Dinner and a Movie

“Tell me again about the flying machines.” “Do I have to?” “Oh, yes, Margaret-Mary! That I do long to hear.” “Could you at least call me Maggie?” “Maggie is undiginified, darling. A woman should always carry herself with the utmost bearing. Margaret-Mary has weight to it. Maggie is what one …

Mad I Tell You

It should have been an amazing success. Thanks to the out-of-court settlement of a number of lawsuits, the permanent destruction of the audition footage, and the unfortunate hot dog coma of a major production company executive I am not at liberty to name, I can finally talk about my near-miss …

Myth (Anthropic)

Congratulations. By picking up this pamphlet, you have made a very courageous act: you have admitted that you are susceptible to one of the many myths about mechomorphism (or MM). And admitting that you have a problem is the first step towards correcting that problem. Through understanding, acceptance and constant …

What We Talk About When We Talk About Good Acting, Or, Curse You Young Oscar

The recent death of Dennis Farina led me to watch Michael Mann’s Manhunter for the first time in years, and from thence Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs.  Thanks to time, tide, and certain mores of the Internet Age, the former is now often trumpeted as the truly great Hannibal Lecter …

No Fatbots

“Your hair is very nitid by the candlelight, Rebecca Moraine.” “Uh…thank you.” “Did you know that your surname indicates an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier?” “No. It’s French, I think.” “Are you enjoying your crustacean meal?” “Not really.” “What is the matter? Has …