First, I saw doublets. Then, came chainmail. Then, came… the collapse of American Democracy and the dawn of a new Middle Ages? Read Full Piece
First, I saw doublets. Then, came chainmail. Then, came… the collapse of American Democracy and the dawn of a new Middle Ages? Read Full Piece
I’ve been thinking a lot about progress—the idea of progress. How, in America, we are taught to believe progress is inevitable. Our history is presented as a narrative of ever-increasing liberality. The idea being, yes, things were bad in, say, the Antebellum South, but it was all part of the journey to freedom. So goes the rhetoric. And in our history, inconvenient truths that refute this ideal are eclipsed by the larger ideological mission—democracy. Read Full Piece
Chasing the high of seeing our faves become famous right in front of our eyes might be this generation's favorite pastime.
The actor who plays John Stone, the disheveled half of Naz’s legal representation, goes deep into the story of The Night Of. Discussing the larger themes and resonance of the series, Turturro also has a word or two to say about the significance of Stone’s feet.
The actor who plays a homicide cop set on solving the murder of Andrea Cornish in The Night Of delves into the shades of gray around his character, the ambiguities within the series itself and the fun of working on set.
Local, national and international news are marked today by a fundamental alienation between the parties involved. Evaluate. Think. Understand. These are not simple practices, but in an age marked by snap-deductions and alienating mass-categorizations, they are necessary ones.
If men got pregnant, we'd have gumball dispensers for birth control, or something like that.
