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Too Close To Reality

by on Mar.08, 2017, under Film & TV, Society

Seriously, people.

Hollywood has a long history of portraying evil and/or lecherous fictional heads of state and world leaders. How many evil Russian and Eastern European dictators have we seen on film and on TV? How about corrupt South American warlords? Even US leaders have not been spared, as the villainous VPOTUS was a key element in Iron Man 3, for example. Half the world leaders in Kingsman: The Secret Service sold the world out to mass death and destruction.

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This Type of Modern Life

by on Sep.02, 2016, under Music & Theater, Society

I recently finally got to watch the banned version of Madonna’s music video for American Life.

As a Madonna fanatic, I’ll be the first to say that, when the song was released, I wasn’t exactly fond of it. It must’ve been the rap. Madonna, my queen, I love you, but unless it’s Vogue‘s spoken portion, please never rap again.

However, watching this banned video, hindsight once again schools me to show just how ahead of her time Madonna really was (and continues to be).

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