The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Friday, July 31, 2020
Social Dancing
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Cultivating an audience is a daunting proposition. Peter Handke wrote Offending the Audience. T he title is a little like playing ...
Thursday, July 30, 2020
The Final Solution: Prisoner's Dilemma
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Generally, the state of the world is that those who have been convicted of crimes are confined while the rest of the world are free to ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The Final Solution: Deja Vu
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Covid-19 is producing a sense of déjà vu. Even the most free-spirited individuals have had their options limited. The normal span of be...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
The Final Solution: Mirandizing
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Voltaire Candide was the name of the famous novel about the ultimate ingenue. Of course, Voltaire’s character lived up to his name. E...
Monday, July 27, 2020
The Official Story
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Politics has been a powerful motivator in the history of film. Think of the famed Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein’s Batt...
Friday, July 24, 2020
The Final Solution: Newton's Third Law of Motion
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Portrait of Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1689) 2021 could well turn into l984. There's a pendulum swing in ideologies. It...
Thursday, July 23, 2020
The Final Solution: Georgia Tech v. N.Y.U.
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets' Mascot (photo: Brooke Novak) Americans love competitive events like the Superbowl (which may end...
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