Network: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Network. Pick one to read it.

• There Are No Good ExecutivesRare · in 31 titlesNearly all of them are portrayed as greedy, amoral bastards except Chaney, who seems to be a decent guy but stopped trying to fight the corruption simply because he knows he can't win; and Ruddy, the…Read →
• New Media Are Evilin 236 titlesA large theme is that television can warp viewers’ reality by making them accept what they see as the truth.Read →
• No Celebrities Were Harmedin 3,076 titlesMary Ann Gifford and her captors, the Ecumenical Liberation Army, bear a suspicious resemblance to Patty Hearst and her kidnappers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, with The Great Ahmed Khan as a take…Read →
• Too Bleak, Stopped CaringRare · in 16 titlesNarrator: It was a perfectly admissible argument that Howard Beale advanced in the days that followed.Read →
• Kent Brockman Newsin 149 titlesPlayed for Drama, as it's a sign that Beale is in the midst of a full-fledged Creator Breakdown — one that the UBS executives are more than happy to feed, given the ratings spike that resulted from i…Read →
• Executive Meddlingin 333 titlesTwice, a decision to fire Beale is overruled by executives higher on the ladder.Read →