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Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus Season Two, 2022. (Fabio Lovino/HBO)

Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus

A riff on The Tale of Genji.

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: anti-rich satire, Oscar-worthy box office flops, and Discord music recs. Plus, Nate Gallant reviews a new novel.

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 Eat the rich / Fiction rec / Ugly times

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Transnational television.

on how Korean dramas became an international streaming content pipeline and a form of soft power.

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The K-drama boom

Massimo Vitali, “Sagamore diptych right,” undated.

Massimo Vitali

11 days at Art Basel Miami Beach.

on hanging art, shelving art, unpacking art, Twist, yachts, depressed gallerists, an unexpected UTI, and Fun Wine from Christina Aguilera.

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Diary of an art handler

CryptoPunk 305 on display at ICA Miami, next to Warhol's American Lady.

The view from Art Basel

Bored Ape water, FWB x Hennessy, and a mansion party.

explores the many Web3-adjacent events at Miami Art Week.

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The view from Basel

Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal in Aftersun, 2022. (A24)


Aftersun

Aftersun and digital nostalgia.

on Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun, and the way it tackles how memory is affected by our own digital archives.

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Mementos

Open AI

ChatGPT didn't write this, plus the latest streaming news.

helms our dispatch, recapping the latest news in digital culture. This week: Open AI’s ChatGPT, GMA drama, and Marseille, France.


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AI mediocrity

Radical Friends by Penny Rafferty and Ruth Catlow, 2022.

Radical Friends

"Radical friends make the effort to build systems of mutual resilience together."

interviews the authors of Radical Friends, a new book about the art world and DAOs. Plus, the latest news in streaming and entertainment.

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