Forced Exposure: Overdosing on Media Stimuli

Each morning, I go to the AOL home page to retrieve my email, and way too often I’m greeted with moronic headlines like: “Mother finds lost son alive after five years living in her attic!” I then wonder just when AOL merged with The National Enquirer. I pivot quickly to my email page but already feel violated by sensationalism and … More Details

Message to Hollywood

No doubt about it: this is a frustrating time to be a movie lover of a certain age and outlook. It seems increasingly evident that Hollywood has been taken over by people who know and care very little about the movies themselves, but who live to target and promote formulaic, forgettable pap to an audience their studies say will pay … More Details