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June 2019

June 05, 2019

Plotting Surprises: Or How To Ruin Great Shows

WARNING: Mild spoilers for Game of Thrones, The Good Place, The Lord of the Rings,...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

The Good, the Bad, and the Baffling of Avengers: Endgame – SPOILER REVIEW

WARNING: SPOILERS. So many spoilers. All the spoilers. Seriously: I mean it. Spoiled. Utterly and...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

HOT TAKE: Captain Marvel is Only OK…and I’m Alright With That

Comic book and superhero movie fans were all a-Twitter long before Marvel's first movie featuring...

January 2019

January 02, 2019

HOT TAKE: “A Series of Unfortunate Events” Is Anything But

Warning: Spoilers for all Series Episodes Season Three of A Series of Unfortunate Events is...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

Narnia at Netflix

News broke this morning that Netflix has acquired the rights to The Chronicles of Narnia...

September 2018

September 09, 2018

The Ghosts of Those Who Loved Us

"I don't know why I'm crying," I thought as I stood in my foyer, staring...

September 08, 2018

UNDER PRESSURE: In Praise of Procrastination

As some of you may know, I'm currently - of my own free will -...

September 01, 2018

Villains as Shadow Selves

What is the purpose of a villain? Most story structure classes, including my favorite Aristotle's...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

HOT TAKE: Why Sci-Fi Is Better Serialized

Recently, upon the advice of a friend, I watched the sci-fi dystopian film High Rise,...

August 19, 2018

You Asked, I Answered: Two Blogs A Week!

Hello, friends! You asked, I answered: Thanks to YOU, we surpassed our first goal on...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

When the Pen is Mightier Than the Casting Couch

(My latest from HowlRound!) Every time I sit down to write a play, I create...

July 07, 2018

Trauma & Repression in FROZEN: The Disney Princess They Almost Wrote

Ask people what they know about Frozen, and the answer will be universal: Let it...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

A Theatre of Love: Where Have All the Catholic Artists Gone? (Pt. 3)

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to be part of the Second Annual Sheen...

June 19, 2018

Churches, Lift Up Thy Gates! Where Have All the Catholic Artists Gone? (Pt. 2)

Followers of this blog may have wondered where the Pop Feminist has gone these...

May 2018

May 28, 2018

The Snark Is Strong With This One: IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS of Solo

The following contains spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story, as well as the entire...

May 27, 2018

TRINITY SUNDAY: A Poem for a Rainy, Existential Afternoon

It does not rain but drizzle: Overcast and breezy Like the days on which I...

May 18, 2018

You Get The Art You Pay For: Where Have All the Catholic Artists Gone? (Pt. 1)

"Why are so many artists progressives?" my dear friends who blog under Darwin Catholic asked...

April 2018

April 14, 2018

The Failure of Adults: What A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS Gets Right

The following contains spoilers for the entirety of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Dear Reader,...

April 12, 2018

The Greatest Showman and The Other Woman

A man and a woman meet. He's tall, handsome, charismatic. Looks a lot like Hugh...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Star Wars Iconography (Pt. 1): Why Rey is Okay

For this series, we’re going to be looking at how the new Star Wars films...

March 16, 2018

IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: A Wrinkle in Time

The road to mediocrity is paved with good intentions. Disney's latest empowerment sci-fi adventure film...