Tag Archives: H. P. Lovecraft

“Lovecraft, Howard, and the Rest of Us, or: Is It Wong To Be Pulpy?”

  Bailed out of DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON, 1931, with Anna May Wong and Werner Toland, which kicked off a TCM tribute to Wong, and this led to some thoughts about racism, pulp, and quality. Toland played Charlie Chan, most … Continue reading

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Art & Artist Considered As a Venn Diagram

About the Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld and even Bill Cosby thing: I’m all for keeping considerations of the art apart from the artist, but when it’s as blatant as MANHATTAN makes it, you’ve got to deal with it. When … Continue reading

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