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Is Brilliant Appropriation a Contradiction? On Gillian Welch and Pastiche

/ 25 April 2017

The historical references the virtuosic instrumental work, and the stunning close harmonies all took intelligence and skill to master, but that doesn't mean that Time (The Revelator) should be beyond critique.

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Black and Nerdy? Shattering the Monolith With ‘Atlanta’

PopMatters Staff

/ 30 January 2017

Atlanta goes a long way toward shattering the myth that there's a single black experience.

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“What’s Wrong With You?” Girlhood, Genre, and ‘Stranger Things’

Donald Collins

/ 6 September 2016

Stranger Things is part of a long cinematic tradition of boyhood, including steamrolling more nuanced portrayals of girlhood.

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The Myth of Elvis Presley

John Hansen

/ 7 July 2015

Rock critic Greil Marcus holds that Elvis' songs are simply a facade. But is there not a creative person behind the facade?

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What Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ Is Really About

PopMatters Staff

/ 25 June 2015

At the core of Neutral Milk Hotel's highly acclaimed 1998 album is an exploration of love and the process of unity and separation.

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Poverty Prepares You to Survive the Worst – Even the Zombies of ‘The Walking Dead’

PopMatters Staff

/ 11 June 2015

The ways in which poverty shapes the psyche of The Walking Dead's Daryl Dixon are very rarely seen in the current television landscape.

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Splitting Hairs (of Identity) in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Andrea Tallarita

/ 10 March 2015

James Gunn's epic borrows from the mythologies of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but its characters are on a much more contemporary quest for identity.

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May the Force (of Narrativity) Be With You

PopMatters Staff

/ 25 November 2014

The Star Wars universe is a microcosmical example of the long-standing battle over the necessity of narrativity in shaping our lives.

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Lucifer Is Free to Roam: (In)Justice and Retribution in ‘Hannibal’

PopMatters Staff

/ 16 October 2014

Hannibal, unlike much-hyped pulp revival shows like True Detective and Fargo, refuses to give its audience neat answers on matters of right and wrong.

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‘True Detective’ and the Conventions of Morality

PopMatters Staff

/ 10 September 2014

In the realm of moral ambiguity they occupy, Rust Cohle and Marty Hart become a microcosm of Lawrence Kohlberg's three stages of moral development.

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‘I’m Not the Fox I Used to Be’: Wes Anderson’s Changing Seasons

PopMatters Staff

/ 30 July 2014

Far from style over substance, Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox fixates over objects to show its protagonist's inability to handle the oncoming winter.

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Cinema as Rorschach Test: ‘The Master’

J.C. Sciaccotta

/ 22 October 2012

In The Details

Is Brilliant Appropriation a Contradiction? On Gillian Welch and Pastiche

Black and Nerdy? Shattering the Monolith With ‘Atlanta’

“What’s Wrong With You?” Girlhood, Genre, and ‘Stranger Things’

The Myth of Elvis Presley

What Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ Is Really About

Poverty Prepares You to Survive the Worst – Even the Zombies of ‘The Walking Dead’

Splitting Hairs (of Identity) in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

May the Force (of Narrativity) Be With You

Lucifer Is Free to Roam: (In)Justice and Retribution in ‘Hannibal’

‘True Detective’ and the Conventions of Morality

‘I’m Not the Fox I Used to Be’: Wes Anderson’s Changing Seasons

Cinema as Rorschach Test: ‘The Master’

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Jules Verne’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Goes Deeper Than You May Realize

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