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The Curator of Schlock #375: Robot Carnival
The Curator of Schlock #375 by Jeff Shuster Robot Carnival Nine animators, One vision. An army of rabid Tasmanian devils rushed the security guard and myself. I did what any sane person would do and ran for my life. Edwige, my kangaroo companion and two other kangaroos were locked away in cages. I slid the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #374: Leprechaun 4: In Space
Leprechaun 4: In Space That is not how you title a movie! Bad things were going down in a marsupial slaughtering factory in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. A bloodied factory worker had screamed about “devils on the loose” before breathing his last. Then came the howls from a shifting black mass of doom creeping… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #373: The Secret of Nimh
The Curator of Schlock #373 by Jeff Shuster The Secret of NIMH I like cartoons. Stop giving me grief. We heard the screeching, a sound of hellish death coming from beyond. The factory security guard brandished a taser and I wondered why we hadn’t run away with the rest of the factory personnel that had… Continue reading
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Episode 511: David A. Bossert!
Episode 511 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On today’s show, I talk to Disney artist and historian David A. Bossert about the astounding career of Claude Coats, the flexibility required of… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #390: Slumber Party Massacre II
The Curator of Schlock #390 by Jeff Shuster Slumber Party Massacre II It’s a bit better. There I was, blowtorch in hand and standing behind the gate to a Canadian salmon canning factory that was really a front for a marsupial slaughterhouse. A burly guard stood on the other side and I figured my number… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #88: The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002)
88. Peter Brook’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, 2002. There are too many Hamlets, and I’ve had my surfeit. This blog’s at a trickle. There’s too much Shakespeare, and I don’t care anymore. When will someone make a glorious Troilus and Cressida? Peter Brook—famous for bare-bones staging—is perhaps not the most auspicious director to drag me… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #389: Slumber Party Massacre
The Curator of Schlock #389 by Jeff Shuster Slumber Party Massacre Was Herschel Gordon Lewis involved in this? I was under orders from the Canadian government to infiltrate an illegal marsupial slaughtering operation. I encountered an obstacle in the form of a chain link fence with a locked gate. I took out my blowtorch and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #388: Just Before Dawn
The Curator of Schlock #388 by Jeff Shuster Just Before Dawn Stay away from psychotic hillbillies. I was working with a Canadian secret agent named Larry. Together, we planned to infiltrate a factory where they slaughtered and canned kangaroos and other marsupials. Larry charged me with freeing the animals while he distracted the guards. He… Continue reading
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Episode 508: Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman
Episode 508 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On today’s show, co-novelists Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman talk about corporate cults, collaborative writing, and satire. Plus The Drunken Odyssey’s video producer Shawn… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #387: Nighthawks
The Curator of Schlock #387 by Jeff Shuster Nighthawks The movie, not the Hopper painting. So I learned that the town of Mooseville in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was involved in an illegal kangaroo and koala bear slaughtering operation. The town salmon canning factory was a front for their black market canned marsupial meat.… Continue reading
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