80s Hits: Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers at the National Theatre
“I saw a poster on the subway on the way here”, the woman in the seat next to me said …
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The Playmate’s Tragedy: Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage
I found my allotted space near the top of the Royal Opera House and began the ancient English ritual of …
Never Ever Forever: Taylor Swift and Repetition
Following on from my piece on repeition and quotation in Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop“, I’m taking a look at Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never …
Recycling at the Thrift Shop: Macklemore and Repetition
My posts about misquoting Shakespeare have made me more alert than usual to the way quotation and repetition feature in …
The Fandom Menace, or, “The Masses and the Critics”
“I’m not a fan, I just enjoy his work” said a friend over lunch. For quite a while, that was …
Defamations and Definitions, or, “Boundary Disputes”
“He writes like a journalist, of course.” It wasn’t until I’d heard that said in dismissive tones in a Senior …
