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Author Archives: Kris Miranda

Two Panthers: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Imagery of Power

June 28, 2016by Kris Miranda 3 Comments

My last post notwithstanding, I emerged from Captain America: Civil War neither Team Cap nor Team Iron Man but thoroughly Team T’Challa, the Black Panther. Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa has perhaps […]

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Art & Literature, Book & Movie Reviews

The Safest Hands: Marvel’s Civil War and the Education of Tony Stark

May 5, 2016by Kris Miranda 3 Comments

It may be tempting to think of Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the most “grounded” or even “realistic” movie Marvel’s ever done. Partly this is because its story about […]

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“No Reason It Should Be You”: Against Destiny in The Magicians

February 19, 2016by Kris Miranda 2 Comments

In genre stories, how often is the apparent Chosen One told he’s actually not special? How often do the architects of the Master Plan despair that said plan is less “master” […]

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The Little Things: Notes on Writing a Web Series

January 11, 2016by Kris Miranda 1 Comment

Halfway through my run here at Applied Sentience, I figured it was about time that instead of talking about other people’s art, I opened up a little about my own. […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Memoirs & Journeys

Putting Stories in Context: Conversation with a Culture Critic, Part II

November 13, 2015by Kris Miranda 2 Comments

“I’ve never been to San Francisco, but I have an image in my mind from media,” says culture critic Caroline Siede (of The A.V. Club, among others), explaining the impact […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Politics & Culture

Making More Interesting Stories: Conversation w a Culture Critic, Pt I

October 8, 2015by Kris Miranda 3 Comments

When Quentin Tarantino’s Vulture interviewer expressed surprise at his fondness for The Newsroom, the Aaron Sorkin drama many critics loved to hate, he replied: “Who the fuck reads TV reviews? […]

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Art & Literature, Politics & Culture

Galatea’s Legacy: Science Fiction & the Artificial Woman

August 27, 2015by Kris Miranda 1 Comment

This summer’s Terminator Genisys, a kinda-sorta-reboot with several visual and dialogue callbacks to both The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is not the abject disaster it could have been. […]

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Awakeners & Liberators: Kate Bolick’s Nietzschean Education

June 29, 2015by Kris Miranda 4 Comments

In her late 2011 Atlantic cover story “All the Single Ladies,” Kate Bolick makes the case to stop treating unmarried (and often professional, highly educated) women as anomalies or deviants—not […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Politics & Culture

Intelligent Design: ‘Forcing’ Evolution in Avengers: Age of Ultron

May 18, 2015by Kris Miranda 4 Comments

[SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses the plot of Avengers: Age of Ultron in detail.] “I don’t want to hear the ‘Man Was Not Meant to Meddle’ medley” is a sentiment […]

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