Recent content by SteveJ

Julie Taymor's Titus.

That's an impressive poll you have there, Mr P.

Neither, apparently. Which is handy for some...

My post is weakened by my bias over the 'weight of history' i.e. by my feelings about the way institutionalised women were mistreated, and this bias means the post is more bluster and less precision, unfortunately. It's very hard, though, to read on these matters - such as Charcot's habit of...

That's a far better summary than my meandering initial post. Thanks, mate. :)

"Get me Roger Stone!"

IMO, the thing about these statues of disreputable types is that their presence celebrates, consciously or not, a 'victory' over ordinary folk. Not content with taking the best that this country and others have to offer; not content with centuries of ruling and profiting by fear, by force; not...

Even someone as blithely ignorant as me noticed years ago how the U.S. right-wing endlessly complained about the 'leftist media'. This astonishingly ridiculous and transparent tactic somehow succeeded over there, and now it's over here. Similar to the apparently successful illusion of a wealthy...

Isn't the ruling work-ethic philosophy bound to result in high-rise housing and offices though? Instead of sexism (for the want of a more suitable word), isn't it merely a case of 'pack them in at the cheapest cost possible'? Plus, it's essentially a mass of panopticons made of stacked concrete...

Knowing nothing about architecture and urban planning, I have to ask: are there realistic alternatives to living and working spaces that appear somewhat phallic (at least, according to the Guardian's writer)?

Yeah, that's a fine example. Further to the point, mate: my defence of 2001: a Space Odyssey - I'm aware that your criticisms of the film are correct, yet my interest in what I assume to be its themes leads me to proclaim its excellence nonetheless. My position, then, is weaker than your own.

I often wonder if there's such a thing as true objectivity when it comes to our opinions on art. I find myself, frequently, defending books and films that I appreciate not only because I happen to admire them but, crucially, because I've indulged myself by perhaps reading too much into the...

Translation: They. are. worried.

It's ridiculous. Neil will be sipping Pimms at a Johnson garden party this summer; hardly 'welcome to the resistance' material, is he?