Newsflash: Quentin Tarantino is a twisted dude. That’s why we love the guy, of course. He breathes new life into the genres he touches by infusing them not just with a movie lover’s passion, but with the demented sensibility of someone who’s spent too much time alone in the dark. When the trailer for Django Unchained debuted yesterday, it did not disappoint, delivering us 2 minutes and 36 seconds of antebellum peculiarity. Read More...
13 Reasons Why is no stranger to controversy. The first season of Netflix’s adaptation of Jay Asher’s 2007 YA novel followed Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford), a teenager who died by suicide and left behind 13 cassette tapes explaining her decision. The series tackled many sensitive subjects, but the decision to show Hannah’s suicide in graphic detail in the season 1 finale faced intense backlash. That’s why earlier this month Netflix announced that the scene depicting Hannah’s death by suicide has been altered to exclude the moment where she slits her wrists in an effort to “help the show do the most good for the most people while mitigating any risk for especially vulnerable young viewers,” according to showrunner Brian Yorkey. Read More...
In his essay "Self-Reliance," Ralph Waldo Emerson said "To be great is to be misunderstood." While the author's list includes holy men and philosophers, the same idea could just as easily apply to Elvis Presley. The man who was crowned the "King of Rock and Roll" never thought he earned that royal moniker. He recognized the work put in before he arrived on the scene, but the fact is, he outsold every one of his contemporaries. Read More...
