Sunday, January 4th, 2009
No Soapdish? No thanks.
You say “paranoid technophobic Luddite” like it’s a bad thing…
The other day I went into a Blockbuster with only one intention: to rent and enjoy the timeless satire Soapdish. When I couldn’t find it in the “alphabetized” comedy section, I went to consult the clerk, mistress of all blockbusting, keeper of the almighty […]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Playing Quidditch for the Other Team
(a.k.a. Why Rowling’s “Outing” is a Literary Crime.)
Umberto Eco wrote that authors should die when their novels are complete, so as not to “trouble the path of the text”—advice Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling has clearly chosen to ignore. Not only has she thus far refused to die, but last October she stirred the cauldron of […]