Ever since the boomer ascendancy began over 50 years ago, summer at the moves has meant end-to-end amusements aimed at adolescent males. Witless teen romances from “Beach Blanket Bingo” on, but mostly cartoonish thrill rides. Once, these at least tried … Continue reading
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I have discovered there is a proverbial expression, “the sauce is better than the fish.” This was apparently meant to be a critique of the fish, but it seems to me to express the way the world ought to work. … Continue reading
I have previously remarked that pop culture gives us clues as to what is haunting our collective unconscious, the state of the zeitgeist, or our psyche at any given time. In the early 1950s, soulless alien invaders became a kind … Continue reading