Recent Cultural Ephemera, Vol. XIV
1. “A Separation” is a very good movie, and Tehran! The star of the show. Via WikiTravel, which is not at all biased and actually home to some nice prose: “A combination of factors make Tehran a pleasant place to visit: The dry climate which is constantly cool (at least in the evenings), the proximity of the mountains, the parks and gardens where flowers blossom all through the year, the alleys of trees in the avenues or even smaller streets, and even the water that runs down from the upper city along deep and wide gutters which look like small rivers during spring.”
2. “Homeland” is a very good program, seeing as I watched the first season in one week (which is actually slow, but hey, MegaVideo), and read all the online recaps (“Well, there have been a lot of ‘Amazing Races’ on … and I had to watch them and then go online and write comments about them.” -Liz Lemon). But yeah, it is all an allegory about gender interplay? It is!!! Men are terrorists of the heart and mind, and when women like Claire Danes question them they are written off as crazy and then have to get electroshock therapy. An allegory for the ages. TV is sad/bad.
3. [Redacted] is a very good book. Too ashamed to admit to the global audience of leahfinnegan.com that I greedily read [Redacted] in less than six subway sittings. If you would like to know what I’m referring to and have a clandestine book club about [Redacted] email me ASAP.
