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Nontoxic Men of the ’70s

June 11, 2025

Even deep in the '70s, not all masculinity was toxic if you knew where to look.

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“Goodbye,” Return, and My Dad

June 4, 2025

Some of the big cultural touchstones of 1983 were particularly hard if you'd just lost your father.

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The Passion in Your Theme Song

May 21, 2025

Sometimes, theme song writers hear the assignment and decide that it simply is insufficient.

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The Real Revenge of the Nerds

May 14, 2025

Many nerdy hobbies are now big business. If you love it, there's a con, cruise, or podcast for it. Maybe all three.

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Art Versus Artist Part Many

May 7, 2025

Even more thoughts on the issues of separating the art and the artist. Yes, it's about Tom Cruise again.

Children Can Have Taste

April 30, 2025

My eleven-year-old is capable of telling when movies are bad even if they're aimed at him.

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Cadaver Synod the Motion Picture

April 23, 2025

You can't tell me there are no movie-worthy plots in two thousand years of Church history.

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Why Doesn’t Hollywood Sing?

April 16, 2025

Somehow, Hollywood has gotten the idea that people don't want to watch musicals anymore, even when they gross a ton.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act and Hollywood

April 2, 2025

It wasn't just the law that kept Chinese actors out of Hollywood, but the law did have a result that lasted beyond its repeal.

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Domina: Feminism in the Detective Novels of Dorothy L. Sayers

March 26, 2025

Despite her main character's being male, Dorothy L. Sayers wrote feminism as one of the most frequent themes in her books.