Punching Up with Mel Brooks: Speaking Truth to Power
Photo: Mel Brooks “Punching up” is one of the unspoken rules of comedy, of what makes comedy important during hard times. Punching up is when a comedian uses comedy, from jokes to slapstick to characters, to criticize those in power. Punching up is the...
Mental Health in Euphoria: Has It Been Realistic or Romanticized?
Photo: ‘Euphoria’ The hit drama series, ‘Euphoria’ follows the lives of a group of teens as they tackle the complexities of high school alongside the darkness of teenage sex, drugs, and above all mental illness. Season 1 followed Rue and Jules, two young...
An Analysis of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Franchise: A Series That Packs a Punch
Video Version of this Article Photo: The Rocky Franchise The ‘Rocky’ franchise is one that has stood the test of time, and done so magnificently. The first ‘Rocky’ came out all the way back in 1975, and 45 years later, we’ve had five sequels, a spinoff movie series,...
Kurosawa and Shakespeare: Three Remarkable Adaptations from the Legendary Japanese FilmmakerDraft
Video Version of this Article Photo: Kurosawa and Shakespeare From the likes of Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Roman Polanski and Kenneth Branagh, film history is littered with directors who have fancied themselves the definitive cinematic proctors of William...
