An American tourist in Russia
It’s like that orgy in Moscow everybody got upset about a few years ago, except the guests were dressed up as medieval characters. Come to think of it, that’s a pretty cool idea for a party but anyway. Vikings is pretty much a bunch of modern people playing dress-up, and also tripping on acid. The … Read more
Rambo is a boomer fantasy and victim parable. Rambo represents the boomer, who is a strong tough guy who killed fifty gazillion commie gооks in ‘Nam (even though the large majority of boomers avoided going to ‘Nam, but anyway) and is a rebellious free thinker. The sheriff represents the boomer’s father, the greatest generation, which … Read more
2001: a Space Odyssey is a story about monoliths. The monoliths are the macguffin that drives the plot forward, starting with the first monolith that taught ancient proto-humans how to use a club for hunting and war. This journey continues to the end, when the spaceman is led by the last monolith into a Windows … Read more
Ledtist critics widely condemned the Frank Miller movie 300 as anti-Iran war propaganda, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. It is important to understand the roots of the 300 story. The most crucial thing to understand is that virtually all of our understanding of world history was fabricated out of thin air … Read more
Everything. But let me elaborate on it. The other day we started watching the Foundation series by Apple. When the opening credits started, I sighed and asked, “Oh, is it new?” Something in my intonation made Ian laugh. He said that not everything that’s new is bad. Well, so far it’s not good either. This … Read more