Essays, Lectures, and Rants : The Thoughts Of Elaine Barlow
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Previously On JaTH – S01E04
This episode has everything: ankle cars, obvious private eyes, Carmen San Diego, bitchy unicorns, racist body terror, and that guy from Predator.
Previously On JaTH – S01E03
This episode has everything: white privilege, well behaved foster children, Gargoyle butt stuff, Paris, the grooming of young girls, Jem getting preferential treatment (again) ... and Katie Cassidy IS Pizzazz.
Previously On JaTH – S01E02
This episode has everything: foster children with no pants, yacht parties, psychologically dysregulated throuples, couch bombs and Isabella Rossellini ...
Previously On JaTH – S01E01
Jem and the Starlight Staff is really what this band should be called. There are no actual holograms, it's just her staff in her father's epic fashion line. Prove me wrong.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapters 6&7 (Part 2)
This video goes into depth about how the story mirrors so much of the reality of addiction spirals and dealing with the breakdown of friendships.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapters 6&7 (Part 1)
I decided to do these two chapters together because they are two of my favorite chapters and because the are very similar in feeling and foundation.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapter 5 (Part 1)
This is one of the chapters that I kind of wish Stevenson’s wife had permanently destroyed. It’s the most contrived, forced, lazy chapter of the whole book.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapter 5 (Part 2)
Most people who make movies and adaptations focus solely on the final chapter of the book. The story of Jekyll and Hyde is not just the final chapter.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapter 4 (Part 1)
A lot is being said in this chapter. A LOT. I feel like perhaps this is the first chapter of what the story is actually trying to be and trying to express.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapter 4 (Part 2)
The most poignant part of this story so far has been this chapter. It felt so NOW. This chapter describes so much of what being on social media is like.