Hannah Hamad
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Re: Body Body Body
Fantastically well
Fantastically well articulated points about the intermedial relationship between Creed and Rocky II. This coupled with your contextualisation of this relationship through explanation of this auto-ethnographic aspect of Coogler's authorship makes me * ... -
Thank you Amelie, this has
Thank you Amelie, this has given me a lot to think about as I approach my next viewing of the film. Excellent observation that the film is peppered with father/son dyads in the secondary as well as the principal cast. Definitely compounds the film's ... -
Thanks Sean - yes, I agree, I
Thanks Sean- yes, I agree, I was quite delighted to see Mary Ann feature as a character with the level of significance that she does, but nonetheless the structuring absence of Donnie's mother is, for me, one of the film's more noteworthy, and p ... -
Black Lives Matter
Deft linkage to the Black Lives Matter campaign here, and some great points raised about the racial politics of this franchise as they pertain to the specificities of the Obama era. Very interesting post Rebecca, thank you. ... -
Austerity parallels
Sean- this is a really fascinating reading of the film. I especially like the parallels you draw between UK and U.S. cultures of austerity. And how you highlight both Donnie's unease with his place in the world while working in the financial services ... -
Intergenerationality
Really enjoyed reading your excellent post Glen. I particularly appreciate the attention you pay to the franchise's new intergenerationality, a theme that was flirted with in the previous entry 'Rocky Balboa' but only rises to both narrativ ... -
More on Oprah
Just to add to what Alice says here- it's funny to think that the ostensible reason for that interview with Oprah was to promote War of the Worlds. Who remembers her asking him about that now?! (when I was researching this I purchased a copy of the t ... -
Star Stories, Series 2, Episode 2
Hey Alice. Thanks for this- it is immense. And I too was very happy to see that clip again! Since you are interested in parodic deconstructions of this era of Cruise, I really recommend the 2007 second episode of series 2 of the UK's Channel 4 sitcom ... -
Traumatized Sons and Teary Eyed Fathers
I agree with Brian that Risky Business, Top Gun and Born on the Fourth of July are the key entries in Cruise's screen oeuvre in terms of pointed embodiments of values of nationhood as they intersect with those of masculinity. A useful visual that I u ... -
Aca-Bronies
Rachel, this is so interesting. Thanks for posting your thoughtful take on this phenomenon, as well as the links in your follow up comments which really usefully contextualise your observations there. I first became aware of this "bronie" phenom ...