Have you noticed how good TV is these days? A new St. Cloud State University class offered this fall will discuss how the small screen has overtaken the big screen as the go-to for visual storytelling.
TV is the New Cinema will examine television’s evolution since the turn of the millennium, making the case that TV shows are offering more compelling stories now than ever before.
Film professor Brad Chisholm says groundbreaking shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, and Breaking Bad have created what he calls the “new golden age of television.”
“I’ve been paying close attention for years watching this phenomenon evolve,” Chisholm says. “It really changed around 1999-2000, the roles became reversed — where writers currently are flocking to write for television series and not so much for feature films.”
“I never thought I’d live to see that day — I’m honestly so stunned by it that I had to create a course around it.”
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