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we are each of us a fading gigolo or fading gigolette

BLOCK­BUSTER VIDEO opened its first stores in the 1980s, renting movies as both Beta and VHS cas­sette tapes. Stan­dard pro­ce­dure then was to re­move the cas­sette from the orig­inal card­board box and in­sert the tape into a black plastic box. Block­buster then wrapped their own covers around the box: the com­pany name was on the front, the movie title on the spine, and a brief syn­opsis of the movie on the back. [Read more] “we are each of us a fading gigolo or fading gigolette”

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why mariel hemingway’s new revelation about woody allen doesn’t matter

“WOODY ALLEN IS A PREDATOR.Or so screams out from the Salon web­site posted on March 26, 2015. The sub-title is “Why Mariel Hemingway’s new rev­e­la­tion mat­ters,” and it is meant to grab my attention—and it has. It also send chills up my spine and should yours also, whether you’re in the “I knew it!” [Read more] “why mariel hemingway’s new revelation about woody allen doesn’t matter”

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the mia-dylan neverending story (and “the character assassination of woody allen” – part 3)

I WROTE A PIECE on this bit of media and In­ternet brouhaha on Jan­uary 18, 2014, and ti­tled it “The Char­acter As­sas­si­na­tion of Woody Allen in the Media Con­tinues as Ig­no­rance and Opinion Trump Facts.” (And I do not con­sider the world wide web a part of the “media.”). [Read more] “the mia-dylan neverending story (and “the character assassination of woody allen” – part 3)”

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if you’re not with me, then you must be against me (the character assassination of woody allen part 2)

I WROTE a stand­alone piece on this bit of media/internet brouhaha con­cerning the nev­erending accusations-without-evidence against Woody Allen on Jan­uary 18, 2014. I ti­tled it “the char­acter as­sas­si­na­tion of woody allen in the media con­tinues as ig­no­rance and opinion trump facts.” And, no, I do not con­sider the world­wide web a part of the “media,” and that word can be read as syn­ony­mous with “main­stream media”: the major tele­vi­sion and radio shows and news­pa­pers and magazines. [Read more] “if you’re not with me, then you must be against me (the character assassination of woody allen part 2)”

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the continuing character assassination of woody allen part 1

I JUST STUM­BLED over an ar­ticle ti­tled “The Woody Allen Story We Need To Stop For­get­ting” by Kelsey Miller for the Refinery29 web­site. (Jan­uary 13, 2014). First, if you are going to read this posting of mine, please click on over to Ms. Miller’s ar­ticle and read it in its en­tirety first. [Read more] “the continuing character assassination of woody allen part 1”

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