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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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— Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • On the importance of reclaiming and recontextualizing stories and narratives

    Part 1: behind every tragedy. “Behind every tragedy lies some exquisite thing.” – The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.  It’s no secret that humans love tragedy or the concept and catharsis of it. But why? Is it because of the emotional experience it grants us or seeing someone else in pain who isn’t…

  • Our Flag Means Death & “The Hamilton effect”

    Part 1: the absurdity of romanticizing the past and historical figures https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/if-theres-a-man-among-ye-the-tale-of-pirate-queens-anne-bonny-and-mary-read-45576461/

  • On the importance of diversity of opinion and critical thinking

    “Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.” – Oscar Wilde, in the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray It’s no secret the humanities to an extent seem to be in crisis. But why? I’d put it up to the way many people consume media…

  • Evil is always possible and goodness is eternally difficult

    On the new AMC Immortal universe and Anne Rice’s world and character building. It’s no secret the Southern United States is complicated, especially Louisiana and especially New Orleans. In its time it was held by the French, the Spanish, and finally the Americans. There’s a huge creole, Cajun, and catholic influence and there have always…

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