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CONSTABLE CONFIDENTIALFlash Back: Constable and Batchelor Play Scrooge and Marley @RealConstableHere's a flashback to 2008, in which John Batchelor and I play Scrooge and Marley to tell the story of mega-conman Bernie Madoff who was charged with fraud in 2008 after running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto description: From a 1900 illustrated edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, with a drawing of Scrooge by Frederick Simpson Coburn The intro is a shortened version of a clip by Richard Wagner, EEF OAL-1, licensed via Wikimedia Commons, p...
2023-12-2804 min
New Books in Historical FictionJerome Charyn, "Ravage & Son" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023)Ravage & Son (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023) by Jerome Charyn is a novel set in the Lower East Side of New York City in the early years of the twentieth century when it was America’s most crime-ridden and decadent neighborhood. Featuring an alluring cast of heroes, misfits, and monsters, Ravage & Son is part Jekyll and Hyde, part crime noir, part mystery novel, and ultimately an instant classic – a cinematic kaleidoscope that captures both the intense beauty and utter debauchery of humanity in this bygone era.At the heart of the novel is the menacing Lionel Ravage, a heartbroken powerbr...
2023-08-3136 min
New Books in LiteratureJerome Charyn, "Ravage & Son" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023)Ravage & Son (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023) by Jerome Charyn is a novel set in the Lower East Side of New York City in the early years of the twentieth century when it was America’s most crime-ridden and decadent neighborhood. Featuring an alluring cast of heroes, misfits, and monsters, Ravage & Son is part Jekyll and Hyde, part crime noir, part mystery novel, and ultimately an instant classic – a cinematic kaleidoscope that captures both the intense beauty and utter debauchery of humanity in this bygone era.At the heart of the novel is the menacing Lionel Ravage, a heartbroken powerbr...
2023-08-3139 min
School of MoviesThe Christmas Thieves (Audio Drama)For two days only, I am putting out my festive audio drama, The Christmas Thieves, in one handy 107-minute show.
It is a standalone adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' with a New Century Multiverse twist. Effectively the characters from The Princess Thieves are acting out proceedings, much like The Muppets or Scrooge McDuck.
However, it's also canon, and these events take place the December before that much larger story in April 1883. You don't need to have heard any of the other stories to enjoy this (though if you have heard The Princess Thieves y...
2020-12-241h 47
Podcast of the RealThe Last Great Festival: Isle of Wight 1970A documentary produced in 1990 featuring the voices from the Isle of Wight who attended the legendary festival, opposed it and organized it. Featured:
Peter Harrigan, PR officer for Fiery Creations/Foulk Brothers.
Ron Smith fmr County Councillor and Site Operations for Fiery Creations
PC Poynter – Isle of Wight Police
Lionel Osman – Freshwater Parish Council
David Clarke – Afton site owner
Reverend Boyer of Mottistone
Doug Watson/Gary Batchelor Southern Vectis Bus Company
Jock Campbell – Security at site
Jean Ainsworth – Freshwater resident
Judy Gasc...
2020-08-2357 min
Trem da MaldadeGênero e transgênero na Disney: Rainha Má, Cruela, Malévola, ÚrsulaEstreia: De mau (com u) a melhor, com Gabriela Mayer
Arte: Felipe Bueno
REFERÊNCIAS
Feminismo & príncipes encantados - Fernanda Breder
Os Contos de Fadas - Ana Lúcia Merege
Problemas de gênero - Judith Butler
Tinker Belles and Evil Queens - Sean Griffin
Mean Ladies: Transgendered villains in Disney Films - Amanda Putnam
Notes on camp - Susan Sontag
Os contos de fadas e a formação de valores morais - Dalva Mato (UFG/UFU/UFMT)
A representação das mulheres e as discussões de gên...
2020-07-2532 min