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“Deny nothing, doubt everything.” – Lord George Byron

Our intentions make blackguards of us all. – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 1782

The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain. – Lord George Byron

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  • The Vampyre: A History.

    An incredibly brief history of vampires as it relates to The Company of Death by Elisa Hansen. First written in English as John Polidori’s The Vampyre: a tale in 1816, The earliest recorded folklore we have of vampires in the western world are from Europe, what is now Romania and Transylvania specifically. That said bloodsuckers…

  • What Constitutes Evil?

    What makes one evil? “Evil is a point of view… God kills indiscriminately, and so shall we.” (Anne Rice, Interview With The Vampire, 1976) Well, in real life, that is simple, “harm none, do as ye will” (the Wiccan rede). In fiction, it is complicated. In the first three Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, the…

  • The Witching Hour (1990) & the human necessity for faith in change and in will and in accident

    “Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.” – Petyr Van Abel, The Witching Hour (1990), by Anne Rice Spoiler-free review:  Rating out of…

  • Anne Rice, five years later, memento vivere, and ‘evil as food for genius’

    the necessity of the dark and remembering that the only power that exists is within ourselves Alternatively titled: Anne Rice and the fallacy of acting well enough to be ‘one of the good ones’  “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we…

  • Dangerous Liaisons, a study on the trouble with decorum, power and control 

    “perfections are chimerical and exist only in… imagination.” – Les Liaisons dangereuses,  Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1782) Spoiler-free review:  Rating out of 10: (Exceeding) 10, noteworthy only because until recently I knew very little in the way of plays as opposed to musicals and other forms of theatre, and because the 1988 movie and the…

  • Beetlejuice the musical and the subversive yet timeless wisdom of ‘memento mori’ 

    All in all, it is safe to say humans have grappled with this inevitably many different ways, artistically and otherwise. So, I find it very reasonable to ask how one would explain the universality of death to a child. I think Beetlejuice the musical, as Beetlejuice the film (1988) it answers this very well. As…

  • Blood and Belonging: Sinners (2025) and the Marginalized Body

    “You Twins?’ ‘Nah, We’re Cousins.’” – Twins Smoke, and Stack (Sinners 2025) Spoiler-free review:  Rating out of 10: 10. If I permit myself to rank it above 10, it would be far higher, as it truly deserves.  Likes: The world building, the casting, the sets and costume designs, and I deeply appreciate the fact that…

  • Censorship: Philosophical Thought and Modern Examples

    Throughout history, many examples of societies benefitting from a better idea of the truth exist.  As an example, take the protestant reformation and Luther’s rather loud and, at the time, controversial criticisms of the Catholic church. It was not popular then but necessary because of church corruption. The main idea behind freedom of speech is…

  • Mayfair Witches: Medium not Magical

    Spoiler-free review:  Rating out of 10: 6 and ½  Likes: the inclusion of Josephine “Jojo” Mayfair and Jen Richards, the soundtrack, Alexandra Daddario and Jack Huston.  Critiques: the lack of understanding of the myriad of source material, this particular adaptation likewise was sanitized and didn’t feel like a labor of love compared to the AMC…

  • RRR: Technically Brilliant, Troubling Politically

    Spoiler-free review: Rating out of 10: 6 Likes: the casting, the cinematography and the soundtrack. Critiques: the soft-core Hindu nationalism and upholding of the caste system and gender roles. Spoiler review: RRR directed by S. S. Rajamouli is a period drama style action movie following two anti-English colonialist figures who in this fictitious movie become…

  • What Mardis Gras means to me

    Let the good times roll! “Mardis Gras”, “Fat Tuesday” or “Carnival time.” I was raised Protestant and I am agnostic for all intents and purposes. I had never observed Mardis Gras before, and I shall not lie like anything. It has its many share of problems but I think what it has come to represent…

  • Let the tale seduce you

    Finally queer enough! – Meera, 2022 Spoiler-free review: Rating out of 10: 8 and ½. Likes: the casting, the costuming and set, the queerness and bisexuality of it all and the soundtrack. Critiques: the writing could’ve been more robust and episode 5 needed a trigger warning. Spoiler review: AMC’s Interview with the vampire cleverly reimagines…

  • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: An Electrifying Gothic Tale

    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a fascinating tale about a man playing God and the lure of power. Through its gothic setting, feminist lens, and characterization of both Victor Frankenstein and his monster, Shelley’s novel maintains its status as a literary masterpiece. Mary Shelley was the wife of the famous romantic poet Percy Shelley and a…

  • Don’t fear the reaper

    Mortality, Bisexuality, Monstrous Love and The Outcast. Mortality or death is universal. Sooner or later it comes for all living creatures. It should be the great equalizer. However, the way death is perceived varies widely from culture to culture. In South Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent the Hindu concepts of Dharma and Karma play a…

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray still resonates with readers

    Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet, playwright, and writer who was popular throughout the 1880s and 1890s. He most notably wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere’s Fan and a fair few other plays. After a few scandals and a libel case against the Marquess of Queensbury he was found…

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