Student Work: Advanced Writing Course
The Antihero, as Seen on Reality TV
Like the Greek tragedy of its time, The Bachelor is one of the best modern portrayals of the human condition.
Notes for a Hypothetical Tragedy
The truth of any good tale is the thing that makes it art. Without truth, art’s power to change the way we see things fails in the hands of the artists and remains, then, merely words on a page.
On the Reinvention of the Horror Genre
The psychological elements of Hitchcock’s "Psycho" remain crystallized in our cultural zeitgeist to this day, inspiring new generations of horror filmmakers. The rise of Jordan Peele, Ari Aster, and Robert Eggers signals a contemporary shift.
In the Moment
If I like a film enough after the first watch, I think about it nonstop for weeks on end. I ponder the moments that made me shudder and gasp.
Parables of Law and War
The outpost had existed for centuries, stocked with soldiers for reasons lost to time.
The Deception of The Bird Revelation
Chappelle's casual and conversational performance style in this special has a very specific function: It gets the audience on his side.
Three Poems
"People have never seemed so precious. / Like the earth from outer space, / beautiful and beyond me."
On Being Edible
I believe that catcalling serves the double function of allowing the collective chauvinist culture to flex its muscles in the streets in order to keep women in a state of submission, and of allowing individual men to boost their egos by engaging in an activity that gives them a feeling of power.