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"Billy the Kid" Is the Wrong Story for Our Moment
Producers wanted a "cool" rogue who "felt contemporary." They ended up giving incels and mass shooters a lovable hero of their very own.
Jason Colavito
May 16
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Queer Numbers: Tracing the Origins of a Misleading Statistic
I was disappointed to discover a popular claim about persecution of queer people in postwar America rests on unsteady statistical ground.
Jason Colavito
May 2
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A Weird New Italian Musical Tribute to James Dean
Get a load of the press release to promote YTAM's new single, "James Dean."
Jason Colavito
Apr 30
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The Darkly Violent Message Behind Tucker Carlson's Homoerotic Documentary
"The End of Men" looks like a laughable cartoon of "Triumph of the Will," but it conceals a dangerous apocalyptic conservative ideology.
Jason Colavito
Apr 18
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The Darkly Violent Message Behind Tucker Carlson's Homoerotic Documentary
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The Incomplete Horrors of "Indecent Advances"
The highly praised 2019 study of pre-1960 violence against gay men leaves out some important facts about twentieth century American media.
Jason Colavito
Apr 7
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Zak Bagans Opens James Dean Exhibit
The Discovery+ star uses more than a little fakery to fabricate a disappointing exhibit on the cheap after spending $382,000 for its star attraction.
Jason Colavito
Feb 12
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James Dean Death Car Horror Movie in the Works
A new movie plans to turn the story of the imagined curse of James Dean's wrecked Porsche into a fun horror romp. It's probably not a good idea.
Jason Colavito
Jan 24
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Beam Me Up: The Year in Review 2021
A miserable year yielded memorable moments in the paranormal, conspiracies, and pseudohistory as a traumatized nation collectively turned to space…
Jason Colavito
Dec 28, 2021
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James Dean NFT Auction Fails to Make Bank
The showpiece NFT of Dean's death car sold for an absurdly low amount in the red-hot NFT market. A bad PR strategy and poor brand management may be to…
Jason Colavito
Dec 22, 2021
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Read My New UFO Article in "The New Republic"
The long lobbying campaign of a handful of UFO obsessives and crank pseudoscientists is finally paying off.
Jason Colavito
Dec 14, 2021
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Some Thoughts on "My Heart is a Chainsaw"
Stephen Graham Jones's new novel is a love letter to slasher movies, but its postmodern pastiche barely conceals a nonsensical story.
Jason Colavito
Nov 19, 2021
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Unraveling the Mystery of "Madame Mystery"
An episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" leads down a rabbit hole connecting James Dean to the author of "Psycho."
Jason Colavito
Nov 6, 2021
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