Recovered Toronto lawyer. Literature/ideas/politics/music/film/sports/law/jokes. I write. Online: lit crit—Hamlet, Mordecai Richler; published short story; Blog
Mar 23 • 25 tweets • 3 min read
I watched Adolescence. It’s mostly unbearable. 1
Its drama is artificially heightened by its contrived, unrelenting rawness. 2
Aug 28, 2024 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
I just rewatched Do The Right Thing, 1989, with my 2024 eyes. It’s provocative.
From Wikipedia:
“Lee has remarked that only White viewers ask him if Mookie did the right thing; Black viewers do not ask him the question. 1
Lee believes the key point is that Mookie was angry at the wrongful death of Radio Raheem, stating that viewers who question the riot are explicitly failing to see the difference between property damage and the death of a Black man.” 2
