Turning Back the Clock
It is May of 2022. My brother and I are travelling to New Orleans to see our mother for Mothers’ Day. He shows me the book he has brought for the plane rides there and back: The Handmaid’s Tale. He especially likes his copy–the title is right along the spine. Ever the social daredevil, I … Continue reading Turning Back the Clock
Making a Better Movie with Multiverse of Madness
Are you familiar with multiverse theory? It’s the idea that outside the bounds of our own universe there exists an infinite number of alternate worlds. Every event, every decision, every point in the course of genetics, evolution, and our own behavior is manipulated to their last possible permutations. Out there in the multiverse is a … Continue reading Making a Better Movie with Multiverse of Madness
Word Salad on PTA, Licorice Pizza, and Secretly Unhappy Endings
Last week I went to the theater and saw Licorice Pizza with some friends. After our viewing we all gathered in the lobby, where we caught up on our personal lives and bantered about the film. One friend asked me: “So, what do you think the title meant?”