Harry Langdon and the Disruptive Play of Slapstick
June 16, 2022 2:29 pmAnd more of me talkin’ ’bout it coming up this July…. Harry Langdon is the forgotten superstar of slapstick, whose...
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What Launching “Disruptive Play” Loki-ed Like.
May 17, 2022 8:27 am Leave your thoughtsThis is how we partied in 2018, at the book launch party for Disruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture. And...
The Great American Trickster: Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny, Part 2
May 6, 2022 9:11 amWell are you comin’? Are You Gonna Be There (at the Love-In?) And Laura Nyro sings A little magic, a...
The Most Famous Person to Never Become Famous
April 4, 2022 8:32 amComedy is the only thing I’ve been able to take seriously. ...
Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love (Part 3)
February 19, 2022 6:42 am Leave your thoughtsSo how do power, playfulness, war, and the amoral stance of the Trickster intersect? Western civilization, in its drive to...
Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love (Part 2)
February 18, 2022 11:09 am Leave your thoughtsLet us adopt the childlike belief in the antidotal properties of original play. That to be playful means not taking...