New Republic writer calls ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ conservative agitprop
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New Republic writer calls ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ conservative agitprop

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“Brooklyn Nine-Nine is dead-set on maintaining the shiny-on-the-surface, gross-on-the-inside legacy of the Bloomberg/Ray Kelly era. But the ultra-conservative NYPD is an odd setting […]

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Is Brooklyn’s fictional 99th Precinct in Park Slope?
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Is Brooklyn’s fictional 99th Precinct in Park Slope?

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We’ve been enjoying Brooklyn Nine-Nine here at Brokelyn HQ (well, some of us have), despite it not having that mich to do […]

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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ dispatches laughter, suspect BK references
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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ dispatches laughter, suspect BK references

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What’s that you say? A new show set in Brooklyn that isn’t about being in your twenties and _____? Sounds promising, but […]

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Enjoy the right to free laughs and 11 other free things to do this week
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Enjoy the right to free laughs and 11 other free things to do this week

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1. The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies says “Hooray for Hollywood (history),” despite the fact that we all know it […]

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Finally, a TV show in Brooklyn not about young people screwing up
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Finally, a TV show in Brooklyn not about young people screwing up

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TV shows set in Brooklyn have had a common thread running through them lately. They’re all about young broke girls who just […]

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