. Fans express outrage at the thought that Rogan might be right. For good reason, because this illustrates in miniature the evolution of American society in a direction we prefer not to see. This is the fourth …
Summary:Â Let’s start our series about the TV show “Castle”, mining it for insights about ourselves (America), with an easy parallel. Fans of “Castle” tend to see the show as fan fiction, which requires amnesia about its actual history. Much as Americans have amnesia about much of our history. That’s fun for fans and 4th …
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Summary:Â The skilled actors of the TV show “Castle” bring to us a season finale that, properly understood, will make each of us look in the mirror and wonder what’s become of us — as citizens, as Americans. Who kidnapped Richard Castle minutes before his wedding in the Season 6 finale? This post explains not …
Explaining the season 6 finale of “Castle”, and what’s coming next. Spoilers! Read More »
