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Alpha Males in Film: Week 2 – Akira

by Escarondito 05.27.2011
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Film: Akira (1988) Director: Katsuhiro Otomo Lead Actor: Shotaro Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata) Supporting Lead: Tetsuo Shima (Nozomu Sasaki) Key Alpha Trait: Leader of Men/Fierce Independence Netflix subscribers can watch the movie here. Akira is one of the greatest sci-fi/cyber-punk/revolution/dystopia/anime movies of all time and one of my personal favorites. Heralded in 1988 for its cutting-edge [...]

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Alpha Males in Film: Week 1 – Last Tango in Paris

by Escarondito 05.18.2011
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Film: Last Tango in Paris (1972) Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Lead Actor: Marlon Brando Lead Actress: Maria Schneider Key Alpha Trait: Psychosexual Dominance Netflix subscribers can watch the movie here. This film might as well be titled An American Seducer in Paris. Marlon Brando is a “made in America” white patriotic column of masculinity, at least until he breaks…but [...]

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Women in Film: Part 1 – Writing Female Characters

by Escarondito 04.25.2011
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I have been following the blog of a great writer/director in Hollywood who goes by the digital nomenclature of Kid in the Front Row. On a recent search through his articles, I happened upon several great posts about women in the industry (“Missing Voices of Women in Film“, “Women in the Industry“, “Men Only“), the lack [...]

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Alpha Males in Film

by Escarondito 04.22.2011
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What we got here is… failure to communicate. Cool Hand Luke If Bronan the Barbarian! had not filed his most recent post under the “Humor” category, I’m confident that even today all the posters who agreed and believed that he meant what he said would still not get that it was a joke. Bronan wanted [...]

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The Social Network Reading: An Introspective

by Escarondito 04.11.2011
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As I was scouring entertainment blogs and sites riffing on Oscar snubs, predictions, and comparisons. I happened across this article on EW.com on how they questioned if The Social Network is this years Up In The Air. Needless to say, as a former resident of Boston in 2005 when the still titled Thefacebook.com was hitting it off nationally, I [...]

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Like Toy Soldiers…

by Escarondito 04.07.2011

“Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down like toy soldiers Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win But the battle wages on for toy soldiers.” We all fall down, like toy soldiers. And you want to know why? Because I’m not standing next to you. Neither is Juan, [...]

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