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Precision Salarymen
Stick with it, the crazy stuff doesn’t really start until about 1:50 in. But the pomp & circumstance at the beginning certainly sets the stage for what’s to come.
8 commentsStar Wars Fan Non-Fiction
John Powers is a sculptor who also writes “Star Wars Fan Non-Fiction” — blogging an ongoing critique about Modernism and Star Wars:
The destruction of the Deathstar was a denunciation of the American Cold War tactics used in the struggle against domestic dissent.
To be clear: this conclusion is my own. I’ve have never heard Lucas or anyone else say this in anything I have read about Star Wars, but Lucas does say the Imperials are Nixonian gangsters.
Star Wars and the Modernism of 2001
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Little Big Planet Matthew Barney
Some superfan(s?) of Matthew Barney have created levels for Little Big Planet — a game I know Eve is fond of, but I’ve never played. While it’s not going to make me run out and get a PS3, I have admiration for their work. There are a few vids on YouTube devoted to this.
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