DakotaIIn William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine Minola is an outspoken, un-marriable…In the introduction to the film, a choice in diegetic music conveys an incredibly clear picture of Kat Stratford’s character — with…Aug 8, 2019Aug 8, 2019
DakotaShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet begins with a simple introductory phrase: “In fair Verona” (Romeo…The fictional city of Verona Beach is the setting in which the lovers must meet and die, and it is Luhrmann’s world-building that sets the…Aug 8, 2019Aug 8, 2019
DakotaWhen the Civil War came and went, a destructive path swept through the South and erased from…“The Battle of Chickamauga,” a short story by Ambrose Bierce, is a tale in which a little boy’s experience mirrors that of intellectual…Aug 8, 2019Aug 8, 2019
DakotaDixie — A Lyrical Agenda (excerpt)The anthem of the South did not begin in the south at all — in fact, it began as a minstrel song written from the perspective of a slave…Jul 30, 2019Jul 30, 2019