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The Curator of Schlock #69: The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Curator of Schlock #69 by Jeffrey Shuster The Muppet Christmas Carol Michael Caine Returns to The Museum of Schlock We’ve gone a whole year without a Michael Caine movie present in The Museum of Schlock. He plays Ebenezer Scrooge in 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol from director Brian Henson. So yeah, it’s Muppets and Michael Caine… Continue reading
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The Lists #12: Literature Questions for Further Discussion (e.e. cummings “anyone lived in a pretty how town”)
The Lists #12 by John King Literature Questions for Further Discussion (e.e. cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town”) If e.e. cummings’s “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is an allegory for obscure figures from The Holy Bible, who would anyone and who would noone be? Recite the poem naked. Doesn’t that sound… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #72: Fattening the Story
Heroes Never Rust #72 by Sean Ironman Fattening the Story When I took Introduction to Creative Writing when I was an undergraduate in college, I was taught that everything in a story had to be there for a reason. I had to interrogate each word, and every one had to characterize and move the plot… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #70: MEMO from The Secret HQ of The Drunken Odyssey
In Boozo Veritas #70 by John King MEMO from The Secret HQ of The Drunken Odyssey To: Teege Braune, Author of In Boozo Veritas From: John King, Host of The Drunken Odyssey Subject: The Unspeakable Awfulness of Eyes Wide Shut (Redux) Date: December 15, 2014 Teege, I am more worried about you than ever. First,… Continue reading
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Episode 130: Jaquira Díaz!
Episode 130 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview author and editor Jaquira Díaz. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Jaquira Díaz’s “Cami” at Story South. Read Jocelyn Bartkevicius’s “Out of the Garden” at The Missouri Review. To hear more… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #22: As You Like It
Shakespearing #22 by David Foley As You Like It I’ve probably fallen too easily into the assumption that the order I’m using for Shakespeare’s plays reflects an actual order of composition. Go online and you’ll find chronologies that vary significantly from Riverside’s. So my sense that As You Like It acted for Shakespeare as a… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #68: A Bionic Christmas Carol
The Curator of Schlock #68 by Jeffrey Shuster A Bionic Christmas Carol Steve Austin vs Ray Walston I’ve got a problem with mustaches. I admit it. I don’t like it when they curl up into the nostril, fusing with the nose hair like Jauquin Phoenix’s in Her, but I also don’t like the kind that… Continue reading
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The Lists #11: Less-Than-Stellar Christmas Gifts That Actually Exist
The Lists #11 by John King Less Than Stellar Christmas Gifts That Actually Exist 1. Don’t “feed” Peanut Big Top water, please. Is this how Zayles creates its merchandise? 2. Compete with your friends to clean this dog’s feces. It’s just like real life. 3. According to child psychologists, one thing every matching game for… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #71: Ms. Marvel vs. Possibly Offensive Imagery
Heroes Never Rust #71 by Sean Ironman Ms. Marvel vs. Possibly Offensive Imagery In the first issue of Ms. Marvel, the Terrigen Mists were released and when Kamala Khan came into contact with the mists, she gained superpowers and transformed into Ms. Marvel, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed member of the Avengers. Kamala looked up to Ms.… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #16: Mo’ Meta Blues
Buzzed Books #16 by John King Mo’ Meta Blues by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Memoir can be straightforward, once memoirists reveal their particular working premises, so as not to be seen as James Freying their mendacious way to the bank. Autobiographies, however, are fraught with more philosophical problems than memoir. When David Sedaris writes a book… Continue reading
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