SAMUEL BECKETT
“Your on earth. There’s no cure for that” Paul Klee, Strange Angel by Bill Embly When I think of Samuel Beckett I think of Waiting for Godot, published in 1952 and first performed in 1953, a play about nothing, a play in which nothing happens. I read Waiting for Godot in college. Crossing campus one […]
Review: TENET
NOLAN, SPECTACLE, AND TENET It is month 5 of the pandemic, which means that movie releases remain few and far between, which makes my job here all the more difficult. In these uncertain times, one can count on only one thing: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will continue to be delayed.It would seem, though, that even this […]
Beat of his own drum
by Vince Bushell, photo Lorraine Jacobs The placard on top of the drum reads: “F— THAT BRING ARE (sic) BABIES BACK!” I am not sure what Bernell Trammell meant. But he certainly was not shy about sharing his vision.Turns out I saw him with a Vote Trump homemade sign on the busy corner of Humboldt […]
Policing Politics
by George Martin Have you seen Trump’s campaign tv ad that is intended to strike fear in your heart about ‘defunding’ the police?The tv ad states that, “You have reached the 911 police emergency number. If you called to report a rape, a murderer, a home invasion and all other crimes; due to ‘defunding’ of […]
Riverwest Currents August 2020
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