Category Archives: Ethics
Wisdom From Hank
I was listening to some comedy from Henry Rollins when I caught something I’d never noticed before in the bit. The immediate context was the Ku Klux Klan insisting on using its freedom of speech to hold marches, but the … Continue reading
Timor Mortis Conturbat Me
He takis the knichtis in to the field Enarmit under helm and scheild; Victor he is at all mellie:— Timor Mortis conturbat me. … He spairis no lord for his piscence, Na clerk for his intelligence; His awful straik may … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Film, Literature, Mythology, Psychology, Sex, Spirtual Practice, Televsion
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
V For Vendetta is not a very old movie — 2005 — but it’s showing early signs of becoming a classic, at least in my DVD player. I watched it last night to commemorate the date that the film itself … Continue reading
Filed under Dexter, Ethics, Film, Mythology, Psychology, Science Fiction
“It’s tattooed on the back of their necks…”
I think the approach of Monty Python to religious and moral issues is in fact deeper than they themselves think, by virtue of their fervent and utter rejection of the trivial — which is why their perspective is immensely valuable … Continue reading
Filed under Comedy, Ethics, Film, Literature, Monty Python, Sex, Spirtual Practice
Shining a Light Under the Bed
Hello. Michael here. I am taking the extra step of identifying myself because our chosen blog template, while ideal for our purposes in most respects, doesn’t display the authors of posts. GR and I started Shaping Water to be a … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Film, Psychology, Sex, Televsion
Lord of the Flies ?
Continuing our Hallowe’en Hollywood sociological horror run-up — let me recap the Bloodlust thread: contraceptive culture in the sexual revolution has measurably changed the distribution of sexually attractive body images among both males and females, tending to make them both … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Film, Psychology, Science Fiction
Darkly Dreaming
A couple of years ago, when CBS was negotiating with Showtime to broadast an edited version of the series Dexter, the Parents Television Council objected because, in the words of its president, Timothy Winter: “The biggest problem with the series … Continue reading
Filed under Dexter, Ethics, The Shield
With Apologies to Voltaire …
… And Dostoyevsky … If the Devil did not exist we would have to invent him … It seems that the modern horror, slasher, splatter flicks have taken the place of the fire and brimstone sermons among our youthful and … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Film, Mythology, Psychology
Of Dolls and Daemons
As “Dollhouse“ seems ready to begin its second season, some observation about what the ever- more-subtle and effective dramatist, Joss Whedon, has achieved is in order. Whedon has simply mastered THE contemporary vehicle for dramatic presentation. He has managed to … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Psychology, Science Fiction, Spirtual Practice
G.R.
Michael
