An oft-repeated adage warns that if churches aren’t crying, they’re dying. It’s an admonition to church leaders to welcome babies and children if they want to survive. If the same can be said about nations, America is headed for a defeating silence that will mark its demise. According to CNN, the Centers for Disease Control […]
In a hyper-partisan, polarized world, it’s hard to remember any piece of entertainment that has almost universal acclaim across the board, and across all ideological persuasions. Even contemporary hits suffer from all manner of critiques and complaints (here’s to you “X-Men ’97” and “Fallout“) these days, no matter how much general praise a show may […]
Here’s a peculiar temporal quirk about long-running cartoon “The Simpsons”: Time seems to endlessly loop, but characters stay dead (spin-off episodes notwithstanding). Lisa Simpson, the elder daughter of the family, has been a second grader for the entire 35-season run of the show, which would imply that “The Simpsons” is a cartoon that generally reverts […]
It’s no secret that Hollywood is in rough shape. Just look at the bloodbath that was the 2023 box office, and that becomes painfully clear for anyone who can do basic math. But even the mathematically challenged can understand this: People are demonstrably preferring older media to modern offerings. Despite all that, there was some […]
About 40 or 50 years ago, cross-dressing, tattoos, protesting and occupying the radical left wing were enough to establish your punk credentials. But something changed in the intervening decades. What once put these punk groups in direct opposition to the mainstream has now become deeply entrenched in the mainstream. What, then, have these aging punks […]
We live in an era where people judge everything in history or culture by today’s standards. We call this phenomenon “presentism,” which Oxford Languages defines as “uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.” It’s why we’re seeing […]
Hey, if you’re reading this and you can afford a month of Amazon Prime Video, it cannot be stressed enough: You should really give “Fallout” a try. Despite some asinine complaints about the show, it’s largely been well-received and mostly appears devoid of any ulterior messaging. It’s an homage to the storied video game franchise […]
Film mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in a 2020 trial seen as a defining moment for the #MeToo movement. However, an appeals court overturned that conviction after the presiding judge found numerous errors and instances of bias. The court has ordered a new trial, meaning his accusers will have to relive the […]
You would think that people spending so much time and energy protesting the supposed injustices of a war happening half a planet away would be able to answer some simple questions about why they were there to begin with. But in the days of protesting Current Woke Obsession simply because all the cool kids are […]
On April 23, the 2024 limited series “Shōgun” — an adaptation of the 1975 James Clavell novel of the same name — aired its finale, “A Dream of a Dream.” It was, without question, one of the best finales to one of the best dramas in recent television history. Those superlatives have been well-earned over […]
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