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“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” provides a crash course on making a likable protagonist
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Writing a feminist protagonist in a film feels like it should be easy on paper, but in reality, few pull off the feat seamlessly. For writers, there are two ways to approach this issue; the easy way and the hard way. The easy way to write a female heroine is to, simply put, write her…
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Predicting the cast of the Tiger King biopic
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I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that Nicholas Cage has been cast as Joe Exotic in the upcoming biopic based on his life. Sure, I’m about a month late on all the Tiger King talk, but it’s always fun to speculate about the casting of a biopic, especially with such a primitive, dysfunctional…
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Rocketman launches into theatres
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On the surface, Elton John’s 1972 hit “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)” is about an astronaut preparing to go to Mars, with lyrics revealing a life that is adored by the public but is quite lonely and difficult for the individual. Now, Dexter Fletcher’s musical biopic Rocketman makes it more…
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An in-depth look at what makes the Laurier-Western rivalry so special
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s rivalry with Western is something that brings all the Laurier students together. If you ask Laurier students, they’ll state numerous reasons for why they don’t like Western and why the rivalry exists. For starters, Laurier was affiliated with Western until 1960. The school’s colours, purple and gold, are an extension of the…
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