Culture

Louis CK's honest depiction of divorce and single fatherhood on the FX series Louie is poignant and, frankly, a rarity on TV.

Screenwriting guru Robert McKee is seen as the patron saint of hack writing, the world's foremost proponent of writing-by-numbers. His influence even extends as far as public radio shows like Radiolab and This American Life, and novelists. But maybe McKee knows exactly what we need.