Category: Society

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Only Lenten Honesty Can Trump a Carnival of Lies

03/03/2017

Jokers are wild for Mardi Gras, but only a lent of honesty can counter a carnival of lies...

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Survival International Photo Competition

02/03/2017

Call for entries to Survival International's competition for images showing tribal peoples in their natural environment...

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Caress Your Inner Bunny (or We’ll Boil It): Movie Plotting and Psychology

02/03/2017

You want to write a killer plot? Feed the croc, snuggle the bunny and give the monkey a promotion...

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Democratic Stitch Ups and the Untouchable Will of the People

01/03/2017

Autocracies fail in the long run because the people much prefer to oppress themselves than be oppressed...

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A Nuremberg Rally of One

27/02/2017

No book burning is required when the masses of the consumer state do not read books....

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What Holocaust? What War? Collective Amnesia in the Time of Trump

24/02/2017

First as tragedy, then as farce. History repeats, but which one are we living in?...

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Kings Of The Ballot Box – What Democracies & Monarchies Have In Common

22/02/2017

2016 was not a good year for democracy. This year could be worse. ...

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Illusions of Weightlessness: The Dream Engine (Interview)

20/02/2017

Evoking tears of joy is a delicate art - The Dream Engine have it in hand...

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Hey Patriot, Why Do You Hate Your Country?

18/02/2017

Participation mystique is intoxicating, but ultimately futile against hate...

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Neurocinematic Testing – The Applications

16/02/2017

We know that certain stimuli can provoke certain reactions. How can we use that knowledge though? ...

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Donald’s Big State Visit. 1.8 Million Voices Ignored

15/02/2017

Even Neville Chamberlain stopped short of inviting fascists for state visits....

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Emotional Journeys Beyond the Fourth Wall: Cirque Bijou

13/02/2017

Busy? Hell yeah! Embracing the moment and making an impact with Cirque Bijou...

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Seven Stages of Sunny Fun: WOMADelaide

11/02/2017

Meet you under the Morton Bay figtrees. Womadelaide preview...

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Hunting the Inner Crocodile: Neurocinematic Methods

08/02/2017

Unleash your inner crocodile (but only after you've bought the popcorn)...

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Words, Phrases and Sentences: The Connective Tissue of Humanity

04/02/2017

Poets strive to map the beauty and terror of existence. You have never been alone....

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Failing Upwards: The Perpetual Motion of Elected Fraud

02/02/2017

Trump's repeated 'failing upwards' is only one sort of perpetual motion. ...

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Staggering Scenes: The Fine Art of Neurocinematic Studies

31/01/2017

On the treadmill, no-one can hide. New techniques of pre-testing audience response...

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They Say the Devil’s In the Deep End

28/01/2017

When you meet the devil, the only response is to wake and bake...

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anti trump protests

Anti-Trump Protests? Yes Please. Pro-Democrats Protests? No Thanks.

26/01/2017

Anti-Trump protests will lead nowhere if allowed to be channeled into the service of the Democratic Party. ...

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Neurocinematic Testing: Will It Make You Scream?

24/01/2017

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcap t is always hard to predict the response of a massed audience, and almost impossible to objectively assess creative works. In the...

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The Itch and the Burn. New Jersey Karma

23/01/2017

Anything that could dig a hole had crawled underground. The poolboys feel the burn....

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Smoke, Mirrors and the Gratuitous Gape Shot

21/01/2017

One look at the packet, and you'll definitely need a quick gasper....

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Pardoning Chelsea Manning: A Good Start to an End

19/01/2017

Trump an authoritarian despot? Sorry, the operatives of US imperium have beat you to the putsch....

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Urban(e) Legends: Prodigal Theatre & The Urban Playground Team

16/01/2017

Fourth wall on the street? Not our style at all....

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Pristine Pools, Watery Bowels and the Septic American Dream

15/01/2017

There are biological consequences to keeping an open sewer of stagnant water in your garden. Even if you call it a pool....

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Still Not Listening: Meryl Streep Fails to Charm the Hicks

14/01/2017

Meryl's message may have been astute, but if it ain't coming from a blue collar hick, it's just preaching to the choir....

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To Mow a Meadow (Green Scythe Fair)

12/01/2017

Remember where your food comes from. Remember the hands that toiled for you....

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Bad Vibes in the Jersey Punchbowl

09/01/2017

Sex, Strippers and Staph Infections in the Jersey 'Burbs...

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Politics? Environment? In the end, all is transitory.

07/01/2017

The human heart, an inveterate time-traveler, knows its way through the honey-hived portals of time. ...

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Pee and Loathing in New Jersey

04/01/2017

Of all the strippers' pools to be cleaning, it had to be this one.......

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