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• Blabbermouths A documentary about the people who lecture the poor.
  Walter Kirn Dec. 3, 1997
  
• Valley of the Molls The latest in an occasional series on truly terrible TV.
  Jeffrey Goldberg Nov. 16, 1997
  
• Crying Through the Tears Alan Bennett's comedies dare to be depressing.
  Randy Cohen Nov. 2, 1997
  
• Pop-Up Hubris Television's latest incarnation of the Greek chorus fails to tempt the gods.
  Walter Kirn Oct. 26, 1997
  
• The Way of All Perps If you believe Steven Bochco, they really deserve to die.
  Jeffrey Goldberg Sept. 24, 1997
  
• Sympathy for the Devil The Hollywood pieties of Nothing Sacred.
  Walter Kirn Sept. 14, 1997
  
• Animal Farm Those sexy brutes of HBO's new prison series, Oz.
  Jeffrey Goldberg July 19, 1997
  
• News You Can't Use Yakking away on MSNBC and the Fox News Channel.
  Jeffrey Goldberg June 19, 1997
  
• Master of All He Surveys Robert Hughes' very old-fashioned lessons in art.
  Luc Sante May 28, 1997
  
• An Offer He Should Have Refused Mario Puzo discusses The Last Don.
  Jeffrey Goldberg May 10, 1997
  
• Heartbreak Hotel The Shining, the remake.
  Alex Ross April 30, 1997
  
• Changing Their Toons Ten cartoons from the Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera.
  Larry Doyle Jan. 22, 1997
  
• Here's Johnny Bill Maher, yet another late-night heir apparent.
  Larry Doyle Jan. 8, 1997