Tag Archives: Game of Thrones

Hemingway vs. Game of Thrones

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Ethan Powers

Ethan Powers investigates the deep link between Ernest Hemingway and certain Game of Thrones dialog, especially now at Emmy time. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged David Benioff, Ernest Hemingway, ethan powers, for whom the bells tolls, Game of Thrones, george rr martin, got, peter dinklage, song of ice and fire, the emmys, the lannisters, the mountain and the viper, tirian, tyrion | Leave a comment

Game of Thrones: Hurts So Good

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Tom Gualtieri

Game of Thrones is the ultimate in horror, Tom Gualtieri says. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Cersei Lannister, D.B. Weiss, Daenerys Targaryen, David Benioff, Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Jack Gleeson, Joffrey Lannister, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Mother of Dragons, Ned Stark, Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, Red Wedding, Rory McCann, Sansa Stark, Sean Bean, Sophie Turner, The Exorcist, The Last House on the Left, Theon Greyjoy, Tyrion Lannister | Leave a comment

Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin vs. Peter Mountford

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Sean Beaudoin

Take a front row seat for this exciting, no-holds-barred game of style and wit, in which eight topics of the day are parsed, thrust, and parried as you listen to the intellectual steel clang! Continue reading →

Posted in Point/Counterpoint | Tagged Al Pacino, battlestar galactica, bradley manning, chelsea manning, Edward Snowden, Game of Thrones, gg allin, hillary mantel, Jim rose circus, King Edward Hotel, Lorrie Moore, low winter sun, PCP, peter mountford, point counterpoint, serpico, sopranos, the dismal science, Tin House, transgressive, tyler mcmahon, veronica mars, Werner Herzog | 1 Comment

Game of Thrones: Queer Politics, Scandalous Sex

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Antonia Crane

Inspired by Antonin Scalia, former sex worker Antonia Crane analyzes the fierce bitches and transgressive politics of the Game of Thrones. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Antonia Crane, Arya Stark, Bran, Brienne of Tarth, Cersei Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Hodor, Lady Catelyn Stark, Queer politics, Red Wedding, Renley Baratheon, sex workers, sexual politics, stripper, Tyrion Lannister, well hung | 1 Comment

Escape To Reality: The Man Behind “House of Lies”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Martin Kihn

Martin Kihn, author of “House of Lies,” on being Don Cheadle’s alter ego Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Don Cheadle, Game of Thrones, Golden Globes, House of Lies, Kristen Bell, Showtime | 1 Comment

Lame of Thrones

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Greg Olear

My wife and I tried to get into “Game of Thrones,” we really did, but we just couldn’t do it. Here are my thoughts on the two episodes we managed to get through. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Andy Samberg, Dothraki, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, incest, more incest, Ned Stark, still more incest, wolves, yet more incest | 12 Comments