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...year economic eclipse, a stream of good news is finally brightening the outlook for Japan. Banks have started to lend again, companies to hire and invest, and consumers to spend. Things are so good, in fact, that the Bank of Japan has just declared victory in its epic battle with deflation. The country has the world's second largest economy; its recovery will have implications around the globe...
...weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...years, “The Sopranos” will be regarded as the greatest tele-epic of our time. So pay attention to it, dammit...
...WHAT IS A “TELE-EPIC...
...more thing—the age of the tele-epic will be fascinating, indeed, to literary scholars, for the fact that the characters are bigger than the “authors.” Sure, David Chase created “The Sopranos,” but every episode has a different writer, director, etc. How will we talk about the idea of a single, unified work when there are so many creators? Do we give authorship to the actors? Who knows! There will no doubt be hours of fascinating literary debate on the idea of authorship in the tele...