Tag Archives: shakespeare the tempest

ballad of barack pumpkinhead

The lost prophet of the Frankfurt School, who was, with hitherto unrevealed redemptive and messianic qualities restore the dream of social justice and economic prosperity for an all regardless of race, creed, or taste. The man who could pull back … Continue reading

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the kony ticket: kony island baby

Too many coincidences. Too much “noise” . Yes, he guy really did and does kidnap, rape and mutilate. And the KONY 2012 video is a fishy affair that does reinforce colonial politics and the racism endemic to the white savior … Continue reading

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caliban r & b

At the end of The Tempest, the enchanter Prospero says of his half-human slave Caliban: “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” Caliban, the native slave has really no articulation of character. He is a thing. A primate. Colonized. Shakespeare … Continue reading

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gilligan in a tempest: o brave new world

photoshop making the rounds. I guess we can thank John Heartfield and the Berlin Dada for the original altered art collages of the powers to be and that wanna be. But satire, at heart is an acceptance, perhaps transgressive, but … Continue reading

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caliban

Fear of a Black planet? The hypocritical emancipatory liberalism of John Stuart Mill that seems to reinforce patriarchy, racism in the most delectable sugar coating that today’s pop culture can occultishly conjure up. O Brave New World of Shakespeare’s The … Continue reading

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