The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Black, more than anyone else, should have been the one to wind up The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Too bad he doesn't…
Real Genius
We've all worked with her -- the clueless exec who feels compelled to point out the trivially, irrelevantly obvious, or who loves to exercise her talent by changing things unnecessarily (usually by introducing mistakes) just to put her fingerprints on them. We encounter him at the movies all the time -- the guy who asks (out loud) "Why is she doing that?" or wants everyone to acknowledge that he noticed the color of the sky just changed from one shot to another (as if none of us had ever seen a movie before, or knew how they're filmed and assembled). And, of course, they're all over the Internet and the media and politics -- staying focused on the inconsequential, the mundane, the superficial at all cost.
Here's a tribute to the geniuses behind the dumbing down of practically everything.
Advertisement
Next Article: On the devaluation of monsters... and movies Previous Article: Iranian homage to Pink Flamingos
Popular Blog Posts
Video games can never be art
Having once made the statement above, I have declined all opportunities to ...
"You Were Expecting Someone Else?" Why a Non-White James Bond is the Franchise's Logical Next Step
Not only would Idris Elba make a great James Bond, the franchise has been building towards casting an actor of color ...
Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger?
This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a fr...
Grace and Nature: On Criterion’s Release of The Tree of Life
On the new Criterion release of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which includes a new 50-minute-longer extended cu...
