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Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo
Notes on “The Shallows”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I found the highly praised shark movie “The Shallows” to be a tolerable but rather joyless experience. Taken as a genre picture it’s weirdly flat — not exciting and funny like “Jaws,” or empathically harrowing like “Gravity,” or … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Uncategorized
Tagged Blake Lively, Film, Jaume Collet-Serra, movies, sharks, The Shallows, thrillers
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“Uncle” Sang as Peasants Sing
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Uncle” led the visitors through the anteroom into a small hall with a folding table and red chairs, then into the drawing room with a round birchwood table and a sofa, and finally into his private … Continue reading
Juxtaposin’: Old Spice
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Posted in Sex, Television
Tagged Advertising, Commercials, Juxtaposin', Old Spice, the decline of the american male
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“Everybody Wants Some!!”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Richard Linklater’s new college comedy, “Everybody Wants Some!!,” takes place over three or four days in 1980, but it may have more to say about growing up, experience, and relationships than all of the 2013 “Boyhood” … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, The Good Life
Tagged Baseball, Blake Jenner, Boyhood, college, Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!!, Film, movies, Richard Linklater, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch
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I Can’t Help It
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Netflix is currently streaming a documentary on the Carter family, called “The Winding Stream.” It includes so many fab songs and performances that it’s almost beyond criticism. So profound are the depths of the Carters’ talent, beauty, and influence … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal reflections, Sex, Uncategorized
Tagged Anita Carter, country music, Hank Williams, The Carter Family
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Juxtaposin’: Background/Foreground
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Juxtaposin’: Hawks Songs
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‘Tis Their Scalps or Ours
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The warrior in the oak had maintained a quick, though ineffectual fire, from the moment of his discovery. But his aim was interrupted by the vigilance of his enemies, whose rifles instantaneously bore on any part … Continue reading
The Merest Stray Phenomenon
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Tess was the merest stray phenomenon to Angel Clare as yet — a rosy, warming apparition which had only just acquired the attribute of persistence in his consciousness. So he allowed his mind to be occupied … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Sex
Tagged Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
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Juxtaposin’: The Erotic David
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve always preferred Donatello’s twink David to Michelangelo’s angry, rough-trade interpretation.
Posted in Art, Sex
Tagged Andrea de Verrocchio, David, Donatello, Florence, Michelangelo, renaissance, sculpture
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