Much of society embraces the idea of binary definitions of what a person is. A recent push in liberal communities to recognize new gender identities, sexual orientations, and a variety of other descriptors has been met with intense pushback from traditionalists who feel that the recognition of something that hasn’t been historically acknowledged is somehow…
Alan Dershowitz is a lawyer about whom many have complicated feelings. Throughout his career, he has defended a number of clients who were considered to be pariahs in society and few lawyers would have wanted to be associated with in any way. Three decades after being portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Reversal of Fortune by…
From the most momentous events in history, some of those who were very crucially involved aren’t necessarily remembered. Part of that has to do with the fact that plans don’t always materialize, and something may play better with a crowd than it did on the page in the planning stages and as a result become…
Unconventional people deserve to have their stories told in unconventional ways. A poet is rarely the subject of a film, and typically not until long after their work has been able to be digested and scrutinized in new ways by future generations with a better appreciation for their innovation and style. But it’s nice to…
Ecstasy and devastation sometimes overlap, when the highest point of a person’s life or career coincides with the lowest. It can be difficult to square those two contradictory things, and to be able to be fully present in the understandable joy of a moment when something truly miserable is occurring at the same time. American…
In February 2015, three young Muslim-Americans were killed by a white neighbor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The deaths of Deah Barakat, his new bride Yusor Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha rattled a place known for its diversity, and it took very little time to find the perpetrator. Tarek Albaba’s film 36 Seconds: Portrait…
Being told that you appeared in someone else’s dream can be uneasy news to receive. That someone remembers it likely means that something significant happened and the dreamer might still be actively thinking about it. But it’s not actually related to real life, at least not in any proven way, though people are often so…
There are many reasons to be in great physical shape, and achieving that goal comes more easily for some than others. Yet just being fit and healthy isn’t nearly enough for the most driven, who excel at a given sport or specific ability and yearn to be the best in their field. What the most…
Most actors are lucky to achieve one distinguished role over the course of their career or to have a steady stream of work. It’s rare to headline more than one franchise at a time and then start a new one decades later. But there’s not much that’s typical about Sylvester Stallone, who was determined early…
Dystopias don’t emerge purely from science fiction circumstances where zombies walk the earth or aliens have invaded. It’s very possible for civilization as we know it to crumble to an unrecognizable form due purely to events beyond our control, particularly those related to the weather. Those predicting catastrophic outcomes may do their best to prevent…
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