Adaptation of Classical Myth
The big question, the deep thought behind this post is this: What does it mean when a place like Nashville, TN claims to be “THE Athens of the South”? Granted, I have added the emphatic CAPS. Yet, this was the claim in the age of …
A new PSA from the State of Utah uses a celebrity promo, the Cloud Gatherer himself, to encourage Utahns to try harder to prevent wildfires. — Zeus2.0100_UtahGov The directors of the state’s Fire Sense program know well that road-side fires turn often into large-scale range …
———— Post by Sophia Ison* Andrew Bird’s music is often filled with philosophical themes, historical events, current issues, and scientific reference. He also dabbles in exploring classical myths. The folk indie song “Sisyphus”, by whistler extraordinaire Andrew Bird, depicts the endless labor of the previously …
——— post by Amelia Ferry* Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu; dir. C. Sciamma, 2019) adapts the classical myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Set on an island in 18th-century Bretagne, Sciamma’s screenplay paints the …