The Racial Pecking Order in British Theatre and TV

Structural Inequality In UK Theatre & TV by Daniel York I’ve been reading a book recently by the American sociologist David T. Wellman with the frankly terrifying title Portraits Of White Racism. I say terrifying because it conjures all kinds of images of Aryan skinhead fascists with big boots and arm-bands. I find myself hiding… Read More

Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and the Multicultural Imagination

by Rod Thomas DOWNTON ABBEY, GAME OF THRONES, THE WALKING DEAD and the Multicultural Imagination Image provided by LiveJournal There are three popular television shows that I, for the moment, refuse to watch. No one would deny the cultural power levied by George R.R. Martin‘s A Game Of Thrones, Robert Kirkman‘s The Walking Dead, and… Read More