The Electoral Kool-Aid Market TestA reliable irony of human perception is that you can see across to the bubble that others are encased in, while not noticing that you are…Mar 24, 2024Mar 24, 2024
Minus One and CountingWhat a difference seven years can make, or one election night, one last day on earth. Shin Godzilla (2016) was in many ways the definitive…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Choose Your Own ArmageddonWe don’t have to hear the trees to know they’re all falling. The doom feed is continuous — though by definition, we don’t feel it. The…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
The SuperhoodEstablished fantasy franchises put a lot of energy into “building out” their worlds. The really memorable ones know how to let their…Mar 31, 20211Mar 31, 20211
Play With FireProphecy’s not so difficult when both gods and mortals are so predictable. Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound and its lessons play on a…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Wilderness YearsWhat if being alone is what we were really all waiting for? Isolation is the defining sensation of the 2020s, perceived as a passing trial…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
All I Want for ChristmasWhen lies become law, fables become duty. Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 preserves its predecessor’s dreamlike texture and fairytale…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
Yell CutCan we ever live up to our mistakes? It’s a question pressing on all postmodern artmakers who wish to both proclaim and disclaim their…Oct 6, 2020Oct 6, 2020
The InheritanceLife is best understood sideways, and preferably not by the person who’s lived it. The shape that playwright Edward Einhorn’s family…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
