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Archive for December 2011
Young Feminist Toy-Aisle Rant
Check Riley’s passion. She is one angry little girl. Her question is a valid one and gets right to the heart of the issue: “why do companies try to make the girls buy all the pink stuff?” Riley’s right. Sometimes girls want superheroes and sometimes boys want pink stuff. Tell it sister. Happy holidays!
“Prometheus” Trailer, Early Christmas Present
To say I am excited about this film is a ridiculous understatement. That doesn’t mean I am not concerned about some of the casting (Charlize Theron), but I am curious to see what Noomi Rapace brings to the whole franchise, and how she moves through the Gigerian stylized primal scene. The visual aesthetic, which looks … Continue reading
The Hobbitses is coming, Precious
Being sick stinks, mainly because I missed the trailer premiere for The Hobbit. [Wow, there are many things wrong with that sentence and the ideas contained therein.] Regardless, I hear Middle Earth calling. I might actually look forward to Christmas next year, you know, providing the apocalypse doesn’t end all life as we know it … Continue reading
Filmapalooza, Day 2
Same rules as yesterday. Two-sentence reviews and quippy factoids in brackets. Note: I realize today’s film list is all over the place, but that’s what happens when channel surfing. The Help (2011) Segregation is acceptable as long as it’s accompanied by benevolence. The Civil Rights era was difficult for African Americans, but even more difficult … Continue reading
Filmapalooza, Day 1
The elitistacademic is down with a wicked case of the yucks. Medicated and forced to rest, I have embarked on “Filmapalooza 2011: Sick-in-Bed.” [I'd love to have some shirts made.] Whatever is close at hand, whatever is on TV, I’m watching and reviewing—in two-sentences. I’ll throw a factoid in brackets here and there just to … Continue reading
Dear EA
Dear EA, No posting this week, what gives? Thornin Yurside Dear Mr. Yurside, Wit and wisdom are currently in short supply as I am under the weather. Rather than completely throwing in the towel this week, I had a sudden inspiration. While channel surfing, I happened across Taken (2008), a hugely popular revenge fantasy co-written … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: All about Zombies
In terms of the now, zombies are hot, not as hot as they were six months ago, but still buzz worthy. People keep asking, “When are you going to have a go at The Walking Dead?” And I tell them, “Zombies are scary.” And I mean it; I had trouble getting the images for this … Continue reading
Danica Patrick Overpaid, Hardly
Shirley Muldowney. Ever heard of her? Perhaps, you’ve seen the movie Heart Like a Wheel (1983), starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges? Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney? No. Well you should, or better yet, read her biography Shirley Muldowney’s Tales from the Track (2005). Muldowney forever changed the face of drag racing and went on to … Continue reading
GEA: “Breaking Dawn,” Pregnancy Without the Pounds
When I first set forth on this adventure, I issued an invitation to my fellow smartypantses to use my blog as a place to share or test drive their own keen observations on whatever. It is my absolute pleasure to introduce the first post by a guest elitist academic (GEA). Having recently defended a beautifully-written … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: Myth #5
Myth #5: Elitist academics look down on other people. Only if we are tall or way up high, for example in ivory towers, where we live in intellectual isolation, like hermits, wealthy hermits, who line our caves with student papers and where we while away the hours reflecting on our own amazingness or counting our … Continue reading
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