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An Exiled TV Exec Sees Greek Tragedy Everywhere

一个流亡的电视高管在各处看到希腊悲剧

An Exiled TV Exec Sees Greek Tragedy Everywhere
2026-03-11  1015  困难
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Maybe it’s just coincidence, but the ancient Greeks have been popping up everywhere in my reading lately, as if a frazzled zeitgeist is reaching deep into the past to grasp some rock on which to steady itself. A former classics scholar propelled by personal crisis to try his luck in network television, Stafford rose to glory as the industry’s so-called “philosopher king” with a potent nose for hits. Appropriately, it is hubris that topples him from his throne, forcing him into self-described “exile” on Maui when his latest bet doesn’t pay off.

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