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ealgylden"Godzilla is 50 this year! PopMatters is seeking writers who are interested in contributing essays on all things Godzilla: from those avidly collected little plastic products to this monster of a metaphor for popular paranoia — any of the many ways in which the monster from Japan invaded popular consciousness the world over. Note: We're hoping to avoid 'how I used to play I was Godzilla' nostalgia. Rather, we encourage writers to have fun with how Godzilla, and Godzilla-ness, has stomped through those many physical and conceptual places beyond one's own home; be it in movies, video games, Halloween fashions, food fads, campaign speeches . . .
Interested writers: please send your one-paragraph proposal that summarizes how you'd like to "approach" Godzilla to Karen Zarker at zarker@popmatters.com with the subject matter heading "Godzilla" by Friday, January 23rd. Writers whose proposals are accepted will have the entire month of February to work on their pieces."
Well, that's just neat. My little sister and I started a Godzilla fan club when we were kids, and we made our best friends join or else. We each picked a monster nickname, and there was a big fight over who got to be Mothra, because she was so cool. I was Monster Zero, of course. Can't go wrong with three heads and atomic fire, no sir.
So the long-rumored film version of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain might finally be getting off the ground. Yay, mostly. I'd love to see Heath Ledger as a gay cowboy, and I like Annie Proulx, but I had mixed feelings about "Brokeback Mountain." Possibly it was overhyped to me. I haven't read it in a while, though, so it might be time for a new look at it. And I'd love for the movie to come out, be a huge success, and inspire someone to finally film The Dreyfus Affair. Now that would be fabulous.
Anyway, the part of the article that most caught my attention was, "Chris Packard, an adjunct professor at New York University's Gallatin School and the author of the forthcoming book Queer Cowboys..." Oooh! Forthcoming when? I'll have to keep an eye out.
And a random link from my sister- Spook's Menagerie Of Horror, Part 4 - Brother-In-Law Of Horror. Funny, weird stuff.
Interested writers: please send your one-paragraph proposal that summarizes how you'd like to "approach" Godzilla to Karen Zarker at zarker@popmatters.com with the subject matter heading "Godzilla" by Friday, January 23rd. Writers whose proposals are accepted will have the entire month of February to work on their pieces."
Well, that's just neat. My little sister and I started a Godzilla fan club when we were kids, and we made our best friends join or else. We each picked a monster nickname, and there was a big fight over who got to be Mothra, because she was so cool. I was Monster Zero, of course. Can't go wrong with three heads and atomic fire, no sir.
So the long-rumored film version of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain might finally be getting off the ground. Yay, mostly. I'd love to see Heath Ledger as a gay cowboy, and I like Annie Proulx, but I had mixed feelings about "Brokeback Mountain." Possibly it was overhyped to me. I haven't read it in a while, though, so it might be time for a new look at it. And I'd love for the movie to come out, be a huge success, and inspire someone to finally film The Dreyfus Affair. Now that would be fabulous.
Anyway, the part of the article that most caught my attention was, "Chris Packard, an adjunct professor at New York University's Gallatin School and the author of the forthcoming book Queer Cowboys..." Oooh! Forthcoming when? I'll have to keep an eye out.
And a random link from my sister- Spook's Menagerie Of Horror, Part 4 - Brother-In-Law Of Horror. Funny, weird stuff.
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Date: 2004-01-14 10:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:42 am (UTC)Lol! *<3s you*
A poor excuse for a slash fan am I, as I haven't heard of Brokeback Mountain, or if I have, I haven't read it. Still, Heath Ledger? Gay cowboy? I'm so there.
Pray tell, what is The Dreyfus Affair? Is this something every little slasher should read?
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Date: 2004-01-15 08:12 am (UTC)"Brokeback Mountain" is a depressing (but good) story in a depressing (but good) collection that Annie Proulx published a couple of years ago, called Close Range: Wyoming Stories (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684852225/qid=1074153348//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-0310884-9041617?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). The whole collection is full of stark, striking images and gorgeous turns of phrase, and I've always liked her style, but it works better in some stories than others. I really do need to reread "Brokeback," I think.
The Dreyfus Affair (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060975598/qid=1074153538/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-0310884-9041617?v=glance&s=books), OTOH, is funny and sweet (and occasionally bittersweet). Randy Dreyfus, a star shortstop, falls in love with his second baseman. Problem is- he's married (denial, poor boy), he's famous, and everyone knows there are no gay baseball players. So Randy and DJ try to have their romance while first hiding from their sport and the world, then facing them, and it's all very sweet and fun and sad and satirical. You don't need to know anything about baseball either, though if you do, that only adds to it. Definitely a fun read.
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