Category Archives: What Has Happened To The theatre?

Not The Perseus You’re Looking For

Over at Salon, Martha Nichols asks, why can’t Hollywood make good mythic movies? Watching the trailer for “Clash of the Titans,” I know as surely as the Oracle of Delphi that this movie will be foul. A remake of the … Continue reading

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Theater of the Absurd

I was just sitting here thinking to myself, “Self, how could you make Spiderman weirder?” I mean, it’s your average ordinary story about a boy granted superpowers by a genetically modified spider who fights crazy people in elaborate costumes and … Continue reading

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