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National Review Round-Up

by Andrew Hibbard on November 26, 2008

The National Review Online delivers two excellent arts-related stories today. The first is by I Wear the Maternity Pants in this Family author Susan Konig. Her unintentionally funny article discusses the valuable lessons of chivalry put forth by Twilight’s hunky lead Edward Cullen:
But do boys like Edward Cullen exist only in fiction or in the realm of the [...]

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Mainstream Mormons

by Andrew Hibbard on November 22, 2008

From David Edelstein’s recent post in his Projectionist blog, concerning Twilight-albeit this portion of the post veers from Twilight to discuss the rising presence of Mormons (among them, Milk screenwriter Duncan Lance Black and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer):
With characters that veer between implosive sexual repression and explosive sexual liberation, are Mormons the new Catholics?
With HBO’s [...]

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Issue 14 – Worrying About The Right Things

by Baishi Wu on November 21, 2008

Photo courtesy Ian Soileau.
Featured:
Twilight
I’m worried that werewolves have become trendier than vampires. Scroll down to see a link to a review of the film as well.
Durham Performing Arts Center
B.B. King breaks in the DPAC with a concert on November 30th.
Immigrant Stories
Nuestras Historias, Nuestras Suenos and Border Stories are featured at the Center for Documentary Studies. [...]

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Issue 13 – Perpetually Indignant, Beyond Semantics

by Baishi Wu on November 13, 2008

Photo courtesy Diana Liu.
Featured:
The Pinhook
The words “Brooklyn” and “PBRs” are used twice each in this article.
Twilight? Lady Blue? Pseudofed?
Vampires are so in right now.
Rafter at the Duke Coffeehouse
Check out Rafter’s video contest for Sweaty Magic!
Carving Space in Election History
Economist cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher is completing a sculpture commemorating the 2008 presidential campaign, part of his [...]

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