COVID-1984? Examining Accusations of Authoritarianism in Pandemic Safety Measures
“You fucking Nazi,” the young man said to me. He was about my height, skinny, and wore a backwards billed cap over his shoulder-length hair. In another world, maybe we could have been friends—but not now, not at this moment in history. For, in the middle of a deadly pandemic, the young man had gone … Continue reading COVID-1984? Examining Accusations of Authoritarianism in Pandemic Safety Measures
Mortal Kombat: a flawed, but nonfatal affair
Video game film adaptations are famous for their lack of high quality, and with every new release there is some hope of among anxious fans that they are at least “somewhat decent.” The more offensive of these adaptations, like Super Mario Bros. or Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, seem to take conceptual issue with … Continue reading Mortal Kombat: a flawed, but nonfatal affair
Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
On January 15, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list of nominees for its 87th Academy Awards ceremony. The announcements were made early, shuffled to an at-dawn time slot for what the Academy likely guessed would be an uneventful lead-up procedure for the big night. They were wrong. Audience … Continue reading Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
