3 Types of Satire Every Storyteller Should Know — Horatian vs. Juvenalian vs. Menippean Satire – A VideoEssay From StudioBinder

What is satire? It's easy to throw out a quick satire definition, but many people don’t truly understand the origins of satire or the characteristics of satire. In fact, there are three types of satire, each with their own approach, targets, and goals. In this explainer, we’ll take it back to Ancient Greece and Rome to see the origin of satire and how it branched out into Horatian satire, Juvenalian satire, and Menippean satire. - from StudioBinder on Youtube

Negan At the Bat (Walking Dead Season 10 – The Apotheosis of Darkness and Ethnographies of Teleological Pull)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn1kXp9T9EY Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,But there is no joy in Mudville - I saw Negan Fucking Alpha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ9J7V-d92A We must not call the boy mad Mad is what animals are, with … Continue reading Negan At the Bat (Walking Dead Season 10 – The Apotheosis of Darkness and Ethnographies of Teleological Pull)

Can Murder Be Justified If You Prelude it With a Badass Enough Quip? – An Investigative Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro2x8gd2v-M "Wheel never stops turning, Badger." "That only matters to the people on the rim." FIREFLY, 'Serenity'

Should Miranda July Be Allowed to Make Movies?

I suppose this is the question at the heart of the film 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87QILBZd_I There's a bit of subtext that around every corner a maniac lurks. That something deeply sinister, downright bloody creepy is about to drop on our heads from far above (the Platonic ideal of quirk, … Continue reading Should Miranda July Be Allowed to Make Movies?

It Is Time to Stop Seeing! It Is Time to Stop Speaking! It Is Time to Start Listening! David Cronenberg’s ‘CRIMES OF THE FUTURE’ Trailer is HERE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVX7df79BNo Trailer looks nuts. I love his dark slices into utopia's sheen. The drugs that keep us happy in the hippodrome splattered across the screen like horse blood and the severed limbs of charioteers. Videodrome was a huge influence on my writing. He makes tech messy and flesh malleable in the metaphysical sense that tech … Continue reading It Is Time to Stop Seeing! It Is Time to Stop Speaking! It Is Time to Start Listening! David Cronenberg’s ‘CRIMES OF THE FUTURE’ Trailer is HERE.

Sign My Petition: Television Networks Should Show Film ‘Wargames’ (1983) Without Commercials, Just Like When I Was a Kid And they Showed ‘Schindler’s List’

SIGN MY PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG When I was growing up, I remember a major television network showing the film 'Schindler's List' uncensored and without commercial interruption, to help people understand the horrors of the holocaust. I think to overcome the media noise and loss of reality around the horrors of nuclear war in our overtechnologized … Continue reading Sign My Petition: Television Networks Should Show Film ‘Wargames’ (1983) Without Commercials, Just Like When I Was a Kid And they Showed ‘Schindler’s List’

Walking Dead Season 9 Glows With MetaNarrative Glory As The Quest Is To Rescue a Movie Projection Bulb and Use Art and Community to Counter the Dark and Danger

I'm two episodes out from the end of Season 9 of The Walking Dead. So glad I am back on to watching this brilliant, incredible show. Two episodes remain in this season, and they are titled respectively 'The Calm Before' and 'The Storm' and so I have paused before seeing the inevitable shit storm that … Continue reading Walking Dead Season 9 Glows With MetaNarrative Glory As The Quest Is To Rescue a Movie Projection Bulb and Use Art and Community to Counter the Dark and Danger

Your Batman Is Grittier and Darker Than Ever – It’s Time Your Playlist Shares Your Dread – A ‘The Batman’ Music List

https://butwhythopodcast.com/2020/08/24/songs-robert-pattinsons-emo-batman-would-listen-to/ Do you ever dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight? Well, the saying goes, 'when you dance with the Devil, you wait for the song to stop' But here are some suggestions worth grabbing the aux for.

Cyberpunk Film Trailer KIMI (2022) With Zoë Kravitz Pits Personal Witness Against Nefarious Power In A Big Tech Landscape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4n2DOV2898 "Sometimes there's no sane reason for optimism" - Bad Religion, 'My Sanity' IGN Interview with Director Steven Soderbergh

Get In! My Sickly Prostitute Companion! Today We Are Re-Watching SPEED (1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8piqd2BWeGI SPEED, the once and future king of action films, is a story about a disgruntled police officer, furious over his meager pension and seeking revenge for the unfair treatment of his labor! He goes on a terrorist bombing campaign of his municipality, utilizing his expertise with explosives to target random citizens of a nation … Continue reading Get In! My Sickly Prostitute Companion! Today We Are Re-Watching SPEED (1994)