![]() The scene, which was written by John Steinbeck, is clearly an inspiration for one of McCain’s latest ads, wherein a rainbow coalition of men and women stare into the camera and proudly announce, one after the other, “ I am Joe the Plumber.” Viva Zapata!, McCain’s favorite film, closes with a stirring scene wherein villagers dress like Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata to show solidarity. Jordan is especially influential for McCain, a man who models real-life actions on fictional events. “ You know he is a fictional character?” Salter said he asked McCain, who replied, “I know, but he was influential!” Robert Jordan is everything I ever wanted to be.”Īccording to a recent New York Times story, McCain tried to be Robert Jordan, imposing the narrative of Tolls onto his own autobiography, leading to fights with his cowriter Mark Salter. “I am an incurable idealist and romantic. ![]() ![]() “My number-one hero of all time!” McCain said on the campaign trail in 2007. He talks about Ernest Hemingway’s Spanish Civil War novel and its hero Robert Jordan with a passionate adoration he’s never even displayed for his own wife. John McCain loves For Whom the Bell Tolls. In this week’s book section, I read some of John McCain’s favorite books. We do not want harm to come to anyone-to those who live in the houses (from wannabe Ashley Todds) or to our staff (from right-wing nuts)-so we’ve taken the piece down. What began as political satire changed from reasonably intelligent, irreverent discourse to something ugly. ![]() On Saturday morning the piece exploded on right-wing blogs, and death threats were made on our staff. We did not remove those comments and left our own addresses up on our website. There was some debate on The Stranger’s website on Thursday and Friday about the piece’s inclusion of addresses-about the homeowners’ and The Stranger’s right to free speech, and about yards signs as public discourse-and some readers posted addresses of Stranger staffers in comments, because turnabout is fair play. Because in an election year, nothing’s more terrifying than the future.” From later in the piece: “Without a doubt, this is no home to man, but a monolithic holding cell packed floor-to-ceiling with bubbling black goo.”) The point was that our readers, typically liberal, would be chilled by these “Halloween” displays.Īfter the piece came out on Wednesday morning, there was no violence, no vandalism. That’s where we found the most pants-wettingly scary houses…. If you’re looking for the most hair-raising Halloween horrors, try scouring the streets of the Eastside. (The introduction: “Cobwebs and witches are for children and morons. There was no incitement to violence or incitement to anything else, and the piece was very clearly parody. We were parodying a certain kind of daily newspaper feature-the “houses with the best Halloween/Christmas decorations” article, which typically includes addresses-and so we included addresses. Episode 385: Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse i.Last Thursday we published a story called “Hell Houses” about houses on the Eastside displaying McCain and Palin yard signs.Episode 387: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.Episode 393: 10 Things I Hate About You.Episode 395: Now You See Him, Now You Don't.Episode 399: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Episode 402: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.Episode 404: The Strongest Man in the World.Episode 425: Something Wicked This Way Comes.Episode 426: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.Episode 435: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.Yes, Josh and Scott find out the hard way that a lot of the Disney shorts of the early 1930s tread similar ground, but how many of them stand out nearly 90 years later? Are there any awkward depictions of racial stereotypes? And speaking of racial stereotypes, keep an ear out for some time-specific references to the Golden Globes and how excited your hosts are when a certain film about old-fashioned race relations wins big! ![]() These shorts, which premiered between 19, span everything from the days when Mickey Mouse and his sweetheart Minnie played music and danced around in synchronized movement to.the days when Mickey and ayed music.and danced around.in synchronized movement. Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and the first podcast that we recorded in 2019! (Not the first episode of the year, to be fair.) It's time for one of our sporadic deep-dives into the Walt Disney Treasures collections of DVDs, this time talking about Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two. ![]()
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