Results tagged “contempt”

Interior: A mysterious downtown Seattle condo known only as "Seattlest HQ."Characters: A mysterious blond woman slightly cuter than Brigitte Bardot (to be referred to as Femme Seattlest-Hater) and a mysterious man not quite as cute as Michel Piccoli wearing nothing but a towel and black socks (to be known as Homme Seattlest-Hater). Cue that awful Contempt theme music, whatever it's called, that plays over and over again throughout the movie. Homme Seattlest-Hater: What is a Brechtian deconstruction? What is its nature? What does it meeeeaaan? Femme Seattlest-Hater: I despise you and I despise this movie. Homme: But why? There must......

FRANK-O-PHILE: Thomas Frank's What's the Matter With Kansas? was hailed as the most important political book of its time when it came out during the 2004 Presidential election. Now, as the Bush era draws to its inevitable close, Frank is back with a new work, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule. Diving deep into the history of right-wing political activism since the Reagan years, Frank compellingly argues that the corruption and incompetence of government today is no accident, but rather the direct result of an ideology that believes......