For 168 episodes, Seinfeld reveled in the most minute minutiae, eventually spinning those trivialities into plots with the most cosmic interrelations. The show about nothing was, as has been suggested many times, always really about something. But those somethings were…
Tag: pop-culture-critique
Quality time with Billy Joel takes place of concert tour
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The Many Faces of Trading Places
This paper on the film Trading Places, exploring its many comic layers as well as its nature vs. nurture themes, was written for a course in comic theatre at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the The Many Faces…
Gratuitous Violence
This narrative short motion picture was produced for a course in filmmaking with filmmaker Marilyn Rivchin at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. A spoof of Hollywood spy movies, the story follows an unlucky average Joe into whose hands accidentally…
Bait and Switch
This narrative short motion picture, in which a dysfunctional couple is made moreso when a television ratings company lures them into what is later revealed to be an Orwellian conspiracy, was produced by a motion picture course given at Cornell…
Where the Heart Is
This paper on three of Paul Simon’s songs was written for a course in poetry at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the Where the Heart Is .pdf.
Gallimard’s Quest for Power
This paper on David Henry Hwang’s play M. Butterfly was written for a course in contemporary theatre at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the Gallimard’s Quest for Power .pdf.