For all that “Once Upon a Time” trades in stock characters, archetypes, and figures from myth, it maintains moral complexity. Not relativism.
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The uncanny side of life is the sole subject of ‘Lore’. This hot new TV show on Amazon Prime draws on the superb series of podcasts by creator Aaron Mahnke.
The characters in “Merlin” are complex, convincingly acted, and change over time. The villains have human motivations. The heroes are plausibly flawed.
In Budweiser’s ‘Dilly Dilly’ commercial is a fantasy glimpse about the rise of capitalism: the common man and common woman finally getting their chance to prosper.
You want to be scared? Try watching Little House on the Prairie. Who knew family entertainment was such a haven for horror?
“Stranger Things” warns how gender ideology and the manipulation of our biological selves destroys the very essence of our humanity.
The sacrifices of the military are lost on most Americans. It has become customary to thank those serving in the military for their service. What are we thanking them for? The military is war weary. Deployments are more frequent and conflicts seem interminable—now decades long (Stop-Loss, 2008). Prolonged military sequestration is showing up in equipmentRead more
We need fictional stories that call us to our better angels. The nightly news easily does the rest.
If we’re going to be describing Trump’s core voters as Klingons, fair’s fair. Let’s lay out the other major races in the Star Trek universe. Of what political groups do they remind us?
Bojack Horseman is the dream-turned-nightmare of postmodern life, the anguish of looking for gods and heroes and finding only ourselves.
