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Ampersandology
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Culture and all those yummy bits: Film. Fashion. Books. Words. Ampersandology is something close to covering all those in-betweens. High, middle, low: my brows are all over the place.
- Author: jlbesq
- Listed in: Pop Culture Cinema
- Tags: art Film literature history typography Nostalgia
Recent Posts
Ideas Worth Spreading.
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologyNowadays, I've been told we have short attention spans. I'm not sure if that refers to the collective or the individual, but it's not hard to suggest that our society was raised by the potent killer hybrid of media, ad...
James Lipton owns me.
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologyInside the Actor's Studio used to be my favourite guilty pleasure. It had actors! INSIDE THE STUDIO! Talking about their roles! CANDIDLY! I love candid. It's so real and stuff. I particularly dug the sin...
Trailers can be re-cut, so trailers can LIE.
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologyLooking up fake trailers on YouTube is a worthwhile pastime fun, but it sure can eat up your time! In the interest of the public good, I smoked out the creme of the crop. But less for the "public good" and more mo...
History is Outstanding.
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologySo I doing my daily morning roundup of news and whatnot, when I stumble onto a classic 'this day in history' entry on Wired.com (they do have a superior version of this old chestnut): I discovered that on Jul...
Butch Cassidy and the Worst Idea in the World
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologyI can't hold my tongue any longer. Tom Cruise is planning a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and..well, there goes my last vestige of hope that my childhood would survive the New 'Aughts...
The Clever Problem of Matilda
by Jillian Leigh, AmpersandologyIn writing my most recent piece for the Scope, I was reminded how wonderful the 1996 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda is. It’s the story of Matilda Wormwood, a child genius who’s writing before she can speak an...
