First Published on Facebook 29 September 2014. A key misunderstanding people have about their relationship with fiction is the belief that their favorite characters are people they would like to hang around with. In a sense, this is what they’re doing when they read a story or watch a TV show; they are hanging out […]
I’m currently reading THE GREAT DETECTIVE by Zach Dundas, a splendid history of Sherlock Holmes from Edgar Allan Poe (whose Dupin was a Holmes predecessor), through Basil Rathbone all the way to Downey and Cumberbatch. I haven’t even passed Conan Doyle’s era yet, and I can already see that Dundas picks up meanings that most […]
Quick Explanation: From time to time, venerable properties already covered in this space will be remade again, prompting additional thoughts. This essay is hereby updated to cover Danny Boyle’s filmed stage version. First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Frankenstein aka Edison’s Frankenstein (1910). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Written by J. Searle Dawley, from the novel […]