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Month: May 2024

Impotence, Inauthenticity, and Identity in ‘Hail, Caesar!’

It’s somewhat surprising that, of my nebulous top ten-ish favourite films, there are two that both came out in 2016, are both decidedly off-kilter and odd in their own ways, and are both ‘cult’ films to an extent – beloved by their fans, but little-known beyond those circles.  We’ve discussed The Nice Guys on this site before, and today it’s time to turn to what is (in the Blog of Mazarbul’s household) its improbable companion piece – certainly, these two movies have been rewatched more than any other by my wife and I! So, today, I figured I’d write up…

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The Fairy in the Machine

Ah! to think that once we toiled away at our simple lures, cast out into the cold and shunned by wisefolk.  Bereft of trust or love were we then, labouring feebly that we may on occasion entrap some weakminded treat on which to sup.  But you knew our tricks and were wise to them, fleeing fairy promise and guarding yourselves with ancient cautions.  And we were bereft. Peat bogs and darkling woods were then our haunts; dank and miserable places.  Sparkling lights and laughing voices our bait, promise of might and riches our desperate ploy.  And we were cold, and…

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