The can’t-criticize-the-emperor mentality produces a lot of dismal movies, art, novels and journalism. Is Oliver Anthony the start of a counterculture revolution? From Sasha Stone at sashastone.substack.com:
The 50th Annual Telluride Film Festival went off mostly without a hitch. It was the same beautiful town in the mountains of Colorado I’d been visiting for at least ten years. There were movies earmarked for the Oscar race, critics and bloggers, and film industry professionals scurrying from place to place. But something felt different.
It wasn’t just the lack of celebrities that are usually the draw for such an exclusive, expensive fest. The actors’ strike meant they could not show up, even if a few did sneak in for a party or two. Usually, they’re everywhere. Nicole Kidman getting coffee somewhere. I once rode the gondola with Jennifer Garner.
It wasn’t even so many people I used to know barely talk to me now. They used to love me, now they hate me. They have no other choice, of course. They can’t be seen fraternizing with the enemy. Those who still have the courage to say hello are few and far between.
No, it was something harder to define. There was a feeling that there were no good stories left to tell because the rules had become so oppressive, and all must be in strict compliance with how a small but powerful minority sees itself. That rendered the films almost unnecessary. A magic mirror of sorts to affirm what they all already think.
Breaking-Bolshevik enemedia reporting that Hunter B. will be charged at the end of the month over the illegal gun after 5 years investigation.
Filed by Weiss, the DA judge that threw out the attempted forever immunity was right, hat tip.
Says it won’t be a quick case.