I’m normally bored by the third episode of anything these days. That’s when writers are told to stretch paper thin plots to cover a season. Usually with unnecessary melodrama and character’s backgrounds fueled by a sense of self-importance. We might be going through a golden age of TV, but it is still TV. The clumsy little brother of film who needs 3 years to tell you what movies do in 90 minutes.…
Did you know Shakespeare died on his birthday? Probably. And that he was married to Anne Hathaway? Now you do, and to celebrate his double anniversary here’s something from Macbeth where he compares life to sitcoms. “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage. And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”.…
Read moreOne day you’re on stage being the star of your own movie and the next one you’re a pile of ashes. Seize the day my friends. The difference between all these people we worship and most of us is that we settle as audience. They grab life by the neck and go on a mission to leave something behind because there are really two kinds of people in this world.…
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