Further Reading
- Inventing the Professor
- Jeana Jorgensen, PhD Folklore and Dance
- The Ambulant Scholar
Category Archives: Pop Culture
Samurai, Ronin, Accountant?
I recently watched Kenji Mizoguchi’s film The 47 Ronin, released in two parts in 1941 and 1942, and based on a play cycle written by Seika Mayama. The film tells the historical tale of 47 (or 46, depending on the … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Uncategorized
Tagged Japan, Mizoguchi, Noh Theatre, ronin, samurai, The 47 Ronin
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Critical Thinking & Source Evaluation: It’s Sexier Than You Might Think!
First, let me say that it has been a real struggle this semester, and I have pushed blogging way down my “next actions” list. I should be committing to write here much more, and I intend to get back on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Politics, Pop Culture, Teaching
Tagged CRAAP, critical thinking, Election 2016, evaluation, facebook, social media
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A Twitterary Approach to Poetry
Sometime earlier this year, William Carlos Williams’ poem “This is Just to Say” became something of a phenomenon on Twitter. The 1934 poem, simple in its Imagist style, is now a funny meme, getting remixed, reinterpreted, and set to music … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Pop Culture
Tagged plums, poetry, twitter, william carlos williams
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The Theft of Marsha P. Johnson
Over the past few weeks, it has come to light that a new documentary about the legendary transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson was made in a highly unethical fashion. The still-developing story about The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a sad … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Pop Culture
Tagged documentary, Marsha P. Johnson, Reina Gosset, transgender
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Angels in America at the Actors Theatre
This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to see Part 2, “Perestroika,” of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. As I have mentioned several times in this blog, I teach Angels regularly as part of my 20th century … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Teaching, Theatre
Tagged Actors Theatre, Angels in America, Roy Cohn, theatre, Tony Kushner
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Alt, Schmalt
You may have heard about the new show concept announced from the creative team behind the HBO hit Game of Thrones. The new show, to be produced for HBO, is called Confederate and is set in a “grisly dystopian future” in which the … Continue reading
Posted in African American Lit, Pop Culture
Tagged African American, alt-history, Civil War, Colson Whitehead, Confederate, Television
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Are You Ready for Some Rhetorical Analysis??
American football is inescapable. And though it is the off season, I’ve been thinking about football and rhetoric quite a bit. This was brought on by watching the second season of Amazon Studios’ documentary-series, All or Nothing, which follows an NFL … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports, Theatre
Tagged All or Nothing, Arizona Cardinals, distraction, Football, LA Rams, Michael Sam, momentum, NFL, rhetoric
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Mime Field
The internet anger machine has finally discovered the San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT), a political theatre group that has been active since 1959. Over the July 1 weekend, the Troupe premiered their new play, Walls, about an unlikely … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Theatre
Tagged Julius Caesar, San Francisco Mime Troupe, SFMT, theatre, Third World Women's Alliance, TWWA
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Fences…Meh?
This is going to sound awfully petty, or snobbish, but I finally got around to watching Fences, the filmed adaptation of the August Wilson play from 2016. Directed by and starring Denzel Washington, it essentially adapts the 2010 Broadway revival in … Continue reading
Posted in African American Lit, Pop Culture, Theatre
Tagged August Wilson, Denzel Washington, Fences, Film, Mykelti Williamson, theatre, Viola Davis
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