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Real and Virtual Life meet in Court

Posted on March 31, 2017 by dykewriter

An outing to the bank to do business. “You could do that on-line” the clerk said, downloading her job to the customer. “America ended privacy on the internet yesterday.” I replied. The bank software could not accept the once a … Continue reading →

Posted in Emergency Preparedness, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Banking, business, consumer confidence, consumer debt, Credit Cards, divorce, Dollarama, economy, eurosausage, government, international trade, middle class, poverty economy, Privacy, purchasing power, separation, social commentary, trade | Leave a comment

Reboot Maude

Posted on October 7, 2016 by dykewriter

The TV show Maude needs to be rebooted – and the most important change would not even be the dialog or the clothing – replace the alcohol bar with a Juice, Smoothie and Wheatgrass station. Now, the Creative Process … Continue reading →

Posted in Rules of Writering, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Bea Arthur, Betty White, demographics, family sitcoms, Girl Power, girl shows, Golden Girls, Good Times, homemaker, Mary Tyler Moore, Maude, reboot Maude, reboots, Remakes, Rue MacLanahan, social comedy, social commentary, the 1950s, the 1970s, the 1990s, The Jeffersons, Til Death Do Us Part, women's equality, work-life balance | 2 Comments

Hollywood and (insert)isms

Posted on January 31, 2016 by dykewriter

I am unsure why people are surprised that movies are not representative of the public, they never have been. The very blueprint format of movies – scripts – are encoded as production breakdown, not to be seen by the viewers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged ageism, communication, conservative, culture, disability, discrimination, gay for pay, gender issues, Hollywood, homophobia, ideas, liberal, Memes, message movies, movie messages, Movies, Never Go Full Retard, racism, representation, screenwriting, script format, sexism, social commentary, social discrimination, stereotype, stereotypes, story telling, telling stories, tropes | Leave a comment

Understanding Blasphemy 101

Posted on January 6, 2016 by dykewriter

The Vatican has condemned the current cover of Charlie Hedbo as being disrespectful to true believers. Which is actually the point of satire and parody, to be disrespectful in a way that reveals a truth. If you don’t do it … Continue reading →

Posted in Emergency Preparedness | Tagged atheist, blasphemy, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of speech, misanthrope, parody, religion, satire, secular, social commentary, statire | 1 Comment

The Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on December 22, 2015 by dykewriter

1968: Night of the Living Dead – George Romero’s cheapie horror shambler fest becomes a cult classic that extended this franchise into the 1980s. Early Horror Movies just tossed the audience into the showworld and the characters ran with it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Emergency Preparedness, Movie Review, Television Review, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged afterlife, ammosexuals, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, fear of death, horror movies, horror trend, Night of the Living Dead, racism, religion, slasher flick, social commentary, social parania, twilight sucks, vampires, walking dead, zombie | 3 Comments

MovieWorld: The Period Piece

Posted on November 24, 2015 by dykewriter

The time honored tradition of tackling a difficult subject by putting it in the past, so it’s bother easier to go “tut tut, people then!” and to keep the lead characters white so as to not have to be inclusive … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review, Rules of Writering, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged art and life, demographice, life and art, lowest common denominator, mainstream, mass market, niche market, Oscar Moment, Oscar movie, Period Piece, poverty cycle, representative, scenery chewing, social commentary, social issues, storytelling, Trumbo, voices | Leave a comment

Movie Trilogy Revue: Harold and Kumar

Posted on November 3, 2015 by dykewriter

Harold and Kumar, roommates and weed buddies Go To White Castle then Escape from Guantanamo Bay and I haven’t seen the third one, it’s a Christmas movie. It’s about aptitudes and interests, managing expectations and looking out for each … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged 4/20, behavior, comedy, counterculture, Harald and Kumar, John Cho, Kal Penn, Movie Franchise, movie trilogy, Neil Patrick Harris, NPH, pot movies, public behavior, satire, slice of life comedy, social commentary, Stoner Humour | Leave a comment

Toys: The Child and Adult Divide

Posted on July 18, 2015 by dykewriter

I went to McDonald’s with my Dad for dinner. I asked for the swearing Minion toy and they were sold out. She did the corporate script well to deflect that they had a number of minion toys in the line, … Continue reading →

Posted in Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Barbie Liberation Front, Barbie Pal Joe, Barble and Ken, BLF, co-opting mainstream, Cock Ring Ken, Creative Activism, Earring Magic Clubbers, GI Barbie, Guerrila Grrls, Happy Meal, Lesbian Avengers, McDonald's Happy Meal toys, McDonald's Playgrounds, McDonald's toy distribution, Minion, riot grrls, Social Activism, social commentary, subtext, Super Size Me | 3 Comments

Angles on Je Suis Charlie

Posted on January 9, 2015 by dykewriter

I was the news editor of Angles – Vancouver BC Canada’s original queer newspaper – although, for many years the masthead said “gay and lesbian”. I was instrumental in the addition of “Bisexual” and I am sorry that I missed … Continue reading →

Posted in Rules of Writering, Zeitgeist Analytics | Tagged Angles, Blasphemy is Duty, comedy, free speech, freelance journalist, Je Suis Charlie, journalism, Nina's Nonsense, parody, photo journalist, queer community, queer community newspaper, satire, social commentary, Vancouver BC Canada, vancouver police | 7 Comments

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