Mattie ElliottTheatre: ‘Indecent’s Haunting Tribute to A Jewish Play[CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains discussion of the Holocaust.]Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Mattie ElliottTheatre: ‘Midsummer’ is Not Just Black and WhiteJulie Taymor’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was nothing short of spectacular. The entire show was…Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Mattie ElliottTheatre: The Use of Musical Motif in ‘Slave Play’Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, which made its Broadway debut in 2018, has had a polarizing critical reception. The double-entendre titled…Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Mattie ElliottTheatre: The Politics of Epic Theatre“When the play ends, what remains?” is a question with which writer and professor Rustom Bharucha opened a keynote speech at the London…Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Mattie ElliottTheatre: Women in the Social World of ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’Since the beginning of recorded history, and perhaps even before, women have been consistently placed in disadvantaged positions within the…Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Mattie ElliottFilm: A House of Mirrors Reflects the Hidden Horrors of SocietyYou know that feeling when you stare at yourself in a mirror for too long and your face starts to take a new shape and then suddenly you…Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Mattie ElliottFilm: Encanto’s Kid-Friendly Approach to TraumaEven the most dedicated of fans can admit that most Disney films are pretty formulaic. From animation to catchy earworm tunes to the use of…Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Mattie ElliottLiterature: The Paradoxical Nature of Claudia Rankine’s ‘Salvage the Bones’Although a key part of literature, irony can be hard to justify. What is its role in the text? Why is it such an important element? What…Jul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Mattie ElliottLiterature: Frankenstein As A Feminist Critique of Male AmbitionTo any reader not familiar with the Literature curriculum, it may come as a surprise that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which helped develop…Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022
Mattie ElliottYear In Review: Top 10 Indie Pop, Rock, & Folk Releases Of 2021[originally published December 20, 2021 to Music Mecca]Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022
