Posts tagged pop culture
Rock and a Hard Place: the Mental Illness/Paranormal Disturbance Parallel in The Haunting of Hill House

Is this one long metaphor for madness, or is The Haunting of Hill House just a very nuanced ghost story?

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Four Levels of Doom and Gloom in Black Mirror

It’s easy to think that Black Mirror operates on technophobia, but it has always been about people, and about how we misuse what we create.

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The Enduring Cult of Spike: on Nostalgia and Popular Culture Staples

A show supposedly dedicated to female empowerment is considerably depreciated when the relationship at its crux, lauded by fans for years, is the very example of what empowerment is not.

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