a Dylan Biographer, says “The difference is that Dylan was always effortlessly serious, he wasn't trying. He was serious just because he had a great mind" (Wheeler 1). Howard is talking about how Bob Dylan was basically a poet but he was a songwriter and singer. The song “Drops of...
After Vietnam, it was “boat people.” More recently, dehumanizing terminology like “illegal aliens” or simply “illegals” has been used to describe undocumented workers from Mexico, many of whom have been living here for years. U.S. citizens originally from Muslim countries are subject to ...
rather,howthe guitar was being strummed. This was what the M6i was capable of doing: It conjured up the Bob Dylan of 36 years ago, propped him up in my
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "I knew girls who saved his gum." — Amy Hempel 13 First person narrative is ...
Good Morning, Vietnam: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran, Chintara Sukapatana. In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Serv
sleepy town of Cabot Cove, Maine, which, despite its small size, somehow manages to suffer from an inordinate murder rate. This device led to its own trope, "Cabot Cove Syndrome" — used to describe when entertainment features a small or remote town with a ridiculously high number of ...
legislative, social, and mission-oriented – at General Convention. Although the basic structure of this Convention was the same as others I have attended, the atmosphere surrounding this Convention was very different. To describe what I mean, I give you my Top Ten Observations: General ...
UnlikeHoffa, which was a would-be prestige picture that generated more apathy than applause,Death to SmoochyandDuplexcame and went from theaters like bolts of lightning. However, while the also-darkDuplexdidn't hit theaters withanyword surrounding it — a true surprise for an early aughts film...
Now if there is one word to describe the camping experience , it is improvisation on the prairie. OK, that’s four words, but you get the picture—you make do, another favorite mom saying! The only pot with a cover was my camp percolator. I took out the guts, fried a little bacon...
get a load ofthisold school film professor deploying the sad convention of words on screen to describe my favorite WoD scene, “dying motorcyclist,” where the angel Damiel takes the I/Thou dialogic to the next level by pulling up the deepest thoughts of a man dying in the gutter. Ya wit...