An Analysis of Robin Hood and Zorro: What Our Folk Heroes Can Tell Us about Ourselves (Part Three: Robin Hood vs. Zorro) Thom V. Young June 4, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote I’ve presented impressions of Robin Hood as a English folk hero and Zorro as an American pulp hero. Now it’s time to bring them together.
Secret Lives and Open Lies: What The Americans Reveals about Ourselves (episode 3.13, “March 8, 1983”) Thom V. Young May 2, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote The third season of The Americans has concluded, and writing about it has consumed too much of my time this week.
An Analysis of Robin Hood and Zorro: What Our Folk Heroes Can Tell Us about Ourselves – (Part Two: Zorro) Thom V. Young April 23, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote So . . . in this corner, wearing black from hat to boot and portrayed by Tyrone Power, please give a warm Psycho Drive-In welcome to Zorro!
An Analysis of Robin Hood and Zorro: What Our Folk Heroes Can Tell Us about Ourselves – (Part One: Robin Hood) Thom V. Young April 2, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote I finally decided to send Robin Hood and Zorro to their separate corners of the ring and present each in his own column.
Parallel Universes and Temporal Anomalies: Addressing the Faults in Our Stories and in Ourselves Thom V. Young March 19, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote I remember the first time I encountered the concept of parallel universes.
Resurrecting and Redeeming The Dead Girl in Ourselves: A Guide for Living Thom V. Young March 5, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote Despite me “spoiling” many of the various plot points, The Dead Girl is a film worth seeing as a contemporary masterpiece of modern cinema.
The Searchers: A Quaint and Polite Film about Racism, Rape, and Remorse Thom V. Young February 26, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote An updated remake of The Searchers that openly shows the story’s physical brutality and emotional cruelty would make for an excellent film.
HBO’s The Newsroom: Aaron Sorkin’s Attempt to Bail Water Out Faster than It’s Coming In Thom V. Young February 19, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote When HBO began producing The Newsroom two years ago, I watched it to see if it would cover the concepts I hoped it would.
Freedom Is Sometimes Uncomfortable: A Response to the Film Howl Thom V. Young February 12, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote It’s important to keep in mind that living within a democratic system means sometimes being uncomfortable with the freedoms we have.
We Are All Victims of the Modern Age: Ruminations on A Clockwork Orange Thom V. Young February 8, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote Those of us who regularly consume media beautifying & romanticizing violence become more like Alex at the beginning of A Clockwork Orange.
Spontaneous Quixote: Introduction and Exposition Thom V. Young February 5, 2015 Spontaneous Quixote The Quixote part of the name is about the content; from the notion that writing this column is some sort of quixotic mission that I am on.