The Max Headroom show satirizes how television makes you watch a spectacle, then stop caring.
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A lively look back at a short-lived CBS oddity, with an eye on the rewrite.
Genreless finds its shape in the contrast between Eddie Webb's long-memory affection and Chris Spivey's first-time reaction. That pull between nostalgia and fresh eyes keeps the talk moving, from remembered 1987 taping habits to a brisk argument about adaptation, and it gives…
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You want a fast, weird tour through a CBS relic that aired for only a few weeks in 1987 and was never rerun.
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