Tropes and conventions you can use to your advantage and subvert. I’ve always loved playing with the idea of how you get in and out of a number — teasing a little bit, and not letting it fully flower, or letting it flower a little later than you think.” “La La Land” For ...
Mario Bava's 1963 film The Girl Who Knew Too Much (aka The Evil Eye) is widely considered to be the first giallo, as it meets many of the criteria and includes a number of the tropes that have come to be associated with the genre.And what are those tropes exactly? I won't pretend...
And yes please can we send Dr.Cha to Mars Land please, he has no business to be in Lala land. Oh Jun!! Eating while watching Jun, watching Jun eat are all perfectly acceptable behavior in Jun-land! So happy to see LJW in this role! He smiles, he scowls lightly (not like EY!),...
With its shocking twist ending, the film set the stage for a long-running franchise and established many of the genre’s classic tropes.2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Wes Craven’s horror masterpiece introduced Freddy Krueger, a terrifying figure who haunts the dreams of teenagers. With...
So whatever you think of Hillary Clinton, whatever your decision to vote or not vote for her, or your decision to like or not like her–just be aware of the sexist, unspoken tropes in our society that inform those decisions. So feel free to not like her or her policies, but if those...
Flash and Supergirl being literal superpowered allies. Either way, considering the fact thatCrazy Ex-Girlfriendoften subverts tropes and stereotypesthrough their songs and musical numbers, "Superfriends" will likely do the same, offering viewers more than a simple tune about a pair of super-...
Yet little attention has been given to thediscourse of Indo-Hispano, La Alianza's deployment of mestizaje that predates and diverges from the dominant icons and tropes of Chicana/o mestizaje. Drawing from archived primary sources, this essay reconsiders Indo-Hispano as a discourse of mestizaje ...
Dead End Drive-In had the temerity to be socially critical of its target audience’s appetite for junk culture, while revelling in junk culture movie tropes. It’s my socio-political-retro-future-action-exploitation flic adapted by Peter Smalley from acclaimed writer Peter Carey’s short story...
KS: I do parody some fantasy tropes in this book. I’ve watched a ton of animated shows like Futurama, Rick and Morty, Apollo Gauntlet, and other Adult Swim programming that lovingly send up classic speculative premises. So that anarchic vibe has seeped deep into my brain. And I love Lev...
FORTY YEARS AGO Cyrillus is the charming story of a woman entrepreneur who decided to create a line of classic clothing for her children. The idea grew and the first couture-inspired collection emerged. Upscale fabrics, structured styles and emblematic tropes layed the foundation for the first des...