Ozzy Osbourne, sitting on a bat-themed throne, rose from beneath the stage to deliver what is now deemed an unforgettable farewell. At 76, battling Parkinson’ Disease, Osbourne, along with his Black Sabbath bandmates, returned to his hometown of Birmingham to remind us of the defiance of rock ‘n’ roll. On July 5, at Birmingham’s Villa […]
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TV’s Legacy Characters and the Burden of Relevance
In the age of reboots, revivals and cinematic universes, television’s legacy characters are no longer allowed to rest. They’re resurrected, repackaged and reintroduced — often with a fresh coat of wokeness, trauma or even rebranded into a funko pop toy to “get with the times” so to speak. But in trying to make them relevant, […]
