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Violence in art
Jul. 29th, 2012 12:21 amSometimes you find bits of insight in unexpected places...
From The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
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From The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
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Jul. 29th, 2012
1.Olympics NBC? You screwed up in your broadcast of the Olympic Games, when you aired an inane Ryan Seacrest interview of Michael Phelps instead of this moving portrait:
http://deadspin.com/5929778/heres-the-opening-ceremony-tribute-to-terrorism-victims-nbc-doesnt-want-you-to-see
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2. ( books specifically romance novels )
Beginning to get burned out on this genre, so may have to jump back to Feast of Crows or read something else. Don't quite have the mental energy for non-fiction yet. Or literary.
Although am tempted to try Elizabeth Gatskill - whom I've admittedly never read or Thackery, who I also have not read. Have two books by Thackery on my Kindle saved along with Dickens Bleak House. Truth is I want pulpy page turners right now that aren't that violent, somewhat fluffy and I can easily forget after I finish them but capture my attention while I'm reading. And require little to no mental energy.
3. EW has a list of the 25 Greatest Cult TV Shows - which I don't agree with. We admittedly have different definitions of cult tv. They are going by "popular tv" shows or shows with heavy fandoms and complex worlds. I go by under-the-wire shows that most people haven't heard of. And never get awards. With heavy fandoms and complex worlds.
Here's their list, I've bolded the ones that I've seen. And stricken out the ones that I don't think belong on this list because they don't fit my definition of cult which is admittedly narrower than EW's. Not that I'm an expert on cult or anything, far from it, but since when do you have to be an expert to create a list? (Don't answer that.) Also EW's list is regrettably a bit too American for its own good.
[ETA: This is the Print Edition List not the online edition list which for reasons that escape me are completely different. I actually agree more with the online edition list, although it too has some odd choices. X-Files is too popular to be cult. And I'm not sure The Comeback deserves to be there over Bab 5. ]
* Bold what you have seen.
* Strike out the shows that don't belong on the list. (explain why - ie for me they don't fit my definition of cult.) (My criteria for cult? Intense fandom, creative world, under the wire or not recognized by mainstream media very often or doesn't get emmys or awards. The show you tell people about and they have no idea what you are talking about.)
* Substitute a TV show for everyone that you removed.
( EW's 25 Greatest Cult TV Shows List )
http://deadspin.com/5929778/heres-the-opening-ceremony-tribute-to-terrorism-victims-nbc-doesnt-want-you-to-see
( Read more... )
2. ( books specifically romance novels )
Beginning to get burned out on this genre, so may have to jump back to Feast of Crows or read something else. Don't quite have the mental energy for non-fiction yet. Or literary.
Although am tempted to try Elizabeth Gatskill - whom I've admittedly never read or Thackery, who I also have not read. Have two books by Thackery on my Kindle saved along with Dickens Bleak House. Truth is I want pulpy page turners right now that aren't that violent, somewhat fluffy and I can easily forget after I finish them but capture my attention while I'm reading. And require little to no mental energy.
3. EW has a list of the 25 Greatest Cult TV Shows - which I don't agree with. We admittedly have different definitions of cult tv. They are going by "popular tv" shows or shows with heavy fandoms and complex worlds. I go by under-the-wire shows that most people haven't heard of. And never get awards. With heavy fandoms and complex worlds.
Here's their list, I've bolded the ones that I've seen. And stricken out the ones that I don't think belong on this list because they don't fit my definition of cult which is admittedly narrower than EW's. Not that I'm an expert on cult or anything, far from it, but since when do you have to be an expert to create a list? (Don't answer that.) Also EW's list is regrettably a bit too American for its own good.
[ETA: This is the Print Edition List not the online edition list which for reasons that escape me are completely different. I actually agree more with the online edition list, although it too has some odd choices. X-Files is too popular to be cult. And I'm not sure The Comeback deserves to be there over Bab 5. ]
* Bold what you have seen.
* Strike out the shows that don't belong on the list. (explain why - ie for me they don't fit my definition of cult.) (My criteria for cult? Intense fandom, creative world, under the wire or not recognized by mainstream media very often or doesn't get emmys or awards. The show you tell people about and they have no idea what you are talking about.)
* Substitute a TV show for everyone that you removed.
( EW's 25 Greatest Cult TV Shows List )
