Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
A Photographic Look Back at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Although the New York Times talked about a sense of "gloom" pervading the halls of Comic-Con this year, people I spoke with were optimistic -- both in terms of the business outlook and the mood of the crowd. (See Knowledge@Wharton, "Comic-Con Shines through the Gloom.") Comic-Con always exhibits … Continue reading San Diego Comic-Con 2012 in Photos
Second-Story Man, Neal Dhand's feature film debut, is a moody drama that, despite pacing problems and a somewhat meandering narrative, unfolds as a thoughtful meditation on morality. In cold, snowy upstate New York, Arthur Black (Christopher J. Domig) and his girlfriend Valerie Evering (Monique Low) commit petty robberies of small shops and liquor stores with … Continue reading Neal Dhand’s ‘Second-Story Man’
To no one's surprise, the highest-grossing movie this weekend was Marvel Studios' The Avengers, which brought in over $200 million in the U.S. While nothing is ever certain in Hollywood -- even a big-budget, effects-laden production can underperform (as Marvel parent Disney found out with John Carter) -- The Avengers seemed destined to generate a box … Continue reading Media Marketing and the Evolution of Narrative Structure
Bruce Springsteen, March 29, 2012 In the introduction to his song Jack of All Trades last Thursday at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, Bruce Springsteen noted---as he had on previous nights---that the song was penned before the explosion of the current debate about the 99% versus the 1%. "I wrote this when there was no Occupy Movement, … Continue reading Lyrical Resonance, Reinterpretation, and Renewal
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