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The Event Convolution Alert: Once More Into the Breach

An interesting thing about The Event is that sometimes the arc of the episode contributes so little to the overall plot that we might consider it a sort of hybrid-procedural-conspiracy show. “For the Good of the Country” was one of those cases. We basically ended up right where we left off: Still scratching our heads, trying to figure out how it got a full-season order. Regardless, let’s pull back another layer of this ramshackle conspiracy.

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The Event Convolution Alert: Once More Into the Breach

REVIEW: Peepli Live Promises Modern India, Delivers Muddled Satire

Peepli Live begins with a tight shot of the face of a man running, it would seem, for his life. Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri), a farmer belonging to the so-called Backward caste, is in fact catnapping in the ramshackle caravan carrying him back to the farm he is about to lose at auction, although his panicked sprint signifies something more than just an unpleasant dream. From the story told by Natha’s startled face, Peepli Live opens out slowly to encompass several factions of Indian society, including the press, local, state, and federal politicians, and the shady elements binding them all together. It’s a meticulously engineered design that a show like The Wire took several years to execute; here the strain shows within the first half hour.

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REVIEW: Peepli Live Promises Modern India, Delivers Muddled Satire