http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sat, 16 May 2026 15:44:36 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/#comment-162426 Rose of Washington Square on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:10:23 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=35403#comment-162426 [...] trope and its subversion whereby the wrong guy became the Socialist-Tractorist (which is to say truly and utterly, world-destructuringly wrongv) rightabouts the Last Socialist War, back when the wrong guy was just some rando schmuck thinking [...] [...] trope and its subversion whereby the wrong guy became the Socialist-Tractorist (which is to say truly and utterly, world-destructuringly wrongv) rightabouts the Last Socialist War, back when the wrong guy was just some rando schmuck thinking [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/#comment-155350 Sweet Smell of Success on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:16:26 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=35403#comment-155350 [...] The misfortunate Walter Winchellii, whose real world persona this idiotic production quaintly if quite unintentionally assassinates, was orders of magnitude more personable, to say nothing of funny, socially adjusted, connected, intelligent, cultivated and for that matter washed -- the decerebrates ricocheting off the walls and talking into each others' air in the film don't seem capable of putting soap to much use on their own power, or for that matter all that likely to ever end up in close contact with running water. How the fuck anyone in the 50s managed to produce such a bland, lame and thoroughly collapsible rendition of the wisecrack era... I mean these dorks don't ever say anything funny, not ever, they don't play, they don't... it's like they're from the fifties, all dour and pucker-fuckfaced. There's even McCarthy-ism retrofitted in there, but not the slightest whiff of golden era.iii [...] [...] The misfortunate Walter Winchellii, whose real world persona this idiotic production quaintly if quite unintentionally assassinates, was orders of magnitude more personable, to say nothing of funny, socially adjusted, connected, intelligent, cultivated and for that matter washed -- the decerebrates ricocheting off the walls and talking into each others' air in the film don't seem capable of putting soap to much use on their own power, or for that matter all that likely to ever end up in close contact with running water. How the fuck anyone in the 50s managed to produce such a bland, lame and thoroughly collapsible rendition of the wisecrack era... I mean these dorks don't ever say anything funny, not ever, they don't play, they don't... it's like they're from the fifties, all dour and pucker-fuckfaced. There's even McCarthy-ism retrofitted in there, but not the slightest whiff of golden era.iii [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/#comment-153794 Sweet Smell of Success on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:08:07 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=35403#comment-153794 [...] The misfortunate Walter Winchellii, whose real world persona this idiotic production quaintly if quite unintentionally assassinates, was orders of magnitude more personable, to say nothing of funny, socially adjusted, connected, intelligent, cultivated and for that matter washed -- the decerebrates ricocheting off the walls and talking into each other's air in the film don't seem capable of putting soap to much use on their own power, or for that matter all that likely to ever end up in close contact with running water. How the fuck anyone in the 50s managed to produce such a bland, lame and thoroughly collapsible rendition of the wisecrack era... I mean these dorks don't ever say anything funny, not ever, they don't play, they don't... it's like they're from the fifties, all dour and pucker-fuckfaced. There's even McCarthy-ism retrofitted in there, but not the slightest whiff of golden era.iii [...] [...] The misfortunate Walter Winchellii, whose real world persona this idiotic production quaintly if quite unintentionally assassinates, was orders of magnitude more personable, to say nothing of funny, socially adjusted, connected, intelligent, cultivated and for that matter washed -- the decerebrates ricocheting off the walls and talking into each other's air in the film don't seem capable of putting soap to much use on their own power, or for that matter all that likely to ever end up in close contact with running water. How the fuck anyone in the 50s managed to produce such a bland, lame and thoroughly collapsible rendition of the wisecrack era... I mean these dorks don't ever say anything funny, not ever, they don't play, they don't... it's like they're from the fifties, all dour and pucker-fuckfaced. There's even McCarthy-ism retrofitted in there, but not the slightest whiff of golden era.iii [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/#comment-147920 Becket (1964) on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:13:04 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=35403#comment-147920 [...] only) or Byrne -- in Miller's Crossing. The truly strong alternatives, Paul Newman, E. G. Robinson, James Cagney and... well, that's it. That's it! They're strong alright, but... what can I tell you, not strong [...] [...] only) or Byrne -- in Miller's Crossing. The truly strong alternatives, Paul Newman, E. G. Robinson, James Cagney and... well, that's it. That's it! They're strong alright, but... what can I tell you, not strong [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2012/the-roaring-twenties/#comment-144452 The Naked City on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:26:57 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=35403#comment-144452 [...] it ; they however are dumb, and kill the girl "out of principle", which is to say exactly what Cagney should have done : Say, you don't want to open up for might because fixated on the "smart" douchebag ? Cool. You [...] [...] it ; they however are dumb, and kill the girl "out of principle", which is to say exactly what Cagney should have done : Say, you don't want to open up for might because fixated on the "smart" douchebag ? Cool. You [...]

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