OK: the "joke" isn't really a joke. It sounds like the scene is the ultimate way to demonstrate how callous his character is. [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
‘The Mexicans we’re getting are a low-mean-IQ population…’
Writes Derb: ...from the bottom SES levels of a nation that has accomplished nothing in its 500 years of existence. This is bound to degrade the USA’s human capital. Further, Mexican … [Read more...]
Talk Sixties, live Fifties: looking back at ‘The Ice Storm’ (1997)
UPDATE: thanks to the loyal 5FF reader who alerted me to David Mills' post at the First Things blog, which cites my PJMedia piece on the "schizophrenic" message of 60s and 70s movies. [Read more...]
Congratulations to Ed Driscoll on his 10th blogversary!
I've got a couple of years on Ed in the blogging department, and remember when he got started. Ed and I share similar pop culture tastes, and he's a witty guy, but never mean-spirited (unlike moi.) I always imagine him fitting in great with our gang of rightwing Gen X-ers here in Toronto, and … [Read more...]
‘How Davy Jones Changed the World’
Ed Driscoll: In their early days, with Don Kirshner leading their sessions, they had the pick of New York’s Brill Building songwriters, such as Neil Diamond, Carole King, and Gerry Goffin. In their second season, … [Read more...]