Today I was watching an ancient episode of Malcolm in the Middle in which Malcolm is confronted by a bully playing the Shadow game. I hate people who do this; it always annoyed me more than any other traditional tactic, but before today, I never really thought about it as anything more than that. Malcolm [...]
Posts Tagged ‘language’
Shadow Games
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, cultural theory, language, malcolm in the middle, tv, words on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say it with me: Am-bi-guity!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ambiguity, chaucer, cultural theory, improv, jon stewart, language, mullets, school, shakespeare, stephen colbert on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is it just me, or does every semester seem to take on its own unique personality or theme, regardless of whatever classes one happens to be taking? No matter what the content, it always seems like the same issues are at stake, and every term it changes. I realize of course that what’s happening is [...]
Romeo and Juliet Revisited
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, language, romeo and juliet, shakespeare on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hate Tuesdays today; some weeks I can scrounge up an adequate space filler to occupy myself between morning and afternoon lectures, but alas, today that would mean working on my Shakespeare seminar, and I don’t feel quite ready to do that yet.
It feels odd writing about Romeo & Juliet in grad school; the last [...]
