Adam McGovernThe 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…7 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Adam McGovernMinus 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…5 min read·Dec 31, 2023----
Adam McGovernChoose 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…2 min read·Aug 18, 2021----
Adam McGovernThe SuperhoodEstablished fantasy franchises put a lot of energy into “building out” their worlds. The really memorable ones know how to let their…3 min read·Mar 31, 2021--1--1
Adam McGovernPlay With FireProphecy’s not so difficult when both gods and mortals are so predictable. Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound and its lessons play on a…4 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
Adam McGovernWilderness 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…3 min read·Mar 17, 2021----
Adam McGovernAll I Want for ChristmasWhen lies become law, fables become duty. Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 preserves its predecessor’s dreamlike texture and fairytale…4 min read·Dec 27, 2020----
Adam McGovernYell 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…2 min read·Oct 6, 2020----
Adam McGovernTerminal RomanticOriginally published at HiLobrow.com on February 14, 202013 min read·Feb 17, 2020----
Adam McGovernThe InheritanceLife is best understood sideways, and preferably not by the person who’s lived it. The shape that playwright Edward Einhorn’s family…6 min read·Feb 14, 2020----
