Posts Tagged ‘Subtext’
Iron Man, Subtext Revisited with Charles Baxter
Let me set this up. I'm a comic book fanboy. I tried to get my dad to invest in Marvel Comics in 1988. Of course, it was in the toilet until that little movie called Spiderman. Well, one of my favorite Marvel characters has been brought to the screen by no less than two separate writings teams. But, of all the comic book adaptation (not [...]
Captain Subtext
I just watched a rerun of the brilliant BBC sitcom, COUPLING. In this episode, called, Her Best Friend's Bottom (air date - 9/17/2001), Steve has just accidentally seen Sally's arse in his own bathroom (Sally is Susan's best friend, Susan is Steve's girlfriend) and Jeff, the lovable dork (who works with Susan), pleads with Steve [...]
