Every week, Lilian Min muses on reality + sci-fi/fantasy fiction narrative and fantastical world building in her column "Chasing the Unicorn." Recently in class, we were discussing an unusual phenomena: the explosion of tweets from Japan during a television screening of animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky." To which one person in my class actually voiced … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: We’ll Go To Very Distant Lands
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Modern Classics: The End
By Ashley Huggins Just as every good novel comes to an end, so does my college career. As graduation quickly approaches, I cannot help but think of my experience at USC in a novelistic way, with this event marking the final chapter. In the end, though, it all ends. Elizabeth and Darcy find their happy ending, Romeo and Juliet reach their unhappy fate, Harry Potter vanquishes … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: The End
Modern Classics: Sure Thing, Sherlock
In the past few years, many people seem to have been capitalizing on the popularity of Sherlock Holmes. The detective tales of Holmes were originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, however, there are countless modern adaptations of these tales. Although Sherlock Holmes has been popularly recreated in a manner reasonably true to the original stories (take the films starring … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: Sure Thing, Sherlock
TV Culture: ‘American Dad’ and Model Minorities
The "Spelling Bee My Baby" episode of American Dad opens with a Japanese mom beating her children for not playing their instruments intensely enough to make her “feel” the music. She went on to explain that they wouldn’t be eligible for the Ivy Leagues if they didn't master music, academics, and every other extra-curricular activity known to man. The jokes continued as we … [Read more...] about TV Culture: ‘American Dad’ and Model Minorities
TV Culture: Racializing The Bible
The History Channel’s Bible series has been making waves in television news. Out of the many remarkable moments the show has successfully recreated, you’ve probably seen the side-by-side picture of President Barack Obama and Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, the actor who plays Satan in the mini-series. Debates have been circulating, arguing both for and against the show’s producers and … [Read more...] about TV Culture: Racializing The Bible