Culture
Reactionary reflexivity: Sealing the iron dome on media coverage of Gaza, Part 1
July 24, 2024Here media reflexivity and post-colonialism go hand in hand, with both operating to sustain Western power as that power is rapidly decaying and becoming increasingly irrelevant.
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‘The Spy Who Went into Rehab’: A dramatic spoof on a film fantasy
July 23, 2024Gregg Ostrin has taken this potent potion and cannily shaken and stirred it with the notion and concoction of putting this vodka martini-swilling smoker, gambler, compulsive seducer, and multiple killer in a rehabilitation center.
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Proletarian verse and protest songs thrive at Woody Guthrie Folk Fest in Oklahoma
July 22, 2024A sense of camaraderie flowed throughout WoodyFest as musicians jammed long into the night and attendees engaged in conversation over shared meals.
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Still advertising for himself: ‘How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer’
July 19, 2024Did I come alive while viewing How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer and thoroughly enjoy it? Guilty as charged!
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Memories of Abdias Nascimento, founder of Brazil’s Black Experimental Theatre
July 18, 2024They spanned the first and second millennia like twin colossi and will remain in the hearts and minds of millions of people whom they encouraged to sunder the bondage of oppression.
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