Tag: William Shakespeare
Postcards from Sydney (Australia and Sweeney)
It’s no secret that the rom-com is an ever-dying genre. One that’s harder and harder to “spoon-feed” audiences that have gotten both younger and more [Read More…]
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: The Sandman
With a total of seventy-five issues that were printed from 1989 to 1996, some might classify The Sandman as being among DC Comics’ “less influential” [Read More…]
White Folk Sure Are Crazy: The Northman
“Hate is all I’ve ever known. I want to be free of it.” Wanting and doing, of course, are two entirely different things. Particularly for [Read More…]
The Existential Question of Our Times: Netflix or Hulu? (Baby, You Choose)
While the remix of “34+35” might not have done much to assure one’s faith in the original, it did leave an opportunity for Megan Thee [Read More…]
That Night: A Long Island Romeo and Juliet
In 1961, there wasn’t much in the way of excitement on Long Island (there still isn’t really). For ten-year-old Alice Bloom (Eliza Dushku, in her [Read More…]
She’s The Man Is Strangely Anti-Feminist
Karen McCullah (once known as Karen McCullah Lutz, but perhaps changed it because of being associated with Lutz on 30 Rock) founded her entire screenwriting career [Read More…]
Letters To Juliet: A Romance That Offers More Than Cheese
It’s difficult to imagine William Shakespeare finding success in the modern era. So much of his message adheres to the rom-com formula that appears to [Read More…]
The Macabre Couples Who Would Have “Honeymoon” As Their Wedding Song
Another year, another goth-tinged Lana Del Rey single. The more advanced she gets in her career, the less afraid she becomes to embrace exploring the [Read More…]
Desperately Seeking Spoonerisms: The Decline of Word Play in Literature
“Spoonerism” may sound like a dirty word, but that’s only because it’s employed so rarely in contemporary literature that we’ve become unfamiliar with the term. [Read More…]
Are You A Writer? [Insert Gag Noise Here]
For most “writers,” being asked the question, “Are you a writer?” is not an emotional experience that results in a five second existential crisis. Most [Read More…]
