The Methuen Drama Book of Post-Black Plays
Harry J. Elam, Douglas A. Jones, Eisa Davis and Christina Anderson
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'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of...
Walt Kelly's Pogo the Complete Dell Comics: Volume 4
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Following on the heels of Hermes Press' critically acclaimed Eisner nominated reprint of Walt...
Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them
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In this fascinating anthology, one hundred men - distinguished in literature and film, science and...
Strange Breed: New Canadian Comedy
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In late 2014, in a commanding and condemning voice that brooked no argument, a devastating edict was...
The Motive for Metaphor: Brief Essays on Poetry and Psychoanalysis
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This book is a small anthology: each chapter a kind of meditation-on poetry and psychoanalysis; on a...
Light Everywhere: Selected Poems
David Colmer and Cees Nooteboom
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Cees Nooteboom is best known in the English-speaking world for his acclaimed novels, essays, and...
Spectatorship: Shifting Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Media
Roxanne Samer and William Whittington
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Media platforms continually evolve, but the issues surrounding media representations of gender and...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated American Horror Story - Season 2 in TV
Oct 5, 2019
The anthology template applied to AHS is given it first workout here - it's great to see familiar faces from the first season, albeit playing completely different characters. And the characters here are really something.
Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Peters, Lizzie Brocheré, James Cromwell, Lily Rabe - they're all amazing in their own ways. Each character has several layers to them,lacing mystery and intrigue throughout Asylum to keep you guessing.
The unmistakable star of Asylum though is of course Jessica Lange.
Here character Sister Jude is an incredible villain for the most part, and equally sympathetic in other parts. Jessica Lange plays the part with aplomb, obviously enjoying every second of it, and is the main reason why this season is such a stand out.
The tone of Asylum is a lot more full on than Murder House - it's nastier, gorier, funnier, darker.
The cinematography is pretty bang on throughout, spoiling us with creepy shot after creepy shot.
It's honestly great, hard to find much to dislike. The hammier elements in AHS are often overdone and what ultimately stop this show from reaching perfection, but Asylum is as close as it has come for now.
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated American Horror Story - Season 1 in TV
Aug 29, 2019 (Updated Sep 17, 2019)
As we sat down to watch the first season (often referred to as Murder House) of this anthology style series, I wasn't too sure what to expect, but I ended up really enjoying our time with the Harmons.
The season has a suitably creepy tone throughout, and a plot line that keeps you in the dark with what happens throughout, and a pretty impressive amount of violence and horror effects.
The huge positive about this show though is obviously the ensemble cast.
Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, and Jessica Lange in particular all carve in some really memorable parts to the overall series.
Sarah Paulson doesn't star too much in season 1, but her short time is a nice taster for the important roles she will play moving forwards.
The overall tone can be campy and hammy at times, but that balance throughout Murder House is pretty good.
We ended up watching the whole season in a couple of nights, and I'm glad that I let AHS into my viewing life 👍
Complete Stories: Kurt Vonnegut
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Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the twentieth century's foremost...
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