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Excuse Me: Who Are You?
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Excuse Me: Who Are You?

In a world where we are expected to play a variety of conflicting roles, in which our lives are all interconnected, broadcast and dissected, we invariably develop situational identities. We are not one person, we are many people who go by the same name.

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A Long Road Out of Hell
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A Long Road Out of Hell

Despite its somewhat lurid imagery, Jacob’s Ladder is not horrifying because of what it shows, like Hellraiser, not even because of what it doesn’t show, as with Hitchcock’s Psycho. It is horrifying because you never know how solid the ground beneath you is.

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Modern Mythology foundations
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Modern Mythology foundations

Myths speak to our need of stories and images, both grand and mundane, for us to relate ourselves to.  However, they’re often introduced as a childish thing that must at some point be put aside.

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