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August 1, 2012August 6, 2012 - Uncategorized

“The Ending as Wish-Fulfilment in The Tree of Life, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and Lost,” by Mazin Saleem

  It’s tempting to see the world of The Tree of Life as one where nobody shits.[i] Granted, for all the beautiful…

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March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

“Is Your Villain Appropriate?”—Examining Character Construction in Different Media

Every Monday, I read Mark Rosewater’s weekly column “Making Magic,” partly because I have a casual interest in the collectible…

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December 21, 2010December 21, 2010 - Uncategorized

Schrödinger’s Laura

I had a stray thought recently about Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 noir Laura (1944), based on Vera Caspary’s 1943 novel…

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