Painted Turtle
Author: Crayshack
Mulan: A Dreadful Misunderstanding of Music and Soldiers
Mulan (2020) is a movie with a lot of problems. Many people have covered the various aspects of the movie that didn’t work and some have even covered why the music doesn’t work. However, there was one comment from the director that doesn’t get enough attention. In my mind, it speaks to a disrespectful misunderstanding of both military and musical tradition and it also shows an ignorance of cinematic history that is baffling in the director of a big-budget film.
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Worm: A Deconstruction of Superheroes
Worm is technically not a book. It was released as a series of blog posts in a similar style to the old newspaper serials. The author (J. C. McCrae) refers to the story as a “Web Serial” in reflection of this format. However, at 1.68 million words it stands as a longer story than most book series and the author clearly put the same level of careful quality into the story that you see behind many more traditionally published stories. A dark take on the superhero genre, it isn’t a story for everyone but, for the right audience, it is a must-read.
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The Dual Housing Market
Everyone can agree that the housing market is a bit crazy at the moment. Even before COVID, it was a solid seller’s market and the pandemic has just exaggerated the market state that was already there. A lot of people are talking about the various reasons behind this, but there is one facet that isn’t talked about much. There exists two wildly different groups of people trying to buy into the market and because they are competing for the same resource the prices are going crazy.
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