Living Proof: A Review of Wild Wild Country
The story of Rajneeshpuram is told in a series of events and everything within it is true. But it is not real. It does not come alive.
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Join NOW!The story of Rajneeshpuram is told in a series of events and everything within it is true. But it is not real. It does not come alive.
...more“It” does not even “come” in the traditional sense. These primal, atavistic qualities are with us all the time, lying dormant until the right situation coaxes them forth.
...moreSo, what would populist ideology even look like in Star Wars?
...moreFantasy needs reality “because it’s only with the real backdrop that it works at all,” and reality needs fantasy to challenge its façade
...moreParker set out to bring a different kind of “slavery movie” to audiences. And it is different.
...morePerhaps Bridget fans who watched the movies but never read the books might not find this movie to be such a hard blow… But those who read the books—and those who loved the pilgrim soul in Bridget—will feel the loss more keenly.
...moreI can’t tell you about this movie without telling you about my father.
...moreWriting across race (or gender, sexuality, and disability) is complicated. Sometimes, it is downright messy.
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