Clayton Purdom
Clayton Purdom is a writer and editor interested in the intersection of culture and technology. His writing has appeared in outlets like GQ, Bloomberg, and Pitchfork, and he has edited at the A.V. Club and Kill Screen. He lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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POSTED August 14, 2023
TV Doesn't Need Twitter or Reddit
The crumbling of monolithic platforms can be good for fans, the internet, and television at large.
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POSTED June 13, 2023
The Righteous Gemstones Embraces the Neo Noir in Season 3
Like the recently retired Barry, the HBO series renders comic acting subservient to directorial tone.
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POSTED May 22, 2023
Peacock's Mrs. Davis Tries to Zany Up Our Boring Dystopia
The algorithm is a not-so-worthy foe in this endearingly loopy series from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof.
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POSTED April 24, 2023
Why Is Hate-Watching on the Rise?
What we learned from an analysis of three billion tweets devoted to hate- and love-watches.
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POSTED April 10, 2023
Succession Is Ending, but 'No Context Succession' Is Forever
How TV's most zeitgesty show is also poised for internet immortality.
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POSTED March 20, 2023
Now Begins the Peak-TV Hangover
What are the downsides of overabundance in streaming options?
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POSTED January 10, 2023
HBO's The Last of Us Changes the Rules of the Game
The series from Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin finds astonishing new layers in the apocalyptic tale.