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Karley Sciortino recommended White Noise in Books (curated)

 
White Noise
White Noise
Don DeLillo | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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"If I had to choose my number 1 favorite book of all time, it would be this. (And as this is widely considered one of the great American novels, I’m clearly not the only person who’s been hugely affected by it.) White Noise uses the story of a college professor and his family in small Midwestern town to explore American paranoia, consumerism, and novelty academic intellectualism. I love this book for its ability to to be dark, beautiful, smart, and hysterically funny, all at the same time."

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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated The Butterfly Effect in Books

Oct 10, 2017 (Updated Oct 10, 2017)  
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect
Jon Ronson | 2017
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Well produced but still completely missing a lot
It's pretty incredible to create a series about the effects of mass porn without mentioning how it actually affects the women in it and around it. Once again we have a very male take on women as a mass commodity, narrowing them down to keywords instead focusing on how the men who make it and are responsible for the consumerism are affected. I thought Jon Ronson would explore this issue, but he skirts around it as an aside. Not his best by far.
  
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Tim Stubbs (9 KP) rated Okja (2017) in Movies

Apr 4, 2018  
Okja (2017)
Okja (2017)
2017 | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
7
7.2 (28 Ratings)
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The story, the effects, the acting were all good. (0 more)
There's inconsistency. The super pig varies in size so as to suit each scene. But, hey, I'm an observant pedantic. (0 more)
An alright fantasy film with a serious message.
A lovingly told story with that theme that seems to run through most stories - Good vs. Evil. It's not really an anti- meat eater film but more focusses on how consumerism has made the breeding of animals money orientated. Greed then subverts compassion. Great stints put in by Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhall and Paul Dano.