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The Birth(erism) of Trump’s Nation of Cowards

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | September 15th, 2020

…“(Kafka’s) world knows no physical or moral order…We, the readers, are reliving our bad dreams…punishment is over all the characters, but the crime remains mysteriously hidden…” - William Hubben“The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences…

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She Dies Tomorrow: Amy Seimetz Contemplates the End

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 15th, 2020

…Well-deserved praise for writer-director Amy Seimetz’s efficient and provocative “She Dies Tomorrow” almost inevitably points to the film’s eerie timeliness as a metaphor for pandemic-inspired malaise and disequilibrium. More interesting, however, is the split among observers who interpret Seimetz’s intended tone in different ways. Some claim the movie is hilarious,…

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The Milwaukee Bucks and “Big Bucks” Put Racism in the “Penalty Box.”

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | September 7th, 2020

…“The vast majority of African-Americans who lived in this land in the first 246 years of what is now the United States lived under the terror of people who had absolute power over their bodies and their very breath, subject to people who faced no sanction for any atrocity they…

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A Cabin In Butcher Holler

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 7th, 2020

…How Many People Can Retire For Forty Years?King Donald got a lot of votes in coal country stretching from West Virginia to North Dakota in 2016 by lying that he would bring coal back. He is a good salesman as most narcissistic psychopaths are. But it never happened—and it is…

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“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”: Charlie Kaufman Knows You Can’t Always Get What You Want

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 7th, 2020

…Charlie Kaufman, the unfairly talented and imaginative cinematic magician whose screenplays and films have explored the realms of art, artifice, and identity over the course of a dizzying career, lifts the curtain on another masterful storytelling exercise. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is based on Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, but…

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Endgame for John Wayne/Rambo/Trump, “Reality” TV and “Virtual” History

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | August 31st, 2020

…“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” – Ralph Elison, Invisible Man, 1951 “Although the (1965) Voting Rights Act was sponsored by a…pro-civil-rights president who was…a Southern Democrat, most Southern Democrats opposed it. However, (LBJ) could count on strong support from Republicans: In the House, 82%…

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Feels Good Man: Arthur Jones Looks at the the Life and Death of Pepe the Frog

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 31st, 2020

…Director Arthur Jones makes his auspicious feature debut with “Feels Good Man,” an engrossing and timely documentary that examines the phenomenon of artist Matt Furie’s Pepe the Frog. Created by Furie in 2005 for the comic “Boy’s Club,” Pepe’s now iconic visage morphed into a surprisingly durable meme—made…

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What Does “Do No Harm” Mean?

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 30th, 2020

…Yes, America Is Truly Exceptional In The Healthcare Business!In 1833 conservative German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck created the first universal healthcare system in the world because he recognized it was the job of government to protect all Germans. In addition to the Insurance Bill of 1883, he passed the Accident…

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History vs. Propaganda; Pundits vs. Investigative Journalism

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | August 24th, 2020

…“History, like payback, is a bitch.” - Chicago Dog“History as a discipline began as a confrontation with war propaganda. In the first history book, The Peloponnesian Wars, Thucydides was careful to make a distinction between leaders’ accounts of their actions and the real reasons for their decisions. In our time,…

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Collecting Movies with Matt Dreiling

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 24th, 2020

…Matt Dreiling worked for twelve years as a cameraman, gaffer, and cinematographer on feature films, documentaries and commercials. A few years ago, he fled Hollywood with his girlfriend for the wilds of Montana to begin the second act of his career.Dreiling is the author of “Black Sunday,” a graphic novel…

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