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Iconoclasts

Summary Debuting on the Sundance Channel, Iconoclasts joins some of today's most influential celebrities with the visionaries that inspire them. The result is a unique, intimate look at both provocative personalities and a spotlight on the cultural contributions of each. Topics include fashion and food, acting and animation, journalism and sport...

  • 2005
  • TV-14
  • Sundance
  • 2005
  • TV-14
  • Sundance

Iconoclasts

7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 2005
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
63
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Summary Debuting on the Sundance Channel, Iconoclasts joins some of today's most influential celebrities with the visionaries that inspire them. The result is a unique, intimate look at both provocative personalities and a spotlight on the cultural contributions of each. Topics include fashion and food, acting and animation, journalism and sport...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
63
43% Positive
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
63
43% Positive
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
7 Reviews
7% Negative
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75
It's a novel idea: Remove the middleman and let artists interview themselves. [25 Nov 2005, p.96]
By Alynda Wheat FULL REVIEW
75
So this show is more than a tribute, though it is that.
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70
A classy, stimulating look at six true mavericks through the eyes of six people in various stages of iconoclastic development.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
70
Whether all, or indeed any, of the subjects here are actually "iconoclasts" is debatable -- "independent" is more like it -- but the title is meant to signal that this is something hipper and smarter and less conventionally angled than a Barbara Walters special and, at least on the basis of the two episodes available for review, it is.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
60
Celebrities interviewing celebrities is a promising concept, in that it upsets the power balance of the typical suck-up interview. But the downside is that once people get past a certain level of fame, they seem to lose the internal monitor that reminds them that not everything they do and say is worth recording.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
50
[The first episode] is less an in-depth interview than a mutual admiration fest, plus a chance to watch two famous people playing golf.
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40
If only more time had been spent finding compatible pairs instead of piling adjectives into the show's cheesy publicity language. If only some time had been spent finding actual iconoclasts.
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Production Company:
  • RadicalMedia
Initial Release Date: 2005
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Telly Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Silverdocs Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination

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