# Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV - Hardcover

by **David Thomson** (Author)

**A leading film critic on the evolving world of streaming media and its impact on society**

The city at night under lockdown, a time of plague and anxiety. It is an exciting new age of television, the light that flutters in every cell in the city. But no one seems to be asking: _What is the endless stream doing to us?_

In _Remotely_, the most innovative writer on film and screens asks what happened to us as we sought consolation under lockdown by becoming a society of bingeing creatures. From _Candid Camera_ and _I Love Lucy_ to _Ozark_, _Succession_, and _Chernobyl_, David Thomson and his wife, Lucy Gray, wander through shows old and new, trying to pin down the nature and justification for what we call "entertainment." Funny, mysterious, and warm, at last here is a book that grasps the extent to which television is not just a collection of particular shows--hits and misses--but a weather system in which we are lost pilgrims searching for answers.

### Author Biography

**David Thomson** is a film critic, a historian, and the author of more than thirty books, including _Disaster Mon Amour_, _Why Acting Matters_, and _The Biographical Dictionary of Film_. He lives in San Francisco, CA.

**Number of Pages:** 280

**Dimensions:** 0.81 x 9.49 x 6.44 IN

**Publication Date:** January 23, 2024

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