‘“Game of Thrones” Has No One to Blame but Itself’ [Slate]“Brienne paused to think about how to narrate Jaime’s final regression in part because her struggle was ours, too. And there are so many different levels to telling the story of a television fantasy epic. On some of those levels, ‘Game of Thrones’ was a jaw-dropping success that’s forever raised the bar for what can be done in this medium. This is a profound misreading — not only of the complexity of the human psyche, but also of the whole of human history. ‘Game of Thrones’ is airing into a political environment that is renegotiating the role that anger — and emotions more broadly — plays in political life.”‘“Game of Thrones” tapped into fears of revolution and political women — and left us no better off than before’ [The Independent]

Source: New York Times May 27, 2019 16:18 UTC