Not to be confused with the William Faulkner novel of the same name, “Wild Palms” reminds me of the feeling I get when I walk into a brand new Las Vegas casino. It is so dazzling, with its lights, ...
Hyped by ABC as “event television,” the Oliver Stone miniseries Wild Palms presents a near-future in which life itself is a television event that pre-empts reality and reprograms our dreams. Eerily ...
There are two things to know about “Wild Palms.” It’s weird and it’s worth it. How weird? Beyond “Twin Peaks” weird. Worth what? Worth six hours of a viewer’s time over four nights, starting tomorrow ...
Bruce Wagner and Oliver Stone's ABC mini-series foretold Trump, VR, the creep of corporations into politics, and the end of reality as we know it. In 1993, ABC aired a five part, ambitious mini-series ...
A killer game of hide and seek.