As some social critics would have it, we do not live in an age of enlightened communication. Being facile in verbal communication is supposedly not as important as being technically proficient. Coarseness seems much more prevalent. A familiarity with the Western canon is not what it used to be. But I’m not convinced this is [...]
Sade’s “Soldier of Love”
I’ve been listening to the new Sade album and enjoying it quite a lot. It brings to mind this 2005 post about Sade, in which I said that Sade Adu’s voice is not always served by the production. To my mind, it needs a little weight behind it. Lovely and ethereal needs something to hold [...]
The Pacing of a Sequential Narrative
In just a few hours, the final season of Lost will begin. This is a great thing, marking a remarkable achievement in storytelling on television. In a couple of previous posts, I have mused about the challenges of telling a huge, sprawling story. And doing sequential narrative on television is even more challenging. (See How [...]