Tag Archives: Katharine Hepburn

zimbabwe: houses of the holy

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave

Who built Zimbabwe? Some say King Solomon and other The Queen of Sheba. Archaeologists  claim they have had the right answer for years… …For a reluctant guest as a forcibly detained visitor of the local Africans, German explorer Karl Mauch … Continue reading →

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there’s plenty of room at the bottom

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dave

From the previous post that brought up Harry Saltzman, one of the originators of developing the social realism genre of film. Of course, Saltzman did not operate in a vacuum, but he had an intuitive sense that connected the north … Continue reading →

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An Oscar for the “male gaze”

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Dave

Since the first biblical patriarchs wandered out of Babylonia to the Egyptian Pharoahs and through the Greek theatre of Aristophanes to modern Hollywood, the male hero has been the center of the universe. Copernicus proved “man” was not the center … Continue reading →

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Heresy on the Guest list: too darn hot

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Dave

Heresy has always had many faces. The classic division has always followed the Voltaire pattern of speaking  truth to power in order to be absorbed within the establishment, and accept the sacraments. Heresy has traditionally been seen as four faced: … Continue reading →

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