Category: Roos Gravemaker
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Father Ted, A Legacy
Read more: Father Ted, A Legacy“It doesn’t sound good, you know: three priests living on an island as a sitcom. If I’d heard about it, I’d hate it.”[1] Graham Lineham, the co-creator of the Irish sitcom Father Ted confesses, slightly apologetically. Nevertheless, twenty years since the last episode aired, its legacy lives on, from the unforgettable protest slogan “Down…
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The Ten Best Alice in Wonderland Films
Read more: The Ten Best Alice in Wonderland FilmsThis year marks the 110th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s death, and though it might sound a bit macabre, this may nevertheless be a good celebratory occasion to review the best Alice in Wonderland film adaptations. Perhaps more fascinating than Alice in Wonderland itself is the mind from which the story sprang. Contrastive to his work,…
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WB Valentine’s Poetry
Read more: WB Valentine’s PoetryIt is no secret that we like good poetry here at Writer’s Block. But if there’s one thing that brightens our day more than good poetry, it’s bad poetry. Luckily for us, there is a special day, every year, which seemingly functions as a magnet to forced rhymes, nonexistent meters and toe-curling similes: Valentine’s…
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Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s Plays
Read more: Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s PlaysI guess you can say that this article came into existence by accident. A few weeks ago, one of the Writer’s Block board members texted me asking, “Are you watching playthrough videos again on YouTube, Roos?” I was shocked by this I know what you did last summer-level of clairvoyance and immediately paused the video…
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Hapax Legomenon! ‘University Challenge’ and the Nerd Cult
Read more: Hapax Legomenon! ‘University Challenge’ and the Nerd CultWatch University Challenge on BBC 2 every Monday at 21.00 (CET). On April 10th 2017 at 21.00 (CET) you may have missed the event of the year. After several months of weekly matches, people around Britain (and the world) sat down at home or in the pub to watch this match that was hyped with…
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