Tag Archives: Tod Browning

by another name

Attacking the enfranchised “unfit.” Purging society of those who do not measure up to the required standards of national efficiency, ( Henry Kissinger’s “useless eaters” ) or whatever euphemisms we may have to couch the theory of euthanasia, and the … Continue reading

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freaks : gabba gabba mantra

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) tod browning’s bizarre masterpiece, “freaks”, also seems to introduce an interesting tweak in movie title typography. i imagine there are earlier examples, but this is the earliest i’ve found of a sort of ‘interactive’ typographic … Continue reading

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manic pixie dream vampire

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is a sort of ‘update’ to the essay i wrote a while back about the history of the ‘vampire chick’ in popular culture. (if you go into my photo files and click on the … Continue reading

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the vampires… desires of the dark promise

the vampires… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Vampire chicks! we love ‘em to death! the vampire chick is one of those ubiquitous and constantly present iconographic images in our culture. there’s even an enormous amount of pornography exclusively dedicated to vampire … Continue reading

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MARCUSE : POURING SALT ONTO SACCHARINE NOTIONS

Some people call a lie told for a great and good purpose a “noble lie.” Our government engages in a noble lie, according to these people, when it lies to us for our own good. Let us suppose, for the … Continue reading

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ALLS FAIRS IN A CIRCUS THAT DWARFS A S'MIDGET OF UNDERSTANDING

The understanding being our minds are too big and ego-inflated to get into the hard to reach places in the back of the mind. ”The presentation of human oddities changed dramatically with P.T. Barnum and his famous attraction, Tom Thumb … Continue reading

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