TV/DVD for August 2012
Masters of the Deep
“Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” If you’ve spent time online recently, you may have come across these cryptic words of advice, first dispensed on the comedy 30 Rock. Just how you should draw inspiration from the Discovery Channel’s hugely popular weeklong coverage of these stealthy carnivores is open to interpretation, but there is no mystery to our enduring fascination with sharks: Their razor-sharp teeth and uncanny ability to sniff out prey remind us that there are still some places on Earth where humans are nowhere near the top of the food chain.
