Celebrating the Living
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an actor, a writer, an activist, and also a basketball player.
Attention Must Be Paid
Barbara Billingsley spent many years playing June Cleaver, but she was also Nanny, and she spoke jive.
Disney Byways
Calling on Disney to be braver than they currently appear to be, braver than the studios of the '30s were.
Intrusive Thoughts
Why is the cozy murder mystery a genre and why do we love it as much as we do? And was Jessica Fletcher a serial killer?
Celebrating the Living
Melendy Britt has been a voice actress and a live-action actress, working with an amazing list of people.
Attention Must Be Paid
Hugh Beaumont had a long and illustrious career that was more than Ward Cleaver, but for most people it was Ward Cleaver.
Celebrating the Living
Stuffy Englishman par excellence Colin Firth, who has tried so hard not to get typecast.
Attention Must Be Paid
Oscar-winner Donna Reed had quite a movie career before moving on to television.
Celebrating the Living
Shawnee Smith has been a Scream Queen of note as well as being a singing, dancing orphan.
Disney Byways
In a way, New Orleans Square’s two real attractions are themselves markers of the end of Walt-era Disney and the beginning of post-Walt Disney. The opening of the park was Walt’s last great public appearance. The first ride to open in it, several years later, was the Pirates of the Caribbean, which Walt personally supervised […]
Taco Break
Comparing two stories that succeed not through worldbuilding, but by focusing on character and action
