arts and culture
‘The Beautiful People’: America’s toxic epidemic of hypermasculinity
July 1, 2022“This season at Rogue Machine we’ve committed ourselves to having difficult conversations."
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Plains, trains and automobiles: ‘Snowpiercer’ vs. ‘Lincoln Lawyer’
June 28, 2022How can we contrast Snowpiercer’s people’s transport vs. Lincoln Lawyer’s luxuriating while the planet burns?
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‘Dark Winds’: Solving an American mystery
June 27, 2022Sharp writing and strong acting keep Dark Winds from the tired soap opera that recent neo-Westerns like the popular Yellowstone saga became mired in.
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‘Stratford-upon-Topanga’ opens summer season with ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
June 22, 2022Act I of WGTB’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is mildly amusing, while the rollicking, uproarious Act II is highly entertaining.
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‘Better Call Saul’: The fading middle class in a ‘Breaking Bad’ universe
June 21, 2022The Breaking Bad universe has established a template for languishing, but never challenging, diminishing expectations as the American “universe” itself shrinks globally.
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