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Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyRalph Waldo Emerson on TransformabilityThe philosophy we want is one of fluxions and mobility. The Spartan and Stoic schemes are too stark and stiff for our occasion. A theory of…Jul 21Jul 21
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Lary WallaceinFever DreamsDjango Chained: ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ (1999)You didn’t yet have to explain yourself, in 1999, for liking Woody Allen, but you were already having to explain yourself for liking his…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsHe Needs Help: ‘127 Hours’ (2010)Some of the most extraordinary stories are also the hardest to tell. You’d think it might be different: with a story strong enough, you…Apr 16, 2022Apr 16, 2022
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsOn Location: ‘Nashville’ (1975)Although journalism used to be used pejoratively to dismiss works of fiction that supplemented the imaginary with the repertorial — as if…Nov 1, 2021Nov 1, 2021
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsWhy So Serious?: ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)An asterisk looms over Batman as large and lunar as the Bat-Signal itself: the only major superhero without superpowers; the only one with…Mar 20, 20211Mar 20, 20211
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsKing for a Night: ‘The King of Comedy’ (1982)“Barbra is hard to work with.”Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021