Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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The Wheel of Time is coming alive with the underlying energy of Jordan’s creation while The Rings of Power has smothered Tolkien’s genius, allowing it to break through only at the edges. Both, however, serve as a valuable lesson for other television producers and filmmakers who bow to the whims of the woke. In the… Continue reading The Wheel of Time, the woke, The Rings of Power, and the difference that comes from truly loving your source material
Revisiting George Carlin’s prophetic 1992 performance at Madison Square Garden immortalized on HBO. From the philosophical to the profane, Mr. Carlin peered decades into the future... “You know my favorite part of that war?” The legendary comedian George Carlin remarked in one of his many HBO Specials. “It’s the first war we ever had that… Continue reading George Carlin: The legendary comedian was right even when he was wrong
The same as Logan’s children seek to inherit his creation without having done the hard work of building it, hard work which included shady deals, sacrificing morals when convenient, cutting corners when necessary, and screwing over competitors, we inherit a world built by giants from Thomas Edison to Teddy Roosevelt and have no idea what… Continue reading For better or worse, Succession is the ideal show for our times
Once upon a time, HBO’s House of the Dragon was praised for its commitment to diversity, and anyone who disagreed was attacked as a racist, but suddenly the woke have completely changed direction, and they’re now claiming black story lines haven’t been given the proper respect, wondering whether black people should watch the show at… Continue reading HBO’s House of the Dragon and woke casting, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t
HBO Max’s Station Eleven could’ve been a standard post-apocalyptic drama, but the introduction of a traveling caravan of actors who perform Shakespeare after the world ends, transforms the show into a story about stories. Their importance, their interpretation, how they are shared and how they change over time, something made apparent in the very first… Continue reading Station Eleven, Hamlet, and the importance of the stories we tell each other and ourselves
The idea of systemic racism is all the rage in progressive circles, but the system in question is rarely identified with any precision and in many cases it’s run by progressives themselves. In other words, they are in charge and can manage the system anyway they like. Why then do they do it in a… Continue reading The Washington Post, the inner cities, and the reality of systemic racism when Democrats are in charge
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 