Sean Redmond
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Re: Body Body Body
(im)mortal bodies
What a fantastic piece of writing- really like the (co) synaesthetic nature of your response and the way bodies are seen to love and hate in intimate detail. The film is haunted by absent bodies and the bodies that have aged- these are bodies that are mor ... -
motherly absenteeism
wonderful reading Hannah, with such a rich understanding of how these films work within contemporary discourses around black masculinity and the wider history of the cultural representation of black fatherhood. I think the film has a really interesting th ... -
Creed
I am interested in how the film addresses the conditions of the post GFC crisis and the politics of austerity ... -
the fight
Amelie, I am not sure I am making a simple or singular 'economic' analysis here. I see the film's arteries and veins as shaped and informed by the withering age of austerity- a cultural, ideological, political and economic set of discourses ... -
Thank you ever so much
Thank you ever so much Hannah, I am hoping to extend the reading as we look to build this collection of think pieces into full articles. Greatly appreciated as always, Sean ... -
Most definitely, the
Most definitely, the contradictions in any given text can either be resolved to support dominant ideology, as is very often the case, or work to undermine it either because of 'surplus value' or because the re-equilibrium is too hokey or underwh ... -
heavy lifting
Wow, thank you, a beautiful set of complicating factors and themes you raise here. There is a type of 'passing' here in terms of Donnie- if you track his positioning he goes from orphaned street fighter to successful (suited) banker and simultan ... -
the fight
Lovely piece Glen, beautifully explored. I like the way you draw attention to the binaries and fusions here, and how the complexities of Stallone's star image are replenished and moved forward. I wonder if you have thought about Stallone/Rocky as � ...