Category: Society

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Affordable Care – For BigPharma. Time to Escape the Duopoly

23/03/2017

The rubble of Trump's presidency will form fertile ground for resistance - if we act now....

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WOMADelaide Walkabout, Part One.

22/03/2017

A quarter century in, does WOMADelaide still deliver?...

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Visceral Viewing: Screenwriting for the Human Brain(s)

20/03/2017

Effective screenwriters not only aim for psychological effect - they seek to create 'visceral viewing'....

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Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

Our job, as puppeteers, is to disappear: Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

16/03/2017

Puppetry has a quality that allows us, as puppeteers, to get very close to people...

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Nothing Changes: Isn’t ‘Deep State’ just the ‘Civil Service’?

15/03/2017

Whatever you choose to call it, the wheels within wheels always have the power...

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Movie studios, screenwriting

Let Me Think, But Not Much: Screenwriting and the Brain(s)

13/03/2017

100 Problems, but as long as they're someone else's, we're locked to our seats....

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Disbelief is right there all the time: Maynard Flip Flap

11/03/2017

Some audiences are horrible. Maynard Flip Flap's Rick Allen dares to voice the forbidden truth....

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Company Chameleon

Art can provide a mirror to people’s lives: Company Chameleon

10/03/2017

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”D/dropcapance tends to find a way, regardless of setting. Comforting as it may be, there is no real need to invoke the Billy Elliot myth of...

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papa che by Dan Booth

USA as World’s Policeman? We’re Going to Need More Coffins

09/03/2017

If the USA is 'the world's policeman', is it any wonder the world is so scared?...

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Monkey

Shake Your Inner Monkey: Movie Screenwriting and The Limbic Brain

07/03/2017

Sex, Politics, Celebrity: What's on your monkey mind?...

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Hodman and Sally

‘I’m sure she knew she was talking to a puppet’: The Flying Buttresses

04/03/2017

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaprebuchet applies its right to invoke Henson’s Law. (Henson’s Law: Even the world’s best CGI will look dated in a...

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Only Lenten Honesty Can Trump a Carnival of Lies

03/03/2017

Jokers are wild for Mardi Gras, but only a lent of honesty can counter a carnival of lies...

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Survival International Photo Competition

02/03/2017

Call for entries to Survival International's competition for images showing tribal peoples in their natural environment...

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Caress Your Inner Bunny (or We’ll Boil It): Movie Plotting and Psychology

02/03/2017

You want to write a killer plot? Feed the croc, snuggle the bunny and give the monkey a promotion...

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Buckingham Palace, The Will of the People

Democratic Stitch Ups and the Untouchable Will of the People

01/03/2017

Autocracies fail in the long run because the people much prefer to oppress themselves than be oppressed...

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anti trump protests

A Nuremberg Rally of One

27/02/2017

No book burning is required when the masses of the consumer state do not read books....

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War graves

What Holocaust? What War? Collective Amnesia in the Time of Trump

24/02/2017

First as tragedy, then as farce. History repeats, but which one are we living in?...

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Kings Of The Ballot Box – What Democracies & Monarchies Have In Common

22/02/2017

2016 was not a good year for democracy. This year could be worse. ...

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Illusions of Weightlessness: The Dream Engine (Interview)

20/02/2017

Evoking tears of joy is a delicate art - The Dream Engine have it in hand...

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papa che by Dan Booth

Hey Patriot, Why Do You Hate Your Country?

18/02/2017

Participation mystique is intoxicating, but ultimately futile against hate...

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treadmills, neurocinematic testing

Neurocinematic Testing – The Applications

16/02/2017

We know that certain stimuli can provoke certain reactions. How can we use that knowledge though? ...

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welcome mat, state visit

Donald’s Big State Visit. 1.8 Million Voices Ignored

15/02/2017

Even Neville Chamberlain stopped short of inviting fascists for state visits....

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cirque bijou

Emotional Journeys Beyond the Fourth Wall: Cirque Bijou

13/02/2017

Busy? Hell yeah! Embracing the moment and making an impact with Cirque Bijou...

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Seven Stages of Sunny Fun: WOMADelaide

11/02/2017

Meet you under the Morton Bay figtrees. Womadelaide preview...

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crocodile, neurocinematic methods

Hunting the Inner Crocodile: Neurocinematic Methods

08/02/2017

Unleash your inner crocodile (but only after you've bought the popcorn)...

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Kong by Dan Booth

Words, Phrases and Sentences: The Connective Tissue of Humanity

04/02/2017

Poets strive to map the beauty and terror of existence. You have never been alone....

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papa che by Dan Booth

Failing Upwards: The Perpetual Motion of Elected Fraud

02/02/2017

Trump's repeated 'failing upwards' is only one sort of perpetual motion. ...

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Staggering Scenes: The Fine Art of Neurocinematic Studies

31/01/2017

On the treadmill, no-one can hide. New techniques of pre-testing audience response...

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They Say the Devil’s In the Deep End

28/01/2017

When you meet the devil, the only response is to wake and bake...

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anti trump protests

Anti-Trump Protests? Yes Please. Pro-Democrats Protests? No Thanks.

26/01/2017

Anti-Trump protests will lead nowhere if allowed to be channeled into the service of the Democratic Party. ...

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