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If so, does it even matter if there’s no need to write much by hand? Should we worry, as a culture, about all of us losing a valuable skill? Or is it no different from how nobody today knows how to use a button hook?
Does actual authenticity matter more with some reality shows, such as House Hunters, which was recently outed as fake, than others, like Jersey Shore?
New York Post critic Kyle Smith cries foul at the fact that Kristen Stewart is so well paid for Twilight, but he seems to miss a key point…
Does it serve any purpose beyond tribal bonding? Has the Net era encouraged and amplified geek grudge-holding? Will fandom ever learn how to forgive and forget?
Does the Harry Potter-ization of pop culture — stories becoming money-generating franchises from the get-go — represent a modern culture rotting at its core, as Alan Moore suggests in his new graphic novel Century 2009?
Is snark “inexcusable” in a film review? Can’t snark be both silly and meaningful?
Perhaps you have already indulged in it. If so, did it bring all the joy to your life that you’d hoped it would?
I will leave you to interpret that yourself. Has there ever been a genre of “American art film”? If not, why not? If so, where has it gone?
Or are they a temporary symptom of Hollywood’s struggle to keep audiences engaged?
Bonus points if you can figure out why no one worries about films being “male-friendly.”
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