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question of the day: Are stories about racism automatically racist if told through the eyes of white characters?

Wed, Aug 17, 2011
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If the Association of Black Women Historians thinks The Help is racist, aren’t I just demonstrating my own white privilege by insisting that it isn’t?

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question of the day: Are the Smurfs cryptofascists?

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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I mean, c’mon: Smurf society is the archetype of a totalitarian utopia marked by Stalinism and Nazism. Isn’t it?

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question of the day: How much is too much to spend on producing a movie?

Mon, Aug 15, 2011
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Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger over budget concerns even though it seems like a sure thing. Have we finally hit a ceiling on production costs?

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question of the weekend: Are the London riots this week the inevitable consequence of consumerism, and are we likely to see more such unrest?

Sat, Aug 13, 2011
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In at least one shop that was being looted, the looters took the time to try on clothes. That’s much more like shopping than it is like looting…

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question of the day: Is it possible that spoilers don’t spoil?

Fri, Aug 12, 2011
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A supposedly scientific study has ”proven” that people prefer stories that have been pre-spoiled for them. Can this be right?

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question of the day: What screen legends don’t deserve their legendary status?

Thu, Aug 11, 2011
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Perhaps you don’t get the appeal of Humphrey Bogart. Perhaps Rita Hayworth does less than nothing for you.

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question of the day: Why is there such a disconnect between serious film lovers and casual moviegoers?

Wed, Aug 10, 2011
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How can the news of a remake of Dirty Dancing and a sequel to The Smurfs prompt so much groaning from movie devotees and yet be welcomed by more general audiences?

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question of the day: Where are all the British superheroes?

Tue, Aug 09, 2011
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Is there something inherently American about the notion of a caped crusader or a vigilante crime fighter?

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question of the day: Is J.J. Abrams being a troll when he says, “If you’re so smart, you come up with a better ending for ‘Lost’”?

Mon, Aug 08, 2011
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Seems to me that Abrams is engaging in one of the classic gambits of the Internet troll…

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question of the weekend: What would be some awesome evidence that homo sapiens and planet Earth had been intelligently designed?

Sat, Aug 06, 2011
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We might have two livers as well as two kidneys and two lungs. There might be no plants or animals that are poisonous to us. What else?

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