Raising Arizona
A blank affect can be a canny psychic-survival stratagem.
Analysis
Viewing a subject though a semiotic lens — in order to ascertain not only what it means, but how.
Ballad of a Thin Man
Is this the end of the road for European serotonin depletion culture?
Going Natural
“Thank God I’m natural”
Nobrow Mickey
“It’s on America’s tortured brow / that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.”
Young and Innocent
It’s not about right vs. wrong, it’s about wit vs. shit.
Hear Me Roar
A new kind of activism previously unheard of in the kingdom.
Mother’s Touch
Toilet paper as a vehicle for cuddling and caregiving.
“I’m the Mouse”
The origins of today's rich, imaginative Mickey-scape.
Buckaroo Banzai
For one moment, it seemed as though the Eighties might turn out OK.
Dynasty Reloaded
The unspoken expectation that the son is to be the father’s perfecting mirror.
Anti-Diet
"Be bad. Snack well."
Sixties Backlash
Parody is an art form for "children who have had imposed upon them a meaningless iconography."
Barbarella
In its silly way, this is a movie about female sexual power.
Meet the Semionauts
"Between the experiential cunning of the animal and the more self-disciplined and attentive cunning of the man."