Showing posts with label eminent demiheroes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eminent demiheroes. Show all posts
Friday, July 3, 2026

FAHRENHEIT 451 (2018)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* In an essay related to Ray Brad...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Though I reread Ray Bradbury...
Friday, June 19, 2026

RAWHIDE: "INCIDENT OF THE BLUE FIRE" (1959)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical* Like INCIDENT OF THE PALE RIDER,  ...
Monday, June 1, 2026

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, metaphysical, psychological* Und...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

THE FOX WITH A VELVET TAIL (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* The "fox" in the t...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

EXTREME MOVIE (2008)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I don't want to devote muc...
Monday, April 6, 2026

FINAL CURTAIN (1957)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical* “I know that I must find that ob...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

NIGHT FRIGHT (1967), TOP LINE (1988)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological* Despite having lots of trash-fil...
Monday, January 26, 2026

QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* The phrase "tongue in cheek...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS (1960}

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, psychological* I confess one of ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

ORPHEUS (1950)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, psychological, sociological* ...
Monday, December 29, 2025

CINDERELLA (1977), LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (1960)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* In my review of ...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

SNOW WHITE (2025)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* A funny "inverse parallel...