Category Archives: arts

how do you tell racism from diversity?

Posted on Thursday, 2005 November 24 by Anton

I’m watching a collection of Tom and Jerry cartoons, made by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who were later known for the much cruder animation of The Flintstones. I’m puzzled by the opening disclaimer in which Whoopi Goldberg explains that … Continue reading →

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a catalog of what ain’t

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 November 22 by Anton

Whatever it is (or isn’t), someone has made a list of it. Here’s one that interests me a bit: once upon a time I started a (mental) list of persons ineligible who have portrayed a President of the United States, … Continue reading →

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who’s he think he is, DC?

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 20 by Anton

Steve Troop has restarted his comicstrip Melonpool from scratch and, very unusually, took down eight years of archived strips (though you can still buy them as books). The event is much discussed at Websnark. Besides being weighed down by the … Continue reading →

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it’s Bollywood Week

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 13 by Anton

Netflix’s list of new releases this week has five Israëli titles, ten Chinese and 55 Indian – not counting 23 collections of songs from Indian film.

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know your weapons

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 November 08 by Anton

A dreadful blunder in Granada Television’s version (1985) of “The Greek Interpreter”: in a non-canonical scene, Mycroft Holmes refers to a derringer as a “revolver”. Tsk!

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