I Hate You Like Family: Sibling Rivalry In Pop Culture

Published on January 30th, 2012 in: Issues, Movies, Music, Oh No You Didn't |

By Aila Slisco

When the often-quoted W.C. Fields famously said “never work with children or animals,” he might have done well to add “or siblings.” Anyone with a sibling knows that there is an often thin line between love and hate when it comes to relations between brothers and sisters. Sibling rivalry has probably been around as long as siblings have, although it rarely reaches the Biblical proportions of Cain murdering Abel. When it happens in pop culture, even comparatively mild disagreements are amplified and the drama is put on display for all to see.
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Theatre Of Blood: The Stage Is Set . . . For Murder!

Published on September 29th, 2011 in: Comedy, Halloween, Horror, Movies, Retrovirus |

By Aila Slisco

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There is a space between comedy and horror which some people call black humor. If a movie can inhabit that space, it will likely be a favorite of mine. While this has certainly been used in movies up to the present day, the golden age of this kind of horror comedy film arguably happened in the UK several decades ago. Theatre of Blood is not only a great example of the horror comedy, but my favorite film of the subgenre.
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An Introduction To: Reeves and Mortimer

Published on November 29th, 2009 in: Comedy, Culture Shock, Issues, OMG British R Coming, TV |

By Aila Slisco

The best kind of laugh is the kind which seemingly comes from nowhere. It’s the product of an inexplicable kind of humor, which no amount of analyzing can explain adequately, and something, which from a comedy performer’s point of view, is just as likely to confuse an audience as it is to make them break down with laughter. Preferably it will do both. This is exactly the kind of comedy the UK comedy duo Reeves and Mortimer have made their specialty.
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