Television is our history, no matter when we were born, for it tells us not only who we were then, but who we are today, and how we got there.
- From THE ELECTRONIC MIRROR
Classic television: married couples in separate beds, families too perfect to be true, stories that avoid “mature” subjects, and bad hairstyles—all shown in living black-and-white. But can these programs actually teach us something about life today and how it got that way?
In this collection of essays, Mitchell Hadley looks at TV during its formative years and examines how this most personal form of mass communication reflects the culture of its time, how it has fulfilled (or failed to fulfill) its initial promise, and how TV has—intentionally as well as unintentionally—predicted the future, with sometimes disturbing results.
Through it all, Hadley combines a historian’s eye with a lifelong love of television to provide a sometimes humorous, occasionally ironic, but always interesting story of how classic television indeed is an “electronic mirror” that explains our past, our present, and everything in-between.
I'll have more information next week on ordering your copy of The Electronic Mirror, and how you can even get it signed! TV
Yippee! Congratulations, Mitchell! I know how hard you've been working on this and I'm proud for you. I can't wait to read it.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations, sir. I also am looking forward to reading this.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I look forward to reading it, and I already know I'll be nodding my head in agreement with almost every page.
ReplyDeleteThat was a fast final rewrite, Mitchell. Look forward to reading it. BTW, my August 1966 Guide arrived safely back in upstate NY from its trip to MN.
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to reading this (and great title!)
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Congratulations, Mitchell!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Looking forward to this!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, my friend, sharp looking book, title and subject! I look forward to reading it. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Mitchell! Cannot wait to read this.
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