Monday Afternoon?!! Balzac’s Old Goriot & Midnight Cowboy
A day late and a dollar short with two stories of the rake’s progress.
Category: TV and Movies
Rub and Tug
Sometimes enough is enough and you should step aside and let others have a swing at the pinata.
Actually, the Film Was Better Than These Books
“The book was better” is not something I say very often, but it is no less true: books are a different medium and what works on the page my not work on the screen and vice versa.
Defending Skyler White
Is Breaking Bad’s Skyler White the least sympathetic character in all of fiction?
The New Need, Same as the Old Need
I watched the Top Gun: Maverick trailer. Hurry up and take my money, Tom Cruise
Watching Television Alone
The point is that I use literally anything else to delicately suppress the sentiments and sensations of life.
Sunday Morning! Stranger Things and Suspiria
While consuming all of this fiction, I’d like to sketch a few brief notes, particularly about story structure and the use of pastiche.
Mira Sue
Some people say Star Trek: The Original Series’ Mira Romaine is a Mary Sue only because she was written by a woman.
