Alternative monitoring of popular culture ~ broadly defined ~ in the pursuit of deeper understanding
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Rob Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns has two ace troupers in Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, but the narrative is cloying, often dull, the musical numbers flat and unengaging despite hawking the message our troubles disappear when we take a risk and unharness our imaginations.
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The Fire Inside
Rachel Morrison's The Fire Inside is an uplifting and provocative sports movie that, like sports themselves, is about more than competit...
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As you closely read the two photographs above -- Sally Mann's "Candy Cigarette"(top) and Diane Arbus's ...
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