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Thankfully Blue Eye Samurai overcomes all the limitations of cultural projection and appropriation
Need an escape from the grim coverage of Israel victimising Gaza, or, on the benign end of the grim spectrum, that sad melter on your street covering their house with Christmas tat and lights in early November? Well Blue Eye … Continue reading
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How HBO’s Chernobyl successfully mixes dramatisation and science.
Representing a non-fiction period piece set in the Soviet Union with English dialogue seems ridiculous. In fact, it is. The question is whether the narrative and performance is capable of sufficiently wrestling your attention away from the elephant’s ginormous arse. … Continue reading
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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard 
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