The Zany Vicar
The Vicar of Dibley hosts several zany characters that often create awkward moments for poor vicar Geraldine Granger. Although Geraldine is depicted as the sanest… Read More »The Zany Vicar
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uncanny but not uncocained
A large chunk of Noël Carroll’s article tackles what he believes a horror must include… a monster. (151) (To my great joy he includes a… Read More »uncanny but not uncocained
Paul Rudd needs no ego because he will live with himself forever
Thomas Nagel on his essay The Absurd denotes the … absurdity… of the individual’s existence and the consequential existentialism that follows the realising one is… Read More »Paul Rudd needs no ego because he will live with himself forever
The Picture of 26 Sarah Snooks
There is often a misconception that ‘camp’ is something that is so bad its good; a sense of too much, too far, or over the… Read More »The Picture of 26 Sarah Snooks
Frankenstein…grotesque…I think I’m reaching with this one.
“In grotesque realism, therefore, the bodily element is deeply positive. It is presented not as a privet egotistic form, severed from other spheres of life,… Read More »Frankenstein…grotesque…I think I’m reaching with this one.
‘laughing down’ from his high hill (of toxic sludge)
This blog post is going to attempt to explore the types of laughter Julian Hanich explains about the cinema audience found within the context of… Read More »‘laughing down’ from his high hill (of toxic sludge)
one shall not be converted in a pink and blue place.
So, this is the complete antithesis of what the articles are saying but I’m going to brave talking about it anyway. Two of the main… Read More »one shall not be converted in a pink and blue place.
hate to love, love to hate? woke jokes.
Douglas brings the definitions of jokes and what is seen to be funny from her predecessors-Bergson and Freud- going further to explore how she sees… Read More »hate to love, love to hate? woke jokes.
Swiss Army Thinking (this title works if you think hard enough)
“It came from the fact that the living body became rigid, like a machine.” (Bergson, 49) The 2016 film Swiss Army Man takes Bergson’s proposition… Read More »Swiss Army Thinking (this title works if you think hard enough)
Quite literally a running gag
I really struggled when trying to come up with something that related to Gunning and/or Crafton’s arguments thus found myself scouting around my room, (gave… Read More »Quite literally a running gag