Bryan Fuller's currently the bane of fans' existences everywhere because of his deliciously (sorry) imagined "Hannibal," but no matter what his taste (sorry) in storytelling now, I'll always have fond memories of the man because of a little gem of a show that got put on, and then pulled off, the air long before the world was ready for it: "Pushing Daisies." The story of the … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Touched
Archives for 2014
One Nation Under Who?: The State of the Union of a Sitting Duck
This year's State of the Union was watched by a record few Americans—only 33.3 million viewers, the lowest in fourteen years1. I will be the first to admit that I did not watch the State of the Union—I was about to go to class atthe time, and I watched the beginnings of the speech, knowing that later, I could watch the entire speech on Youtube, or read a transcript of the … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: The State of the Union of a Sitting Duck
Scrolling Scribe: Games of Choice and Consequence
Each week on Scrolling Scribe, editors will select their favorite archived articles and repost them for your reading pleasure. Originally published May 5, 2010. By David Harrison Thurpin Games are communication. The very act of playing to win prompts us to understand a game’s rules and potential strategies; we cannot proceed to successfully play without … [Read more...] about Scrolling Scribe: Games of Choice and Consequence
The Book Is on the Table: Going Against the System
Public education in Brazil is shameful: insufficient infrastructure, scarce food and books, undemanding curriculum. The government (as well as many citizens) prefers to blame the students’ disadvantaged socioeconomic background as the main cause for poor academic performance, ignoring the far more worrisome state of public schools. Students are not the problem, and the … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Going Against the System
Chasing the Unicorn: Fiction As Convention
This semester, I'm taking a course called "Forms of Folklore." Before I went into the class, I didn't really know what was the distinction that made folklore, well, folklore, rather than mythology or religion or simply custom. To me, "folk" was an adjective that modified different art forms, but that stayed within a particular rustic setting. It was simple. It was rough-hewn … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Fiction As Convention