Philosophy
Grizzly happenings on stage..."Titus Andronicus"
Tragedy and most violent...this Shakespeare play. It is odd that such contents have not more frequently been put to film. Action adventure film fans would love the presentation...blood, gore, and sex rule.Titus Andronicus [Wikipedia]Titus Andronicus [play]Titus Andronicus [audio]
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Learning Useless Rules
This weekend, the shorter of the short people had his first baseball tournament in which the infield fly rule was part of the game. If there are base runners on first and second base with less than two outs and the ball is popped to the infield, the batter...
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The War For Masculinity
Watching football last weekend, the incongruity of back to back commercials caught my attention. First was a Burger King ad. Burger King's pr people have been working very hard over the last couple of years to appeal to men by really hammering the...
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Bill Speare's "othello" Via Orson Welles
This is a documentary of Orson Welles' filming of Shakespeare's Othello. Internet Archive... Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film,...
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"a Serbian Film"...censorship For The Common Good?
I draw attention to Srđan Spasojević's A Serbian Film...a violent, pornographic film that has been dubbed by The Guardian as the "...most censored film in 16 years". Forget the film and think about the implications of a body of individuals that...
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A Bit Of Ben Franklin Insight And Humor This Independence Day
"Ben Franklin Is a Big Fat Idiot" by Joe Queenan June 24th, 2010 The New York Times I cede pride of place to no man in my esteem and affection for the founding fathers. Obviously, some — Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton —...
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