American TV's culture crisis alarms European critic Martin Esslin
Martin Esslin, Stanford drama professor and author, denounces American television as the biggest disaster since Watergate and Vietnam. He cites brutal cartoons, pervasive ads, and trivialized news, urging viewers to demand cultural reform to prevent intellectual decline.
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