Tag: katrina
What Does TV Say about Reality: Deconstructing HBO’s “Treme”
New Orleans The HBO show, Treme, another auteur urban tour from David Simon following the wildly acclaimed Wire, may not have found mass appeal out there in viewerlandia, but in New Orleans literally everyone has an opinion, all of which made for a fascinating evening with Tulane media and communications professor Vicki Mayer as part …
Padding the Numbers: Seedco in NYC and Gutters in New Orleans
New Orleans Sometimes it comes down to who you know, not what you can do, and in those circumstances when the screws start turning from the City paymasters, the favored few sometimes just start making up shit to save themselves rather than the families they are meant to serve. This week I’ve had to read about …