The Moth Chase

Elevating the Art of Procrastanalysis – Academics wasting time on pop culture

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Teenage Girls will Save the World (or damn it…it’s hard to tell!)

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Hey Travis,

So Tamara quickly became my favourite character last night – badass!  And she brought a new dimension to our ponderings about bodies with regards to avatars.  While Zoe continued to test the limits of her new body in the real world with the horrific ripping off of her arm – an act that surely set in motion a chain of consequences – Tamara began to experience her avatar body as limitless in a deeply productive way. Read the rest of this entry »

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February 27, 2010 at 10:35 am

Gravedancing and Avatar-dancing

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This episode really centered around two key relationships: Daniel and Amanda Graystone and Joseph and Sam Adama.  And these two connected to each other through Joseph’s ongoing grieving and Amanda’s continued impulsiveness…both of which actually paid off for them tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

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February 20, 2010 at 10:39 am

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Hey Kathryn,

I’m so curious to hear what you thought of this movie!  I really enjoyed it.  Sure, it’s not the most profound movie of all time, but it did make me think and, most of all, it was crazy fun to watch!  What a feast for the eyes and imagination.  And how wonderful to find myself caring about a world, a creation, because it was compellingly beautiful, not simply because of dry ethics or logic. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 21, 2009 at 11:08 pm

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