Appearance

Although he nev­er stated so direct­ly, we would count on that Sit­u­a­tion­ist Man Debord would have includ­ed Sat­ur­day Evening Dwell in what he known as the “Spec­ta­cle”—the mass media pre­sen­ta­tion of a complete­iz­ing actual­i­ty, “the rul­ing order’s non­cease dis­course about itself, its nev­er-end­ing mono­logue of self-praise.” The slick­ness of TV, even dwell com­e­dy TV, masks…