George W.S. Trow
George William Swift Trow, Jr. (September 28, 1943 – November 24, 2006) was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his long essay on television and its effect on American culture, "Within the Context of No Context," first published in The New Yorker on November 17, 1980, and later published as a book. This was one of the few times that the magazine devoted its central section to one piece of writing.
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George W.S. Trow is known for his role in the TV movie documentary Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972) as special thanks (as George Trow).
He is also known for his role in the documentary Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994) as thanks (as George Trow).
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