Aristotle among the Superheroes
From Aristotle‘s Poetics: A perfect tragedy should, as we have seen, be arranged not on the simple but on the complex plan. It should, moreover, imitate actions which excite pity […]
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The Fifth Husband
A text-based version of the first 9 pages of my first draft of the screenplay The Fifth Husband. Currently undergoing revision… EXT. LONDON. ENGLAND. JUNE 1386. DAY. The medieval city […]
Little Horseshoes
Little Horseshoes pdf Click through for the sheet music. The first song in my musical of Jane Eyre, “Little Horseshoes” is sung by adult Jane while she’s still at Lowood and […]
A Rebuttal: “The Great Gatsby”
Remember my former post about The Great Gatsby? Mostly it was a link to this Emily Stimpson article, a discussion of why Millennials were so taken with this movie. Now […]
Be Still My Heart
Imagine, if you will, my awe-filled tone as I whisper . . . “The Elder Scrolls: Online“. Pr0n-apalooza at the link.
The Western declared dead . . . again
Here is a truly ridiculous article about the Western in the wake of The Lone Ranger‘s box office debacle. Don’t click through. The article wants to declare the Western passe, […]
More Achievements
Pursuant to my last post, I present a discussion of the Naughty Dog recent gaming release, The Last of Us. A zombie story, the game has gotten great reviews. I […]
Achievements
Things have been going well for me. I dominate the homepage because the writing just happens. Also, my gaming life has been going well. Coincidence? Well, I recently completed my […]
Soul?
It’s time to establish some terms that will have relevance for The Mermaid Boneyard and for our gaming IP Tribe of Liars, as well as countless other topics. How does sentience differ […]
“On the Waterfront”: Welcome to the Masterclass of Filmmaking
1 On the Waterfront has the most concise 1 I’ve ever seen. This movie is a directorial masterpiece, and this 1 is a prime example of that skill. Terry (Marlon […]