I like fictional jerkwads, okay? There’s something about an antihero that interests me way more than any hero can. Consider yourself warned.
The Haggadah, or prayerbook for the Passover seder speaks of four children: the wise child, the rebellious child, the simple child, and the child who doesn’t know how to ask. All four of these children are to be told the story of Passover, but each must be told in a…
In his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Tom Stoppard has one of the title characters explode at a band of travelling tragedians, who make their living by performing heart-tugging plays with endings full of corpses. “Actors!” he snaps. “The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn’t death! You scream…
Have you ever read a book that entranced you until the very last chapter, when the ending reared up like a brick wall in your face?
But first! A teaser: PS. For those of you who have no idea what the heck is going on, your questions may be answered here. If you still have no idea what’s going on, try here. If you still have questions, fear not: all will be explained on this…
Curse you, suitemates, for introducing me to iTunes movie rental service. I may never work again! On the surface, the Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men and the Dora-nominated show Evil Dead: the Musical don’t seem to have much to do with each other, apart from lots of…
Did anybody else eat uncooked packs of ramen noodles as a kid? Or was this just a thing at my elementary school? You’d crush the noodles without opening the package. Once they were in tiny pieces, you’d open it and fish out the now-very-powdery packet of soup mix. Then you’d…
Three different media. Three similar themes. There can be only one winner. … Um, except there’s not really a contest. So, I saw this movie, went to this play, and read this book, right?
The “I-love-New-York-or-some-neighbourhood-thereof” song seems to be a staple of most musicals set in or around New York City (with the possible exception of Rent, which has instead an “I-love-Santa-Fe-because-New-York-sucks” song). Anyway, I won’t bore you with Sinatra or Kelly or even Daddy Warbucks. Instead, I will bore you with pictures.…
You know, I was a pretty big fan of the original American Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, back in the day. At least, I remember getting anxious about how the five regular rangers were going to defeat Tommy, the evil green ranger (hey, that episode was a two-parter!) I just watched…