These reviews are a part of pop justice, Scalawag’s newsletter exploring the intersection of popular culture and justice—namely through abolition. Sign up here. By Kaitlin Fontana One of the abiding strengths of HBO’s Barry—a dark comedy series about a hitman who, after tracking a mark to an acting class, decides he wants to be an actor himself—is that...
This story is published in collaboration with The Appeal. For more reporting that explores criminal legal issues and injustices, sign up for The Appeal’s newsletter. Night court is bleak, but you may not know it from the recently revived NBC sitcom of the same name, which is rife with laugh tracks. However, when I attended the real night court in Manhattan for...