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Daniel Dockery
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Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
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I wrote about 2019's JOKER and the fact that, no matter how many tragic backstories or weird quirks you give him, all cinematic versions of the character are still in debt to Heath Ledger's iconic portrayal. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

5 Years Ago, a Controversial Superhero Movie Redefined an Iconic Character
5 Years Ago, a Controversial Superhero Movie Redefined an Iconic Character

'Joker,' which hit theaters on October 4, 2019, tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a wannabe stand-up comedian who mentally devolves, Taxi Driver-style, into both a serial killer and a bloody populist h...

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I wrote about 2019's JOKER and the fact that, no matter how many tragic backstories or weird quirks you give him, all cinematic versions of the character are still in debt to Heath Ledger's iconic portrayal. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

5 Years Ago, a Controversial Superhero Movie Redefined an Iconic Character
5 Years Ago, a Controversial Superhero Movie Redefined an Iconic Character

'Joker,' which hit theaters on October 4, 2019, tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a wannabe stand-up comedian who mentally devolves, Taxi Driver-style, into both a serial killer and a bloody populist h...

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I would've been really disappointed if I didn't get to write about the greatest film in American history (and my favorite,) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, for its 50th anniversary this month. Glad I got to! It should be out fairly soon.

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Joel Schumacher, a gay filmmaker, apologizing to "disappointed" fans of Batman movies, the fans that had often lambasted Batman & Robin for its camp and for being "too gay," is one of the saddest things in blockbuster history. Warner Bros. would include it as a special feature on their DVD.

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Greymon doodles

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on Christian faith, private abuse, and public policy, in The Cut today - an excerpt from my book Wild Faith: www.thecut.com/article/the-...

Corporal punishment is legal in schools in 17 states, and approximately 160,000 children are subjected to it every year. In many of these states, parents must sign consent forms signaling their willingness to have their children spanked by strangers with hands or wooden paddles - absent the child's input about their own body.
The regularity and implacability of physical punishment are two features that abuse survivors remember keenly. "I was young, probably around age 4, and I remember this experience very clearly yet remember almost nothing else from that age," Mary, age 30, wrote to me. "We had been out in public. I'm pretty sure that the initial infraction was I started crying when my dad went to zip up my coat. ... By the time we got home the punishment being dealt was 100 hits without any pants or underwear. My dad didn't skip a single one. I just remember hearing my own screaming and wondering if it would ever end."
The belief that obedience to God requires doing violence to children continues to shape American public policy toward children, including in public schools. In March 2023, the Oklahoma legislature was presented with a bill that would have outlawed the physical punishment of disabled students, including slapping, spanking, and paddling. One Republican legislator, Jim Olsen, presented a fierce mien on the statehouse floor as he advocated against the statute. "God's word is higher than all the so-called experts," he said. "Several Scriptures could be read here.
Let me read just one, Proverbs 29: 'The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. So that would seem to endorse the use of corporal punishment." The bill to protect disabled children failed, 45-43.
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Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass in the movie SHATTERED GLASS. It's really good. (The director, Billy Ray, also did BREACH with Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe, and that's good, too.) The caption is one the complaints JD Vance made in the VP debate. Stephen Glass was a serial plagiarist who was undone by fact-checking. You get it.
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Lol at people who think paperwork will act as a magic defense shield against this. "They can't just do that, there are laws. " My sweet child, where have you been exactly.

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There's a Palgrave / Springer coupon code for 50% off, good for the next couple of days: FLSH50 You can use it to get my book "Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii" for US$16.50 for the softcover and US$12.50 for the ebook. link.springer.com/book/10.1057...

Stray Dog of Anime
Stray Dog of Anime

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Daniel Dockery
@dandock.bsky.social
Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
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