Celebrating the Living: Michael Keaton
He wasn’t the first example of fan backlash at casting. Not by at least fifty…
Attention Must Be Paid: Hedda Hopper
Yeah, okay, gossip columnist is not a profession for the nice. If you were nice,…
Disney Byways: Anger
We are a Disney family. I’m hoping to be at Disneyland this time next year,…
Drunk Napoleon Listens To Bob Dylan: Live And Let Live (guest appearance by silverwheel)
“There’s a certain part of you that becomes addicted to a live audience. I wouldn’t…
Celebrating the Living: Grey Griffin, AKA Grey DeLisle, AKA Grey Griffin-DeLisle
So here’s the thing. The woman I’m writing about today has acted under a total…
Attention Must Be Paid: Philip Ahn
It is depressingly difficult to find images of Philip Ahn the way I remember him.…
Disney Byways: “The Band Concert”
Two institutions I am arguably more interested in than they deserve are Disney and the…
Camera Obscura: UNDERCOVER CAT/THAT DARN CAT[!]
There’s a reason we keep going back to the Disney well, and it isn’t just…
You Simply Close Your Eyes: The Matrix Resurrections and the Creative Space
I’ve been trying to write an essay on The Matrix for the past few years…
Celebrating the Living: Harry Shearer
When I discovered that Harry Shearer was possibly one of the assorted boys in the…