Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Smooth Criminal Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the memorial service for Michael Jackson, Michael Mann’s new depression-era bank robber movie Public Enemies, and the various uses they’ve found for...
8 Jul 200941min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Everybody's Dead Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the recent spate of celebrity deaths, starting with Michael Jackson and the lesser lights – Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Billy Mays – eclipsed by ...
1 Jul 200938min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Failed Species Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Woody Allen’s new film Whatever Works, the HBO vampire drama True Blood, and A Vindication of Love, Cristina Nehring’s defense of swooning passion. ...
24 Jun 200942min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Heavy Traffic Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Twitter’s role in the post-election protests in Iran, nostalgia for a grittier New York City, and Times Square’s pedestrian makeover. Hosted on Ac...
17 Jun 200942min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Middle of the Road Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Stephen Colbert’s trip to Baghdad and his guest editorship of Newsweek, the Tony awards and the year in Broadway an, and the end of General Motors (...
10 Jun 200940min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Posh New Digs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics (plus guest gabber Troy Patterson) discuss Conan O’Brien’s first night as the host of the Tonight Show, the reality show/tabloid phenomenon Jon & Kate Plus ...
3 Jun 200940min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Boo-Effing-Hoo Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the return (er, relapse?) of the rapper Eminem, whether working with your hands is the new outlet for cultural elitism, and the forthcoming memoir b...
27 Mai 200938min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Mature Adaptation Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the end (and future) of the network television season, the Maureen Dowd plagiarism scandal, and the idea of happiness as explored by a 70 year-old H...
20 Mai 200942min
