The reinvention of a famous film sequence, or a film homage, is a extremely delicate art form, so nuanced that the allusion may become altogether lost by a modern audience. Although film homages may be completely unrecognizable at first, a…
Celebrate Your Right to Read: Banned Books Week
In honor of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week (www.ala.org/bbooks), beginning September 21, the country will celebrate its essential, inborn freedom of reading literature. Banned Books Week highlights the profound importance of reading a book, yet it also draws…
The Art of the Insult: Top 15 Shakespearean Slights
William Shakespeare was undoubtably the original master of artfully creating an insult, having produced some of the most outrageous slights in the history of English literature. Whether it was a snide remark, a quick biting comment, or a prolonged defamation,…
Reevaluating the ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Trope
In an article published by Salon.com last month, entitled “I’m sorry for coining the phrase ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl,’“ film critic Nathan Rabin expressed his regret for creating this pervasively used and outwardly misogynistic movie trope. Although the “Manic Pixie Dream…
