It ain’t easy taking “The Walking Dead” seriously. While the AMC series’ gargantuan ratings attest to its many fans, few journalists have acknowledged the show’s artistic integrity. Until now, that is. Three TV critics have suddenly lavished unprecedented praise on “TWD” based on its last three episodes. As Andy Greenwald of Grantland put it on Nov. 5, “The show that returned for its fifth season last month isn’t just improved, it has taken a wildly unexpected turn toward being great.” That courageously counterintuitive sentiment cleared a path for two more critics, Indiewire’s Sam Adams and Vox’s Todd VanDerWerff, to issue similar estimations in the days that followed.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:48:28 +0000
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