Last time I went on a rambling campaign to make The Last Black Man in San Francisco your next favourite movie, as well as lay the ground work for why very specific details in a story can make it even more accessible. And now, I’m going to change my mind and say that The Farewell should be your favourite movie.
[spoilers after the jump, obvi]
Continue reading “Universal Storytelling (Through Very Very Very Specific Details) [Part Deux]”Originally posted on mythicramblings.com on May 28, 2019.
Y’all, why are we so into death now???
I’m a millennial human. Like all humans, I am my own person, with my own hopes and dreams, unable to be placed in any one box. I defy simple definition. I am unique. I am inimitable. I am singular. I am Groot.
As a millennial, I believe in Beyoncé, I eat quinoa, and I joke about how much I want to die.
Originally posted on mythicramblings.com on Apr 11, 2015.
Last time, on Mythic Ramblings…
You’ll thank me someday. Probably Friday. No vaccines for you, sweet child. What sort of fairy tale ending is – oh. I was more disappointed than anything.
This time, on Mythic Ramblings, I’ll be talking about some great presentations I saw at the 2015 National Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans. Some of them were awesome, others piqued my interest, but all of them definitely happened.
Continue reading “PCA 2015 Recap”Originally posted on mythicramblings.com on Mar 7, 2015.
Hello again! Sorry for the long break – I’ve been busy with life stuff and my mom visiting. Yes, I’m blaming my mother. I am not above that.
I’m all about the myths over here at Mythic Ramblings. (For that matter, I’m also all about the rambling.) I’m fascinated by what our American, western culture takes to be myths and mythological figures. So much of our relatively short history is cataloged and recorded. We don’t have much ambiguity for a mythic narrative to play around in. You might think then that we as Americans don’t have a mythology, not in the same sense that other cultures did and do.
I would argue against that, obvi. I think the Marvel and DC characters are a mythology. I think that even corporate entities like Disney and Lego, which base a lot of their products and narratives off of the mythologies or materials of previous manufacturers, have created their own mythologies. Universal Films has its own mythology. To get really meta, our economy even has its own mythology, that of Capitalism. (Hint: if it’s capitalized, it’s important.) However, we have a very strong and historically embedded mythology in the form of … the Founding Fathers. But I’ve noticed a trend in the mythos surrounding them. Lately we’ve been seeing a lot of movies and shows that are attempting to revisit and update the myths about these men. I’d like to look at what exactly these changes are, and offer a few of my ideas about what’s started the change. More after the jump:
Continue reading “Rockstar Founding Fathers”
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