Treme’s Authenticity Problem

Blog – Rolf Potts
28/11/2013
Treme’s Authenticity Problem

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TV criticism: HBO's series about post-Katrina Louisiana obsessively works to prove it's not a tourist in New Orleans. It ends up losing the city — and the viewers — in the process.

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