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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 1d

THE CHAIR COMPANY is to tim robinson as THE REHEARSAL is to nathan fielder: a blank check from hbo to realize the creator-star's vision with more resources and zero compromises, winning no converts but delighting the die-hards variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

HBO’s ‘The Chair Company’ Expands Tim Robinson’s Distinct, Polarizing Comedy Into an Entire Eerie World: TV Review

Tim Robinson's HBO comedy 'The Chair Company' expands his unique, polarizing persona into an entire eerie world.

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 1d

the big differentiator, and what makes THE CHAIR COMPANY sustainable as a series instead of a sketch, is that tim's protagonist is just one insane man among many. some incredible casting work here

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 1d

THE CHAIR COMPANY is to tim robinson as THE REHEARSAL is to nathan fielder: a blank check from hbo to realize the creator-star's vision with more resources and zero compromises, winning no converts but delighting the die-hards variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

HBO’s ‘The Chair Company’ Expands Tim Robinson’s Distinct, Polarizing Comedy Into an Entire Eerie World: TV Review

Tim Robinson's HBO comedy 'The Chair Company' expands his unique, polarizing persona into an entire eerie world.

variety.com

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 3d

I reviewed RED ALERT, an israeli series that keeps a tight focus on the minute-to-minute horrors of october 7th but arrives in a world where the attacks' legacy is hotly contested — hence david ellison putting his thumb on the scale variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

Oct. 7 Series ‘Red Alert’ Is a Harrowing Recreation of the Hamas Terror Attacks, but Can’t Escape Its Politically Fraught Context: TV Review

The Paramount+ series 'Red Alert', a scripted recreation of the October 7 terror attacks, is a harrowing watch that can't escape its fraught context.

variety.com

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 3d

bluesky is an earnest place so here I will add this was a tough one to write for obvious reasons!!

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 3d

I reviewed RED ALERT, an israeli series that keeps a tight focus on the minute-to-minute horrors of october 7th but arrives in a world where the attacks' legacy is hotly contested — hence david ellison putting his thumb on the scale variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

Oct. 7 Series ‘Red Alert’ Is a Harrowing Recreation of the Hamas Terror Attacks, but Can’t Escape Its Politically Fraught Context: TV Review

The Paramount+ series 'Red Alert', a scripted recreation of the October 7 terror attacks, is a harrowing watch that can't escape its fraught context.

variety.com

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 5d

THANK YOU

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 6d

relatability isn’t everything, and love/heartbreak are always there for universal material. but a surrounding environment normal ppl would recognize observations about? that ends in her teens

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 6d

taylor is obsessed with high school because it’s the last time she had a broadly relatable social experience

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 6d

opalite is a kindergarten singalong

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 7d

it is honestly very funny that tree wrote this canned statement (that made taylor look v mature!) while her client was breaking out the burn book variety.com/2024/music/n...

Taylor Swift Praises Charli XCX After ‘Sympathy Is a Knife’ Reignited Feud Rumors: ‘Her Writing Is Surreal and Inventive’

Taylor Swift is clearing the air after one of Charli XCX's recent songs led fans to think there might be bad blood between the two pop stars.

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 7d

not to be all parasocial but going from the left to the right actually bums me the fuck out

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 8d

god bless you lol but many people at the time (including me for my first couple viewings tbh) did NOT see the vision

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 8d

I don't really buy that this is his "most straightforward" or "most accessible" work...maybe in terms of story but certainly not in tone!!

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 8d

I love obaa but I'm almost taken aback how unanimous and ubiquitous the praise is relative to prior pta films. feels more like a function of studio scale than its position in his filmography

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 8d

doing karate chops in my living room while blasting this on the stereo goes so hard thank you mr anderson

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 10d

I love glen powell as much as the next girl but CHAD POWERS is basically a new star reheating his own (and eli manning's, and jason sudeikis's) nachos variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

Glen Powell’s Hulu Football Comedy ‘Chad Powers’ Needs More Practice Before Becoming the Next ‘Ted Lasso’: TV Review

Glen Powell's Hulu football comedy 'Chad Powers' needs more practice before becoming the next 'Ted Lasso.'

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 11d

me and my husband — a san diego native and a california state employee who regularly commutes to sacramento, respectively — watching one battle after another

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 11d

found pta putting this in one battle after another almost unspeakably romantic www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/m...

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 11d

before sean penn was in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER he was a talking head in the bizarre charlie sheen docuseries, ripping cigs in his living room and waxing poetic on what a coke habit does to your sex drive. banner month for him

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 12d

*takes position indistinguishable from a jd vance tweet* is this….wokeness??

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 12d

today I blocked someone on instagram for trying to argue REAL american food is unseasoned white ppl cuisine but like, from the left

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 21d

I went with the NA one! (mostly tea with syrups/vinegars)

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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 21d

I am on vacation and doing my best not to engage with The Horrors. anyway, here’s me with a cheese cart

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 24d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

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