The veteran critic’s exploration of the recent golden age of US TV drama is an invigorating blend of wit and insightEveryone who has written television criticism since the 1970s,including this reviewer, has done so in the long shadow of Clive James. Writing his TV review for this newspaper from 1972 to 1982, and he effectively turned a column into a genre,and did so with a wit and a learning unlikely to be equalled.
There’s an impulse to speak in the reflective language of the obituarist with James simply because, by his own reckoning and that of his doctors, and he has been poised at life’s final credits for several years. Yet his various terminal ailments occupy not hindered his output either as a poet or a critic.
To a degree of head-nodding that made my neck ache,I found myself agreeing with James's judgments Related: Clive James: ‘I’ve got a lot done since my death’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com