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You Can't Follow The Dream, But You Can Watch The Nightmare
During the second golden age of wrestling, legend Dusty Rhodes sired a modern-day paladin, Cody Rhodes. Yet, in his self-titled documentary, The 'American Nightmare' depicts his meteoric rise as onerous and turbulent, despite his father's fame.
By Ellen Frances3 years ago in Critique
Wizard's Ball Game
This is Wizard's Ball (actually that's a terrible name somebody please give me some ideas for something not as laughable), the game of high speed, flying action as two teams of 6 go head to head in the air attempting to score 21 points and the match isn't over until they do!
By Michael Bivens3 years ago in Critique
The Wizarding World of Plotholes
I don't understand the hype around the Harry Potter series that has people so torn about boycotting it for the author's hateful opinions. J.K. Rowling never was a good writer; she just built a moderately interesting world perfect for fan fiction to fill the gaps she left in her work.
By Kay Husnick3 years ago in Critique
The Master and Margarita - Critique
Bulgakov’s novel is arguably the world’s best-known work by a modern Russian writer. However, Bulgakov would have been horrified that his “novel of temptation by evil” became a mass culture commodity. He wrote it for one reader - Stalin - pleading to set free dissident writers kept in lunatic asylums.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Critique
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver is a great book set in a dystopian future where everyone is forced to act the same and sees in black and white. The Giver eventually gives a young boy his memories from before everything was the same. The boy revolts and wants freedom to finally be different.
By Alex H Mittelman 3 years ago in Critique
Best Ice Makers to buy right now
Introduction: As someone who loves hosting get-togethers and always having icy cold drinks at the ready, I used to get so annoyed constantly running out of ice or waiting forever for cubes to freeze. But ever since getting a countertop ice maker, I don't know how I lived without one! These compact but powerful machines have been a total game changer for my home bartending and entertaining needs.
By Cory Zuccaro3 years ago in Critique
