This text is not about Baby Reindeer, Netflix’s latest hit. It’s about one of the most perverse dimensions of sanism and anti-madness: the exploitation of madness as an edifying aesthetic resource. It is also about the obsolescence of narratives centered on the uncritical perspective of the traditional agent of the banality of evil, the mediocre […]
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In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: AEW Dynasty, Dead Boy Detectives, Invincible, Taylor Swift/"Buffy," Superman, MacFarlane/The Orville & more!
Thesis: in the English-speaking world, the last 50 years has seen a dramatic increase in the quantity *and quality* of text and visual mass media intended for children. Let’s define some terms. I’m talking about books, cartoons, TV, and movies. Music is not included; comics and graphic novels are a special case. When I say […]
Opposition leader (for now), Peter Dutton, has fumed after his appearance on the ABC’s 7:30 report led to him being asked actual questions by host Sarah Ferguson. ”This is so typical of the inner city, lefty, woke ABC elites,” fumed... Read More ›
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: The Last of Us, Fallout, Twisted Metal, The Rookie, Doctor Who, Supernatural's Mark Sheppard, Reacher & more!
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: AHS: Delicate, Star Trek: Discovery, SurrealEstate, Daredevil, Doom Patrol, Gen V, Doctor Who, and more!
Today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: One Piece, Nancy Drew, Bray Wyatt, The Last of Us, WGA/AMPTP, Doctor Who, Bosch: Legacy, Rick and Morty & more!
Last night’s Logie awards have ended in controversy after the star of TV show Bluey, Bandit, was escorted out of the event after being blamed for an accident on the red carpet that was in fact left by Home and... Read More ›
Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! This week’s recipe comes from an October 1975 issue of Seventeen Magazine. IT’S DOG EAT DOG! Partytime or anytime, serve America’s under-the-umbrella favorite in an irresistible round-about way: Slash frankfurters along one side, broil, and place on a hamburger bun. Fill the center with taste-tempting delights like the ones shownContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: The Frank Sinatra (1975)
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Rick and Morty, TWD: Dead City, AEW/NJPW, The Sandman, Frasier, Secret Invasion, SDCC 2023, and more!