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May 08 2010
TGIF: Who is Your Favorite Movie Actor of All Time?
Crossposted at Daily Kos
How does one answer such a subjective question? Is it the performance, commercial success and popularity of the particular movie, or the number of prominent awards won that endears an actor to his or her audiences?
Some actors like Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro are capable of turning in one superb acting performance after another over the years and establishing a particular bond and connection to the audience. Others are applauded for a once-in-a-lifetime movie role — such as Ben Kingsley’s masterful portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi for which he won universal acclaim and the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1982.
Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie’s Choice and Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone in Godfather Part II in two of the finest movie roles ever by an actor
May 04 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – A Cry for Help
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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John Sherffius, Comics.com (Boulder Daily Camera)
Apr 28 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Treating Mother Earth Badly
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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Bill Day, Comics.com (Memphis Commercial-Appeal)
Apr 17 2010
George Orwell, Time Travel, and Dinner Companions
Crossposted at Daily Kos
We’ve all, at some point or another in our lives, had this fantasy. Whether we perceive modern life as too hurried, unsatisfying, devoid of meaning, or we see ourselves as slaves to the demands of technology, some of us yearn for a simpler time when many of the great political, ideological, and literary debates of decades gone by had yet to be settled. Conflicts or movements of the past in which we picture ourselves an integral part of. For we are confident that our presence would have resulted in an outcome to our liking. Great ideas that we wish we’d thought of. Music that we know we should have recorded. Inventions we know we were destined to be associated with. It is the inevitable ‘what if’ question we often think of. It is the restless explorer in all of us.
RJ Matson, New York Observer, Buy this cartoon
Allow me to indulge in my fantasy below the fold.
Apr 17 2010
George Orwell, Time Travel, and Dinner Companions
Crossposted at Daily Kos
We’ve all, at some point or another in our lives, had this fantasy. Whether we perceive modern life as too hurried, unsatisfying, devoid of meaning, or we see ourselves as slaves to the demands of technology, some of us yearn for a simpler time when many of the great political, ideological, and literary debates of decades gone by had yet to be settled. Conflicts or movements of the past in which we picture ourselves an integral part of. For we are confident that our presence would have resulted in an outcome to our liking. Great ideas that we wish we’d thought of. Music that we know we should have recorded. Inventions we know we were destined to be associated with. It is the inevitable ‘what if’ question we often think of. It is the restless explorer in all of us.
RJ Matson, New York Observer, Buy this cartoon
Allow me to indulge in my fantasy below the fold.
Apr 16 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Confederate History Month
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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Nate Beeler, Washington Examiner, Buy this cartoon
Apr 11 2010
The (Un)authorized Pictorial History of Daily Kos Blogging
Crossposted at Daily Kos
Patrick Chappatte, International Herald Tribune, Buy this cartoon:: ::
Warning: This pictorial version of Daily Kos’ history has not as yet been reviewed or approved by our
Community DirectorLord Protector, Meteor Blades. Were he to look it over, I have no doubt he would heartily agree with its content.It is, as we say in the blogging world, subject to revisionist interpretations. Opinions are not in short supply on this blog.
Apr 09 2010
What is Your Fav Movie Scene of All Time?
Crossposted at Daily Kos
If you’ve ever watched the American Masters program on PBS, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, and the Blacklist: None Without Sin, you know well that the program deals with the relationship between the two Hollywood titans during and after the years of the Hollywood Blacklist, one of the most disgraceful periods in recent American political history.
Elia Kazan was the brilliant and controversial film director; Arthur Miller the superb playwright. It was a complex relationship
Arthur Miller (left) and Elia Kazan:: ::
One of Kazan’s defenders is Arthur Miller, much to the disappointment of many on the left. Miller is one of the heroes of the McCarthy Era. He defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1956, and refused, unlike Kazan, to name those whom he knew to be “fellow travelers.” For this he was held in contempt of Congress, fined, and sentenced to jail time.
Apr 06 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Of Human Bondage
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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Hypocrisy
Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
Mar 29 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – With Malice Towards All
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Daily Star, Buy this cartoon
Mar 22 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – GOP Exiled to St. Helena
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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R.J. Matson, New York Observer, Buy this cartoon
Mar 15 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Showering With Eric and Rahm
Crossposted at Daily Kos
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents…
Mark Streeter, Buy this cartoon