Movies, Music, Star Wars “…the parade music at the end [of The Phantom Menace] is ‘The Emperor’s Theme’ in disguise” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 May 2017 “The Emperor’s Theme” shows up, you know, a couple times, so “The Emperor’s Theme”...
Music, Star Wars Star Wars “is a very, very rich soundtrack” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 March 2017 It is a very, very rich soundtrack; there’s so much going on and it’s...
Movies Disney “usually does not return to classic characters in a willy-nilly manner” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 March 2017 Hollywood loves to revisit hits in ways that can be maddening — oh, that...
Movies, Star Wars “…George Lucas crafted a saga that is endlessly fascinating and worthy of repeated viewings” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 January 2017 Star Wars has always been about the unknown and the unknowable, the instinct to...
Movies, Star Wars “Star Wars intentionally challenged an audience who had no idea what they were getting themselves into” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 January 2017 Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Star Wars used to just be one movie....
Music, Races in America “The charting system was predicated on a segregated market” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 January 2017 Rock and roll is usually explained as rhythm-and-blues music—that is, music performed by black...
Music “…rock and roll…is music that anyone can play (or can imagine playing) and everyone can dance to” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 January 2017 …rock and roll…is music that anyone can play (or can imagine playing) and everyone...
Television “The ’90s was the decade…in which conspiracism…became a form of kitschy entertainment” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 January 2017 The ’90s was the decade of Oliver Stone’s “J.F.K.,” “The X-Files” and late-night Roswell...
Hip-Hop, Music “As a rapper, Glover has made a point of blurring the line between himself and his alter egos…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 December 2016 As a rapper, Glover has made a point of blurring the line between himself...
Music “In order for a music for young people to come into being, young people have to have a way to play it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 November 2016 In order for a music for young people to come into being, young people...