The American Tragic Hero #2: Robocop
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.
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Posts by Peter Fenzel on Overthinking It
The Musical Talmud: “Get Back” (by Demi Lovato)
Four different close readings on the first single from the first album of the best teen pop act out there.
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Wrestling with Wild Things, Part 2
Why memories make people sad, the narrativization of loss, advances in clinical psychology, and why everything you think you know about therapeutic art may be wrong.
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Wrestling with Wild Things, Part 1
I’ve cried at the movies in 2009 more than in any year I can remember.
The In-Crank-rial Revolution
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in a three-picture deal with points off the domestic gross
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The Smooze: Anatomy of a My Little Pony Villain
How do you write a villain for a hero who doesn’t do anything?
Patrick Swayze, 57
The picture from Ghost isn’t in bad taste, is it?
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Fenzel on Dragon Ball #4: Dragonball Abomination “Z”
My first attempt to write this post failed, so I’m taking off my weighted vest. It’s time to get serious.
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Great Moments in Racial Discourse #3: “Party Up (Up in Here)” by DMX
Why isn’t DMX smiling? The construction of race traps him in a postmodern nightmare! Also, he never smiles!
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Fenzel on Dragon Ball #3: Metonymy and Metaphor
Nothing says “Strongest in the Universe” like proper command of figures of speech!
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