New York Magazine: May 21, 2012 Issue

Table of Contents

May 21, 2012

Cover Story

The New New Tube

Another TV revolution? You bet. Mark Harris, Matt Zoller Seitz, and Gavin Polone survey the still-shifting boundaries.

On the Cover: Jessica Paré. Photograph by Zachary Scott for New York Magazine.

Features

The Comedian Comedians Were Afraid Of

Patrice O’Neal was a big-hearted philosopher-stand-up who delighted in bullying his audiences and reducing even the nastiest insult comics to tears.

By Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Château Sucker

The rare-wine market is all about turning doubt into mystique, and no one had more mystique than Rudy Kurniawan.

By Benjamin Wallace

Intelligencer

Culture

Columns

Gay Wedding Crasher

Joe Biden’s blunder made Barack Obama tie the knot sooner than planned—but he still may get to live happily ever after.

Agenda

High and Outside

Terroir Wine Bar opens a seasonal outpost at the Porch on the High Line.

Strategist

Departments